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Dharma Talks
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2022-08-22 Guided Meditation: Mettā to Oneself, Easy Relationship, Another, and All Beings 45:05
Zohar Lavie
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-22 Metta for a friend 39:23
Devon Hase
Guided Meditation on metta for a friend with receiving practice at the end.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-08-21 Guided Mettā Meditation 9:36
Leigh Brasington
Gaia House Jhanas, Insight, and Dependent Origination

2022-08-21 Guided Meditation: Welcoming, Allowing, Opening 44:56
Nathan Glyde
A guided metta meditation based on Rob Burbea's Dukkha Ways of Looking practice.
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-19 Metta For The Body 29:45
Devon Hase
Short talk and guided metta body scan
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-07-29 Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on war 1:26:57
Bhante Sujato
Guided mettā meditation for a loved one with focus on feelings, noticing and sensations inside the body. Dhamma talk on war, with discussion of the first precept, 'just war theory' and peace. Discussion of peace and the work people do to maintain peace.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-07-18 Guided metta/loving kindness meditation using a variety of images 60:31
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge July 2022

2022-07-14 Guided Metta and Forgiveness 42:24
Akincano Marc Weber
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation

2022-07-08 Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk an entry-to-rains discussion on giving 1:32:16
Bhante Sujato
Guided mettā meditation for a loved one with focus on feeling. Dhamma talk an entry-to-rains discussion on giving (cāga/dana), drawing from the Dhammacakkappavattana sutta and the four noble truths. Cāga as one of the metaphors for nibbāna and how it fits into the four noble truths. Discussion of suffering and its relationship to letting go.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-06-16 Guided Mettā, Gratitude, Anattā Practice 40:08
Nathan Glyde
Very Windy Conditions
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland In Our Best Interests

2022-06-14 Mettā to Easy & Neutral Relationships (Sparsely Guided) 44:25
Nathan Glyde
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland In Our Best Interests

2022-05-30 Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 38:01
James Baraz
Sometimes the hardest person to send metta to is oneself. This guided meditation invites us to see ourselves through a loved one's eyes to see who we really are.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Awakening Joy and Wellbeing

2022-05-20 Metta instructions in guided meditation 58:14
Oren Jay Sofer
Overview of Metta practice with instructions for working with the benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-04-24 Radiant Metta meditation. 44:42
Ayya Anandabodhi
Introducing the radiant practice of Metta, a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-24 A Boundless Passion 1:28:15
Nathan Glyde
A guided meditation sending mettā and compassion to phenomena (rather than beings). Then a reflection and discussion about what insights, wisdom, and well-being, we feel from this kind of practice. Plus, where further can this practice take us. For more, see my upcoming course at Gaia House: https://gaiahouse.co.uk/programme-2022/wisdom-of-compassion/
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Apr 2022

2022-04-15 Guided Metta meditation. 43:10
Greg Scharf
Radiating metta to all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-14 Guided Metta meditation 45:31
Roxanne Dault
Opening to self, a good friend, and a neutral being
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness & Wisdom: Insight & Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat

2022-04-05 Guided Metta (loving-kindness) practice 50:26
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge April 2022

2022-03-29 Guided Sit--Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 66:52
Diana Winston
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living with Awareness Retreat

2022-03-28 Guided Sit--Metta (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 48:40
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Living with Awareness Retreat

2022-03-20 Afternoon Pt 2 - Guided Metta Meditation 37:37
Alan Lewis
Labelling experiences as significant and insignificant. Paying attention to what seems insignificant, finding nourishment in unlikely places.
Gaia House Settling with What Is

2022-03-18 Sīla, Mettā meditation, Q+A 1:22:34
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Sīla - a life in the Dhamma as foundation for meditation. Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: gratitude as an aspect of mudita. The role of mettā when dealing with trauma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-03-13 Transformational Attitudes 1:11:16
Zohar Lavie
Exploring metta, friendliness; karuna, compassion; and other transformative ways of relating to ourselves and the world. Guided meditation, Dharma reflection, in the Online Dharma hall of Gaia House.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-13 Transformational Attitudes 1:11:16
Zohar Lavie
Exploring metta, friendliness; karuna, compassion; and other transformative ways of relating to ourselves and the world. Guided meditation, Dharma reflection, in the Online Dharma hall of Gaia House.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2022

