2007-08-12 Cultivating the Brahma Viharas In Practice 52:12
Ayya Jitindriya	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Heart of Awareness

2007-08-05 The Brahma Viharas: Metta 52:40
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community

2007-07-18 Mudita: Practicing Joy And Gratitude 61:01
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Appreciative joy (Mudita) is the third of the divine abidings (Brahma Viharas). When directed to oneself, it enhances the sense of gratefulness. This is an important practice because joy is an integral part of the path to liberation.

2007-06-21 Four Brahma Viharas 59:34
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the heart qualities of loving-kindness (Metta) compassion (Karuna) appreciative joy and equanimity (Upekkha) and how they are innate to the heart, yet can be developed and cultivated through practice.

2006-08-15 The Happpiness Of The Brahmaviharas 50:39
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Developing lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity brings happiness into our lives.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat for Ages 18 to 32

2006-02-10 Brahma Viharas 47:40
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
instructions on the Buddha's meditation on cultivating the four Brahma Viharas--lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2005-07-14 An Appropriate Response 55:10
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Lovingkindness and the other brahma viharas show us the possibility of an appropriate response to the joys and sorrows of life. The practice of mudita for oneself leads to the beautiful state of gratitude.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2005-06-03 Mindfulness and the Brahma Viharas 47:35
Eugene Cash	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Illuminating the Awakened Heart

2005-01-31 4 Brahma Viharas 53:58
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2004-10-13 The Response Of The Open Heart 59:34
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
The response of the open heart - discussion of the heart for enemies of the Brahma-Viharas.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-07-15 Brahma Viharas And The Vicissitudes Of Life 53:01
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk proves an overview of the Brahma Viharas, or divine abodes, with special emptiness on the qualities of compassion, joy and equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2004-05-12 The Language Of The Heart 63:49
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
A discourse on the four Brahma Viharas: loving-kindness, compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Vipassana Retreat

2003-11-19 The Brahma Viharas 60:53
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-10-06 Spiritual Emotions: Power To Liberate 64:00
Steven Smith	Download Listen
Detailed description of each Brahma Vihara, in generating and pervading them through oneself and to others in receiving them. Examples of each - enlightened leadership; using Brahma Viharas as basis for political freedom. How acts of kindness have rippling effects with unknown and mysterious consequences.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three Month Retreat Part 1

2003-07-22 4 Brahma Viharas 52:33
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-06-15 Home In The Heart Of Metta 64:37
Steven Smith	Download Listen
A description of the four brahmaviharas and the interconnected nature of things. Good acts of metta especially have far-reaching consequences —changing our patterns, and releasing powerful, previously repressed energy for awareness, love and wisdom.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2003-05-20 The Four Brahma Viharas 45:16
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2003-05-19 Brahmaviharas - Upekkha - Equanimity 61:55
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-05-18 Brahmaviharas - Karuna And Mudita 60:21
Sayadaw U Pandita	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  May 2003 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2003-04-07 Brahma Viharas in Time of War 1:10:34
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2003-02-03 The Brahma Viharas 48:13
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
An overview of loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity, and how they relate to one another.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2002-07-23 The 4 Brahma Viharas 52:37
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2002-07-23 Brahma Viharas 52:01
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

2002-02-21 The 4 Brahma Viharas 44:42
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2002-02-03 The Brahma Viharas 48:05
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-11-29 Since Feeling Is First 58:23
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
This talk explores the role of heart practices in general, and the brahma viharas in particular, in our overall dharma practice. When we ask, "Is insight enough?" our answer might depend on our relation to the bodhisattva ideal.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2001-11-21 The Brahma Viharas 34:15
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-08-04 Brahma Viharas 1:20:54
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Gaia House Retreat

2001-07-17 Equanimity 46:08
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Cultivating equanimity through vipassana meditation and the importance of equanimity for the brahmaviharas.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2001-06-03 The Kindness Of Patience 43:19
Susan O'Brien	Download Listen
Patience as it supports the practice of the Brahma Viharas.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta Retreat

2001-05-26 Cultivating The Wholesome: The Brahma Viharas 64:27
James Baraz	Download Listen
Right Effort includes developing and increasing wholesome states by recognizing them or inclining the mind to their development. The four states of loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity can be consciously developed through practice. (Includes experiential exercises.)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-10-30 The Brahma Viharas: Our Best Home 61:26
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Learning to be a human being by embracing the natural qualities of our hearts and minds.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

2000-04-12 Purifying the Heart 53:57
Ajahn Candasiri	Download Listen
This talk focuses on the Brahma Viharas and what prevents these from freely manifesting.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Buddhist Contemplation

2000-02-14 The Brahma Viharas 66:46
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2000-01-26 Awareness and the Four Brahma Viharas 55:52
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

1999-01-04 The Brahma Viharas 53:57
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Christopher Titmuss and Sharda Rogell

1997-05-15 Brahma Viharas 33:17
Narayan Helen Liebenson	Download Listen

1997-01-30 Brahma Viharas: Metta Chanting with Zita 1:26:35
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
feeling at home with life
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-11-18 Balance of the Four Brahma Viharas 52:22
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1996-03-28 Metta and Integrating the Three Brahma Viharas 43:29
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Sharda Rogell

1996-02-08 The Four Brahma Viharas 53:12
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen

1996-02-08 Brahma Viharas 54:12
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
instructions on the Buddha's meditation on cultivating the four Brahma Viharas--lovingkindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1995-09-27 Brahma Viharas Part 1 42:01
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

1995-09-27 Brahma Viharas Part 2 42:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Cittaviveka

1995-03-19 Brahma Viharas-Morning Instruction 55:07
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Bringing kindness and clarity to the emotional side of life.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

1994-06-01 The Four Brahma Viharas 48:55
Fred Von Allmen	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Retreat with Fred Von Allmen

1993-12-02 Four Brahma Viharas 62:51
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
living without existential predicament, the paradox of being connected and detached
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1993 Three Month Retreat

1990-05-17 Precepts & Opposites (4 Brahma Viharas) - Loving Kindness Meditation 1:24:18
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Mount Mary Immaculate, Lafayette, California) :  1990 Retreat at Mount Mary

1989-11-27 Brahma Viharas 61:43
James Baraz	Download Listen
reflecting upon the sublime states of loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity

1989-04-21 Four Brahma Viharas 48:40
Vimalo Kulbarz	Download Listen

1988-12-04 Four Brahma Viharas 66:18
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1988 Three Month Retreat

1987-11-09 The Three Brahma Viharas 55:41
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1987 Three Month Retreat

1987-11-09 The Three Brahma Viharas 56:30
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
lovingkindness, compassion, and sympathetic joy--relating these Brahma Viharas to ourselves, other people, and all beings in the universe; applying them to one's daily life and to one's long range happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  1987 Three Month Retreat

1986-07-27 Brahma Viharas (4 Supreme emotions); Loving-Kindness meditation (Galle, 27.7.86) 69:44
Ayya Khema	Download Listen
Khema Archive (Galle, Sri Lanka)
In collection: Lectures By Ven. Ayya Khema

1985-12-05 Brahma Viharas 66:19
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center