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2025-05-08 Mudita and non-self 48:27
Rachel Lewis
After some comments on the relationships among the Brahmaviharas and how an understanding of non-self supports the natural expression of the Brahmaviharas, we practice mudita with respect to several categories of beings. This session ends with a brief Q&A.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Mindfulness and Equanimity: A Path to Peace - 25DS

2025-05-07 Guided Meditation: Exploring Emotions and Thoughts Connected to Contemporary Social and Political Events 2 40:16
Donald Rothberg
We begin with some guidance on developing samadhi (concentration) and stability, followed by practicing developing samadhi. After about 10 minutes developing samadhi, we move to mindfulness practice. After about another 10 minutes of practice, we then inquire into some of the emotions and thoughts that have been present recently, whether difficult or joyful, related to the current state of the society and world. We first relive a recent experience and then bring mindfulness to the somatic, emotional, and mental dimensions of experience. While staying silent, we also have a sense of being in community and sharing our experience. We then work with Kristen Neff's three-step self-compassion practice (shifting to a three-step joy or mudita practice if the experiences have been more positive).
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2025-05-03 Guided Meditation - Mudita for All Beings 40:41
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Limitless and Sublime

2025-04-22 Appreciative Joy - Mudita 20:50
Ayya Anandabodhi
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Deepening into Wisdom and Love 2025

2025-04-18 Mudita: Brief Intro and guided. 46:43
Roxanne Dault
Practicing with mudita for an ease being and joy for self
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying Kindness and Wisdom: Insight and Lovingkindness Meditation Retreat - 25RB

2025-04-06 Muditā Practice: Intro followed by Guided Practice to cultivate sympathetic joy. 41:39
Akincano Marc Weber
How wonderful you are in your being! I delight that you are here! I take joy in your good fortune! May your happiness continue and increase! (From a Sinhalese Ms of the 19th century. Monks' and nuns‘ practice upon receiving alms).
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students – 25AMW

2025-03-30 Guided Meditation Concentration Mudita Practice for All Beings Everywhere 15:51
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage The Heart of the Matter: Metta (unconditional loving-kindness) & Mudita (appreciative/empathetic joy)

2025-03-30 Guided Meditation - Concentration Mudita Practice for Family Member, Mudita Practice for Difficult Person 44:39
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage The Heart of the Matter: Metta (unconditional loving-kindness) & Mudita (appreciative/empathetic joy)

2025-03-30 Guided Meditation Introduction to Mudita Practice & phrases for Mudita practice, concentration - Mudita Practice for Benefactor, Mudita Practice for Dear Friend 59:10
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage The Heart of the Matter: Metta (unconditional loving-kindness) & Mudita (appreciative/empathetic joy)

2025-03-28 Introduction to Retreat Topic: Metta & Mudita retreat format, schedule, questions followed by Guided Sitting Meditation... Anapanasati concentration and Metta practice for oneself 60:25
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage The Heart of the Matter: Metta (unconditional loving-kindness) & Mudita (appreciative/empathetic joy)

2025-03-24 Guided Meditation - Mudita (Appreciative Joy) 38:34
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Living with Illness & Loss

2025-03-23 Morning Session: Guided Meditation - Tetrad 1 + 2 + Mudita 31:23
Ayya Santussika
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies Ānāpānasati: Opening to Stillness, Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity

2025-03-20 Practicing Mudita (Sympathetic Joy) 1:47:58
Sari Markkanen
Guided Meditation; Instructions; Talk
Gaia House Brahmaviharas : Beautiful Qualities of Heart and Mind (online course)

2025-03-20 Dharma Reflection: Four Brahma Viharas in Nature 11:50
Devon Hase
Reflections on nature as our teacher of metta, karuna, mudita, and upekkha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge March 2025 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2025-02-26 Mudita and Joy as a Path to Liberation 46:28
Jessica Morey
This talk explores how mudita deepens connection, strengthens self-confidence, and reveals joy as an essential force in both personal liberation and collective well-being.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Lovingkindness Retreat – 25MOS

2025-01-04 Deepening the Practice of Mudita and Upekkha 47:21
Ayya Anandabodhi
This begins with a Dhamma talk and leads into a meditation these heart qualities, deepening the practices of Mudita (appreciative joy) and Upekkha (equanimity).
Aloka Earth Room & Parayana Vihara :  Saranaloka New Year Retreat 2024 - 2025

2024-12-13 Meditation on Appreciative Joy - Mudita 46:51
Ayya Anandabodhi
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Where Wisdom & Compassion Meet - Monastic Retreat

2024-12-08 Mettā, Karuna, Muditā - Guided Meditation on Kindness Compassion & Appreciative Joy 35:03
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Boundless Heart, Vulnerable Life

2024-12-04 Week 6, Pt 1 - Mudita Meditation 25:14
Juha Penttilä, Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Vedana - A Path of Easeful Liberation (online series)

2024-11-27 Week 5, Pt 1 - Mudita Meditation 30:57
Yahel Avigur
Gaia House Vedana - A Path of Easeful Liberation (online series)

2024-11-16 Mudita 57:39
Tuere Sala
Brief Reflections and Guided Practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2024-10-25 Mudita 47:52
DaRa Williams
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge October 2024

2024-08-25 Mudita (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:43
Tuere Sala
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Lovingkindness Retreat

2024-08-02 Mudita Talk and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 42:56
John Martin
With Mudita we celebrate the happiness of others and wish it to continue.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The Spirit of Insight, Dharma & Awakening