2022-03-11 Mettā, Brāhmā vihārā, Guided mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on mettā meditation method 1:31:10
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Bhante Sujato: Mettā as an experience vs. a philosophical idea; found inside rather than outside, independent rather than grasping. Brāhmā vihārā. Guided mettā meditation. Dhamma talk: background on the mettā meditation method as taught by Ajahn Mahā Chatchai. Patience as a warm-up. Grounding the experience of mettā firmly in the body. Explanantion of "nimittā".
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • A Flower Called Mettā by Ajahn Chatchai (Link)

2022-03-11 Guided Meditation - Radiating Metta to All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:52
Greg Scharf
Radiating Metta to All Beings
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-10 Guided Meditation: Metta Practice -- All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:06
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-05 Guided Metta Meditation 28:06
Zohar Lavie
Metta to self, neutral person, and all.
Gaia House The Boundless Heart of Metta

2022-03-04 The revival of the Bhikkhunis, Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on the psychology of peace, Q+A 1:29:25
Bhante Sujato, Ayyā Suvirā
From Mantra Hotel. Ayyā Suvīrā presenting her new book. Mettā meditation, introduced and guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato: the psychology of peace. Samatha and Vipassanā: not two kinds of meditation, but aspects of mental development: letting go of desire and ignorance. "Māra is always one step ahead!" Q+A: Being afraid of peace.
Lokanta Vihara
Attached Files:
  • Walking in the Sunshine of the Bhikkhunis by Ayyā Suvirā (Link)

2022-03-04 Mindful Movement and Guided Metta Meditation 46:53
Jake Dartington
Metta to easy person, self and to all.
Gaia House The Boundless Heart of Metta

2022-03-04 Guided Metta Practice: Neutral Person (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 43:13
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-03-03 Guided Metta practice 39:44
Matthew Brensilver
The alternatives to love, hate or apathy, are not visible
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-02-28 Introduction to Metta and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:33
Greg Scharf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-27 Guided Metta Part 3 45:25
Kristina Bare
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-26 Guided Metta Part 2 44:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2 Week ONLINE Samatha-Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2022-02-25 Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1:43:18
Bhante Sujato
Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: how to find truth in a sea of disinformation (five guidelines). Thoughts on the concept of "Just War": its ancient philosophical origins and the Buddhist perspective. Black / white / black and white / neither black nor white kamma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-02-25 Guided Metta Part 1 44:37
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2 Week ONLINE Samatha-Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2022-02-22 Metta meditation 47:15
Chas DiCapua
A guided meditation on metta
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Winter Retreat 2022

2022-02-07 Metta for Easy Beings, Difficult Beings, and All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:54
JD Doyle
Guided Metta meditation that begins with an overview of working with difficult or challenging people. Meditation explores the cultivation of Metta, starting with easy beings, moving to difficult beings and ending with all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-31 Lightly Guided Metta Meditation 44:32
Nathan Glyde
Easy and neutral relationships, and in relationship to oneself.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-29 Guided Metta Meditation 44:24
Nathan Glyde
Cultivating goodwill.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-23 Teaching Session & Guided Meditation 1:24:32
Sari Markkanen
Pointers and signposts of deepening, and a few words about metta practice for cultivating samadhi. Guided meditation: Playing with metta (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-15 Guided Meditation - Metta to Sensations 44:54
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Expanding Joy on the Path of Peace

2021-12-06 Guided Metta Meditation 26:39
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House A Path of Wisdom and Love

2021-12-02 Metta Practice For Self 44:51
Jean Esther
Guided metta practice for working with the self, including ways to work with difficulty with oneself as the object.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-12-01 Introduction to Metta practice 40:17
Jean Esther
Short description of metta as an antidote to ill will followed by a guided practice with a focus on a benefactor or easy person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-04 Guided metta meditation 35:31
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-10-26 Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation 31:26
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2021-10-25 Guided Metta Meditation 29:32
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: The Freedom of Awareness

2021-10-25 Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation 29:56
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

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