Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2012-06-02 Loving Kindness - Guided Meditation 17:55
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara : Embodiment as a Path to Peace and Kindness

2012-05-30 Intimacy with Life - Awakening Love 67:10

Tara Brach

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The Buddha taught about four Divine Abodes--dwelling places of the awakened heart mind: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In this four-part series, we will explore the ways our conditioning blocks us from these expressions of inner freedom, and the understandings and practices that enable us to inhabit our full potential.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2012-05-29 Guided Six Sense Door Metta Meditation 15:33
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey	Download Listen
A form of loving kindness integrated with our traditional mindfulness practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Part 1 – Lovingkindness: Metta Retreat

2012-05-26 The Practice of Recovery: A Buddhist Approach to Healing Addiction 2:46:58
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
In this daylong retreat we’ll explore the uses of Buddhist practices and teachings in recovery. Blending mindfulness and the12 Steps we will see how fundamental Buddhist teachings like the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, Lovingkindness, and others can be used as fundamental tools in a program of recovery. The day will include lecture, discussion, and interactive exercises, as well as an introduction to mindfulness meditation.
New York Insight Meditation Center

2012-04-29 SunPM-Guided-Heart-Lovingkindness 31:25
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : 2012 IMCW Spring Retreat: Intimacy with Life

2012-04-22 The Brahma Viharas: Shifting the Center of Gravity 56:13
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
An overview of the Brahma Viharas (lovingkindness-compassion-sympathetic joy-euanimity) and the role they play in the path of transforming judgments through sharing stories, images and practical techniques.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Transforming the Judgmental Mind

2012-04-21 Wise Love 38:20
Caroline Jones	Download Listen
When loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity combine with mindfulness, we can meet life with care, sensitivity and wisdom.
Gaia House : Work Retreat

2012-04-18 Curiosity, Impermanence and the Heart of Loving Kindness 58:55
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Kindhearted Awareness: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-02-22 Loving One's Enemies I 60:40
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the meaning of developing a love or loving kindness toward all, including one's "enemies," using both Christian and Buddhist resources. Four foundational practices are outlined: 1.Ffollowing ethical guidelines 2. Mindfulness 3. Metta, and 4. Wisdom practices to help contemplate emphathically the causes and conditions of difficult interactions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-12 The Heart Unbound 53:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is Metta - loving kindness - and how do we work with obstacles and barriers so the heart can be open and free to love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center : Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat