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Dharma Talks
2022-02-02 Metta for Benefactor and Self 49:19
Mei Elliott
Introduction to the Brahma Viharas including orientation to the benefactor category.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2021-07-12 Tuning the Heart with Gratitude 54:53
Tempel Smith
Close to the four Brahma viharas lives the heart warm with gratitude. Blending intentional gratitude into our dharma paths and to the practices which open the heart, counting our blessing of a human body, simple resources around us, and gratitude for our planet helps dispel any sense of scarcity and an over-focus on what we feel is lacking. Feeling gratitude allows us to discern if and what is truly lacking, and to be free at times to be bathed in countless miracles.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John Martin, Sally Armstrong, Marcy Reynolds and Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP

2021-06-12 Receiving Kindness 33:02
Brian Lesage
This talk offers a description of the practice of receiving kindness as well as giving a brief introduction to the Brahma Viharas. It ends with a guided meditation on receiving kindness.
Mountain Hermitage Finding Freedom through Insight Meditation

2021-06-08 Guided Equanimity Practice with Intro 42:33
Nathan Glyde
The fourth of the brahmavihārās, Upekkhā, is a well rooted flexibility; a deeply steady openness; a kindly unshaken intimacy with all things.
Gaia House Meeting Uncertainty with Wisdom and Courage: Perennial Teachings for a Changing World

2021-06-07 Guided Brahmaviharas Meditation 41:27
Ayya Santussika
This guided meditation was offered at Cloud Mountain on June 7, 2021 for the retreat "Dispelling Our Delusions: Exploring the Vipallasa and Drawing Inspiration from the Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns".
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-05-25 Upekkha (Equanimity) 1:30:15
Tuere Sala
Module 5: The Four Brahma Viharas
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Way of the Buddha: Core Teachings of the Dharma Path

2021-05-06 The Four Brahmaviharas are Craving Transformed 42:49
Ayya Santacitta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Four Protective Meditations: Developing Courage to Meet the Way Things Truly Are

2021-04-04 Brahmaviharas Guided Meditation 35:20
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-03-14 Instructions 44:45
Eugene Cash
Brahma Viharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation Retreat with Greg Scharf, Winnie Nazarko, Eugene Cash, Tuere Sala, and Rasika "Martha" Link

2021-03-10 Instructions 44:38
Eugene Cash
Brahma Viharas (Heart Practices)
San Francisco Insight Meditation Community SFI Sunday Nights

2021-03-09 Brahma Viharas (Heart Practices) 52:36
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation Retreat with Greg Scharf, Winnie Nazarko, Eugene Cash, Tuere Sala, and Rasika "Martha" Link

2021-03-06 Instructions 38:40
Eugene Cash
Brahma Viharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation Retreat with Greg Scharf, Winnie Nazarko, Eugene Cash, Tuere Sala, and Rasika "Martha" Link

2021-02-21 Mudita - The Joyful Heart 50:41
Yuka Nakamura
Mudita means appreciative or sympathetic joy and is the third of the four Brahmaviharas, the boundless qualities of the heart and mind. It stands for our ability to appreciate and delight in what is good and beautiful in our own being and in the world. It inspires and uplifts the heart and purifies it from unwholesome states.
Bodhi College

2021-02-11 Brahma Vihara: Equanimity 51:38
James Baraz
Equanimity is the last of the 4 Brahma Viharas. It holds the other three--metta, compassion/karuna, and mudita--with spaciousness and balance. Equanimity reminds us to allow for life to unfold as it will. We can let go of control, which we never had in the first place, meeting life's up and downs with balance and the possibility of a wise, skillful response.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-02-10 Brahma Vihara teaching on Mudita - Appreciative Joy 49:44
Bob Stahl
Brahmaviharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-02-09 Practicing Compassion 51:39
Andrea Fella
Brahmaviharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-02-07 Guided Metta Meditation, Difficult Person 47:00
Kamala Masters
Brahmaviharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-01-12 Equanimity and Loving Our Enemies within the Framework of the Four Brahmaviharas 59:04
Kaira Jewel Lingo
The talk begins with an introduction to the Four Brahmaviharas and an exploration of how they are distinct (drawing on Ven. Analayo's sun simile). We then explore what equanimity is and how it supports metta when it comes to keeping our hearts open to those we find difficult. We also explore how equanimity helps us to stand up for what we believe in. The talk ends with a song based on a Thich Nhat Hanh poem about how to face injustice and hatred and still continue on.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2020-12-30 Meal Time Reflection 9:27
Ayya Anandabodhi
Bringing the Four Brahma Viharas to eating.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2020/21

2020-12-30 Overview of the Four Brahma Viharas 19:38
Ayya Anandabodhi
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2020/21

2020-07-09 Joint Reflections on the Brahma Viharas 47:24
Jaya Rudgard
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-09 Joint Reflections on the Brahma Viharas 47:24
Chris Cullen
Gaia House Practising Wisdom and Compassion in Turbulent Times - Online Retreat

2020-07-04 Heart Practices 59:08
Carol Cano
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-02 Muditā: An Introduction & Meditation 56:27
Shinmu Tamori Gibson
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

2020-07-01 Karuna 59:13
Noliwe Alexander
Morning Meditation Heart Practices, Brahmaviharas
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating the Wisdom of the Heart - Annual People of Color (POC) Retreat

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