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Dharma Talks
2023-04-30 Implementing The Brahmaviharas In Your Practice 1:19:20
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2023-04-20 Mindfulness of body and the Brahma viharas 20:47
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2023

2023-03-22 Elk, Bobcats, Porcupine, and Turkeys: Reflections on Nature and Metta 44:32
Devon Hase
A dharma talk about the four brahma viharas and nature - how wild things help wake up the heart. Starring many wild and wonderful creatures and lots of retreat stories.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2023

2023-03-20 Balancing the Brahma Viharas for Insight and Samadhi (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 60:33
Phillip Moffitt
A guided meditation utilizing the naturally arising, felt-sense practice method to explore how to abide in the Brama Viharas to deepen your practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-03-18 Introduction to Brahma Vihara practice 46:21
Jean Esther
A brief explanation of the four Brahma Viharas and their near and far enemies. Followed by a guided, loving-kindness practice for an easy person.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Two Wings of the Dharma: Infusing Our Lives with Wisdom & Compassion

2023-01-13 Brahma Viharas as protectors in a crazy world 69:05
Christiane Wolf
Living a lay person's life, and being a parent in a painful and beautiful world
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches

2022-12-21 Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:03
Devon Hase
Short talk explaining the four Brahma Viharas with images and similes, followed by a guided compassion practice for a suffering being and oneself.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Winter Solstice Retreat: Embracing the Dark, Inviting the Light

2022-11-23 The Awakened Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 54:19
Dawn Mauricio, Djuna Devereaux
Honoring the lineages of Theravada and Mahayana. Cultivating the bodhisattva heart through the Brahma Viharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Journey Into Refuge, Presence, and Love

2022-10-29 Upekkhā - Gleichmut 58:12
Yuka Nakamura
Upekkhā - Gleichmut oder Ausgeglichenheit - ist das vierte und letzte der Brahmavihāras, der himmlischen Verweilzustände. Gleichmut hilft uns, inmitten herausfordernder, schwieriger Umstände innerlich stabil zu bleiben. In Beziehungen zeigt sich Gleichmut als Toleranz für andere Menschen und als die Fähigkeit, zwischenmenschliche Konflikte nicht eskalieren zu lassen. Mit Gleichmut fällt es auch leichter, in Situationen, die jenseits unserer Macht liegen, loszulassen.
Pauenhof Center

2022-10-28 Muditā - Wertschätzende Freude 62:31
Yuka Nakamura
Muditā ist das dritte der vier Brahmavihāras, der himmlischen Verweilzustände. Sie ist die Fähigkeit, sich über das, was heilsam und gut ist zu freuen und es wertzuschätzen - bei sich selbst und bei anderen. Muditā hilft dem Geist, angesichts von Leiden und Herausforderungen im Gleichgewicht zu bleiben. Welche Faktoren stehen der Freude im Weg und wie können wir sie bewusst kultivieren?
Pauenhof Center

2022-10-18 GM - Brahma Viharas 20:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Love is the Breath of Life

2022-10-08 Morning reflections. Cultivating whole body awareness and the Brahma viharas together. 16:19
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2022

2022-09-30 Meditation on the elements inside ourselves, Dhamma talk Part 2 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Feelings (vedana) 1:22:06
Bhante Sujato
Meditation on the elements inside ourselves. Dhamma talk Part 2 on Satipaṭṭhāna: Feelings (vedana). Satipaṭṭhāna as a "samādhinimitta", use of nimitta vs. descriptions of lights during meditation in the suttas. Anapanāsati as a another way to do Satipaṭṭhāna. Vedana as present in the breath. Pain during meditation. How the Buddha emphasised happiness during meditation (often a synonym for meditation!). Equanamity is the final stage in major lists such as the seven awakening factors, brahmavihāras.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-09-27 Dharma Talk - Insight, Compassion, the 4 Brahma Viharas 65:47
Jenny Wilks
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT/MBSR Foundations

2022-09-05 Dharma Talk - Devotion and the Brahma Viharas 29:40
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Encountering the Practice of the Heart

2022-07-13 Mettā and Samādhi (Absorbed in Loving Kindness) (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:20
Tempel Smith
This style of meditation practice is designed to support both the strengthening of mettā (loving kindness) and samādhi (concentration). The kind and benevolent tone of the brahmavihārās (sacred dwellings) carries a deep beckoning of our hearts to be whole and steady, so these are wonderful and meaningful qualities to use for samādhi/concentration. After many days of practicing we can taste our hearts becoming whole and can better see the possibility of letting go of old habits based in greed, insecurity and hatred.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-07-13 Introduction to Brahma Viharas and Loving-Kindness 37:36
Brian Lesage
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation

2022-07-07 Working with Hindrances to Mettā Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:25
Tempel Smith
As we practice mettā meditation we will have waves where the practice feels easy, intuitive and validating; and we will all have waves where we struggle. There are five very common states which visit us in meditation practice called the "five hindrances". These are commonly named in English as craving, aversion, dullness, restlessness, and doubt. For steady mettā practice our first response to these challenges is to practice more carefully with patience determination. The second response is to offer ourselves kindness and compassion during challenging times. For mettā meditation and for the other three brahmaviharas, our third response to challenging times is to turn wakefully towards the qualities of the challenge and see them as only temporary conditions. We can greatly reduce the experience of suffering in the hindrances when we have mindful experience of them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-06-29 Building Resilience from the Four Brahmaviharas 36:51
Tuere Sala
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-06-23 Guided Meditation 41:05
Caroline Jones
Guided Meditation on the Brahma Viharas, using the imagery of four beautiful rooms.
Gaia House Creative, Living Dharma: practising with the similes of the Buddha

2022-05-29 Opening and Closing in Goodwill 52:29
Ajahn Sucitto
Opening and closing happens everywhere, even with breathing. Discharging creates space for enjoyment, spontaneity and flexibility. Eventually even energy must be relinquished, so we practice recollection of death using the brahma viharas to expand awareness, closure with no regret, the deathless.
Gaia House The Indriya: Allies for Liberation

2022-05-20 Guided death contemplation, Dhamma talk on Carrion sutta – Amaganda 1:40:22
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
From Harris Park. Death contemplation guided by Bhante Akāliko. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato: Carrion sutta (Snp 2.2) Amaganda: literally "raw stench". A (presumably) hard-core vegan ascetic challenges the Buddha about his eating a cooked meal with meat. The Buddha's response: a conduct of practicing the four Brahma Viharas is what a monastic / ascetic lifestyle is about.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Carrion sutta (Snp 2.2) by suttacentral.net (Link)

2022-05-17 Metta When Stuff is Hard (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 28:41
Cara Lai
The basics of the Brahma Viharas and some ways to practice Metta when times are tough and you're not really into it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-04-03 Our Best Home and the Path of Awakening (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 53:22
Oren Jay Sofer
Reflections on the path of awakening, the Brahma Viharas, and advice for retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2022-04-03 The four Brahmavihārās 22:12
Sharon Salzberg
London Insight Meditation Sharon Salzberg – Finding Balance in Challenging Times

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