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Dharma Talks
2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for a Difficult Person 20:00
Devon Hase
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. When we cultivate the intention of kindness for the challenging people in our lives, we grow our capacity to hold everyone in unconditional love, even if we don't agree with their choices. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for a difficult person.
Various

2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for Strangers 20:00
Devon Hase
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for strangers.
Various

2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for a Friend 20:00
Devon Hase
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for a friend.
Various

2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for a Benefactor 20:00
Devon Hase
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for a benefactor.
Various

2023-10-19 Metta Meditation on Loving-Kindness for Yourself 20:00
Devon Hase
Loving-kindness, or metta meditation, is a classical Buddhist technique for cultivating the warm qualities of the heart-mind. Please enjoy this twenty-minute guided meditation using phrases, images, and felt sense in wishing kindness for ourselves.
Various

2023-10-06 Lovingkindness - Meditation 33:08
Mark Nunberg
This practice group is for people interested in developing the heart by training in the four beautiful emotions of lovingkindness (metta), compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. Each session includes instruction, a guided meditation, a short dharma talk, and time for questions and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome, no registration necessary. This practice group is led by Stacy McClendon and Mark Nunberg. Generally, the teachers lead on alternating months.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-06 Lovingkindness - Talk 55:53
Mark Nunberg
This practice group is for people interested in developing the heart by training in the four beautiful emotions of lovingkindness (metta), compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity. Each session includes instruction, a guided meditation, a short dharma talk, and time for questions and discussion. Both experienced and beginning meditators are welcome, no registration necessary. This practice group is led by Stacy McClendon and Mark Nunberg. Generally, the teachers lead on alternating months.
Common Ground Meditation Center

2023-10-01 Guided Mettā Practice 36:54
Jake Dartington
Gaia House Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation - MBCT / SR Foundations

2023-09-22 Metta talk and instructions (guided) 67:08
Winnie Nazarko
Ae discussion of the way, Metta supports insight practice and a guided Metta meditation to include the "neutral person"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2023-09-01 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 29:52
Howard Cohn
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Retreat

2023-08-31 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 19:13
Tuere Sala, Eve Decker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Labor Day Insight Retreat

2023-08-24 12 instructions and meditation: pleasant unworldly vedanā and mettā 41:12
Jill Shepherd
Exploring pleasant worldly and unworldly vedanā as a support for mettā; guided meditation orienting to the embodied energy of warmth and kindness, and inviting that energy to pervade in all directions
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-22 Guided meditation: metta for difficult beings 45:42
Matthew Hepburn
If metta is taught to be practiced boundlessly, how can we expand our own hearts to that limitless capacity through our dharma training?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-19 Metta (loving-kindness) guided instructions for self 38:25
Matthew Hepburn
A brief discussion of foundational understanding for the practice of meta-. Followed by guided phrases practice. Concluding with reflections on the dynamic nature of meta-for self: compassion, categories, and non-self.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice

2023-08-15 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation: Easy Being (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:39
John Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Metta Retreat

2023-08-04 Guided Meditation - Mettā - The Practice of Goodwill 42:41
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Expanding the Heart

2023-07-31 Guided instructions: metta for self and neutral person 40:48
Matthew Hepburn
Instructions for seeing beings (including) oneself as part of nature, while offering metta to self and the neutral person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation Retreat for 18–32 Year Olds

2023-07-28 Soaking and Radiating Mettā - Guided Meditation 7 45:32
Zohar Lavie
SanghaSeva Cultivating The Beautiful

2023-07-27 Mettā to All of The All - - Guided Meditation 6 44:00
Nathan Glyde
A kind of mettā to phenomena guided practice, à la Rob Burbea
SanghaSeva Cultivating The Beautiful

2023-07-25 Mettā is Samādhi Dāna - Guided Meditation 4 43:08
Nathan Glyde
SanghaSeva Cultivating The Beautiful

2023-07-24 Mettā - Guided Meditation 3 23:25
Zohar Lavie
To Self and Easy Relationship
SanghaSeva Cultivating The Beautiful

2023-07-24 Monday's Guided Metta Meditation with Q/R 1:29:42
Roxanne Dault
Focus: Metta for Difficult Beings & Metta for All Beings
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-07-21 Friday's Guided Metta Meditation with Questions & Responses 1:16:02
Kamala Masters
Focus: Metta for Benefactor, Self; Friends
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-07-18 Morning Reflections #15: Gladdening the Mind (Step 10) 45:21
Nikki Mirghafori
A guided meditation through previous steps up to gladdening the mind with different methods, with insight, awareness of mind, with metta and other serenity practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2023

2023-07-15 Guided mettā practice 45:51
Akincano Marc Weber
Mettā with images of self and others
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation

2023-07-14 Guided metta meditation: metta for self 40:39
Yuka Nakamura
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation

2023-07-08 Metta to phenomena: overview and guided practice 21:17
Victor von der Heyde
An introduction to metta to phenomena. Guided meditation starts at 6 minutes
Australian Insight Meditation Network Seeing That Frees

2023-07-04 Multiverse of Mettā - Guided Practice 26:20
River Wolton
Guided practice, beginning with friendliness to another, spreading to oneself, and onwards, outwards towards boundlessness.
Gaia House Rainbow Dharma: A Retreat for the LGBTQI+ Community

2023-06-08 Guided Metta Meditation 32:07
Ayya Santussika
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-05-23 Guided Metta Meditation and Blessings 36:00
Ajahn (Ven.) Canda Bhikkhuni
London Insight Meditation Ajahn Brahmali – Perceiving Like A Buddha

2023-05-19 Guided metta meditation. 54:22
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2023

2023-05-14 Metta & Embodiment | Guided sitting & standing meditation 38:21
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2023-05-11 Guided Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:14
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Spring Insight

2023-04-14 Guided Metta - Mercy 44:47
Rebecca Bradshaw
Receiving Metta from a benefactor, and sharing with others, including difficult persons
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom

2023-04-05 Guided Metta Meditation 43:49
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 3-Week Spring 2023 Hermitage Retreat with Marcia Rose

2023-04-05 Guided Metta meditation for body with Q&A 63:23
Oren Jay Sofer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Lovingkindness Retreat

2023-03-29 Moved by goodness: Reflections and Guided Metta Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 35:57
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Convergence of Insight and Love

2023-03-08 Guided Meditation - Mettā Intro & Mettā to Easy Person, Self, World 43:46
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-03-02 Guided Metta Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:35
Dana DePalma
A Guided Metta Meditation emphasizing the integration of Metta and Insight Meditation, including utilizing Sylvia Boorstein's phrase, "May I meet this moment fully; May I meet it as a friend," and variations of the second phrase such as "May I meet it with _______ (kindness, compassion, gentleness, patience, curiosity, receptivity, etc.). Includes a poem by Matty Weingast from "The First Free Women."
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-02-22 Guided Meditation: Connecting Metta (Lovingkindness), Mindfulness, and Awareness 39:08
Donald Rothberg
We start with a short period of metta or some other heart practice, noticing how mindfulness brings us back to the practice when we are distracted. Then there is a longer period of mindfulness, hopefully infused some with metta, in the spirit of Sylvia Boorstein's wonderful invitation: “May I meet this moment fully. May I meet this moment as a friend.” We then have a second sequence of relatively brief metta practice followed by a longer period of mindfulness practice. The last part of the session is a guided practice of radiating metta, moving toward an integration of metta and a boundless awareness. b. Let it infuse mindfulness: Sylvia’s phrase. See how this is. c. Check periodically. Maybe do 2-3 minutes of metta. d. Radiating metta exploring a loving awareness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-02-21 Guided Meditation - Mettā to Phenomena 42:59
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Liberation Through Loving Awareness

2023-02-18 Guided Meditation - Introduction to Mettā; Mettā to Easy Person & Self 46:14
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Liberation Through Loving Awareness

2023-02-15 Week 6, Part 2 38:26
Juha Penttilä
Guided Meditation - Anattā, and Mettā to Anattā
Gaia House The Path of Letting Go

2023-02-08 Guided Meditation: Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice with Phrases and Radiating Metta 39:21
Donald Rothberg
We start with a short overview of practicing metta practice with phrases, followed by about 8-9 minutes of settling with mindfulness practice. Then we practice metta with phrases with beings with whom the metta flows most easily. This is followed by a period of guided practice of radiating metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-02-01 Cultivating Metta (Lovingkindness, Love, Friendliness) 1 63:18
Donald Rothberg
The aim of our practice is to develop wisdom, love, and skillful action in our lives. We commonly cultivate these capacities separately and then integrate them. In this session, we first explore the nature of Metta, its etymology in words suggesting "friendliness" and "friendship," and the ancient vocation, found in multiple spiritual traditions of cultivating Metta or love or kindness. We then look at the multiple ways of developing Metta, both in formal practice and in daily life, and examine briefly some of the challenges in cultivating Metta. Then we have a guided meditation the last 15 minutes exploring "Radiating Metta," a way of practicing likely closer to how the Buddha taught Metta. We follow this with discussion.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-02-01 Guided Meditation: Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice 40:15
Donald Rothberg
We start with a short introduction to Metta (Lovingkindness) Practice, working with phrases that tend to evoke Metta, kindness, good will, etc. Then there's a 10-minute period of settling (with mindfulness practice), followed by about 20 minutes of Metta Practice, with beings with whom Metta flows well.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2023-01-30 Introduction to Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:21
Susie Harrington
introduction to Metta, guided meditation with phrases for self and benefactor
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-01-11 Guided Metta Meditation 42:02
Akincano Marc Weber
Image of beloved, oneself -- people present -- parents and close ones -- friends -- acquaintances -- neutral person -- hostile person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Liberation – Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches

2023-01-06 Guided Metta Practice and Reflections - Meditation 51:48
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

2023-01-06 Guided Metta Practice and Reflections - Talk 35:10
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Weekly Dharma Series

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