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2026-08-27
Talk: Insight and Mettā
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Yahel Avigur
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In the insight teachings, the Buddha offers radical ways of reducing suffering by relaxing the perceptions that give rise to and sustain it. Bringing these perspectives together with mettā practice offers a powerful complementarity, allowing both insight and loving-kindness to deepen and support one another.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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Heart of Mettā
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2026-08-26
Talk - relaxing the inner critic
68:57
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Yahel Avigur
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One of the tendencies that my teacher, Rob Burbea, would point to again and again, encouraging us to soften or even overcome it completely, is the movement of the inner critic. A negative regard towards ourselves is a very common habit of mind. And, as a habit of mind, it is something we can come to understand, relax, and eventually overcome. In this talk, we take time to look the inner critic “in the eye,” exploring how the mind sustains it, and how very different ways of relating to ourselves can be cultivated.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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Heart of Mettā
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2026-08-26
Third Instructions: Mettā Towards a Neutral Person
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Yahel Avigur
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Cultivating kindness towards people we don’t know allows our mettā to become more all-encompassing, so that it can become a genuine foundation for our hearts and lives. Along the way, we reflect on what we all share as human beings, allowing this understanding to shape our perception and soften some of the fabricated and often unhelpful lines of separation between ourselves and others.
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Vrážné Zen Center
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Heart of Mettā
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