2024-07-28 Guided Meditation on the Four Divine Abidings 43:53
Ayya Anandabodhi
A Guided meditation through metta, karuna, mudita, upekkha.
Aloka Earth Room & Parayana Vihara :  Saranaloka Online Summer Retreat Creating a Supportive Container in Times of Great Challenge

2024-07-23 Mudita - reflections and a guided meditation 44:36
Kristina Bare
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Nature of Awareness: A Retreat for Experienced Students

2024-07-21 11 instructions: Muditā for oneself 13:20
Jill Shepherd
Southern Insight Meditation Rest, resilience, renewal, release:

2024-07-21 10 meditation: Muditā using the radiating energy method of practice 20:45
Jill Shepherd
Southern Insight Meditation Rest, resilience, renewal, release:

2024-07-21 09 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy 13:50
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to cultivating muditā, gladness or appreciative joy, using the radiating-energy method of practice
Southern Insight Meditation Rest, resilience, renewal, release:

2024-07-15 Talk 8 - Day 4 Eve - Mudita Follow-up Upekkha overview 1:32:14
Tina Rasmussen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Heart Practices: Purification of the Heart

2024-07-15 Talk 7 - Day 4 Morning Guided Mudita meditation 42:53
Tina Rasmussen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Heart Practices: Purification of the Heart

2024-07-14 Talk 6 - Day 3 Eve - Karuna Follow-up Mudita overview 1:23:23
Tina Rasmussen
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Heart Practices: Purification of the Heart

2024-06-27 Mudita instructions and practice 32:03
Cara Lai
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2024-06-17 Voice, resonance and mantra 26:28
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn provides guidance on the power of group voice and offers a mantra: Metta, karuna, mudita, upekkha.
Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT) :  A Mindful Resonance

2024-06-11 Choosing Mudita 45:03
Ayya Santussika
Examples from the suttas of mudita arising from living in harmony and its importance in developing the practice.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cooling the Mind, Warming the Heart

2024-06-09 Mudita - opening to joy. 59:53
Yuka Nakamura
Mudita is the heart quality that sees and appreciates what is good and beautiful. What makes it difficult to have Mudita and how can we cultivate it?
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Cultivation – Investigation – Contemplation: Insight Meditation Retreat for Experienced Students

2024-06-05 Mudita–resonant joy 46:43
Dawn Scott
Big Bear Retreat Center Equanimity and Metta

2024-05-31 Challenging mind states 51:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Ajahn explores kaya and citta sankharas; building up resources; sabotage programs; mudita as a resource.
Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Exploring Animate Reality

2024-05-22 10 Morning reflection and guided meditation: Muditā 43:21
Jill Shepherd
Includes a short reflection on Vesak and acknowledgement of Joseph Goldstein's 80th birthday
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2024

2024-04-23 The Four Brahma Viharas 34:31
Ayya Anandabodhi
A guided meditation touching into each of the Brahma Viharas - the Divine Abodes~ metta - kindness karuna - compassion mudita - appreciative joy upekkha - equanimity
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Loving and Letting Go

2024-04-17 The Wholesome Joy of Mudita 61:33
Dawn Scott
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2024-04-17 21 talk: An overview of the brahmavihāra with an emphasis on muditā or appreciative joy 36:35
Jill Shepherd
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Together and Alone: Finding freedom individually and collectively

2024-04-17 Mudita (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:57
Konda Mason
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Illuminating the Beautiful Qualities of the Heart - A Retreat for all self-identified Women of the Black African Diaspora

2024-03-30 Muditā Instructions & Guided Practice 59:29
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House The Brahma Viharas: Our Heart's Innate Capacity for Love

2024-03-13 Mudita (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 55:52
Jaya Rudgard
Reflections on the value and challenges of rejoicing in good fortune.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2024-02-26 Mudita - Sympathetic or Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:49
Jaya Rudgard
Introduction and lightly guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat--1 Month

2024-02-22 talk: Death contemplation, gratitude and muditā practice 33:29
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Auckland Insight meetings 2024

2024-01-02 A place of abiding 28:07
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided meditation on transforming the inner environment, creating a peaceful place of abiding, inviting mudita
Parayana Vihara

2024-01-01 Mudita: Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:09
Devon Hase
Poem and guided meditation on gratitude and mudita for others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center New Year's Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-11-25 Mudita 58:05
Tuere Sala
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-21 Brahmavihara Practice: Mudita 43:34
Jill Shepherd
Some short reflections on Muditā, then a guided meditation cultivating appreciative joy for oneself and an "easy being"
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-18 Meditation on appreciative joy - Mudita 57:45
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Practicing appreciative joy towards oneself and sentient beings, can overcome env, jealousy, aversion and lead to peace and happiness
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2023-11-14 A Different Way of Knowing ~ Let the Boundless Qualities Shine Forth 52:34
Ayya Santacitta
Reflection & Guided Meditation on Metta, Mudita and Awareness of the More-Than-Human-World
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2023-10-16 Mudita - Die wertschätzende Freude (Schweizerdeutsch) 58:12
Yuka Nakamura
Mudita - das dritte der vier Brahmaviharas - wird als Mitfreude, wertschätzende oder selbstlose Freude bezeichnet. Sie ist die Herzensqualität, die das Gute, das Schöne, das Glück wertschätzt - in unserem eigenen Leben und bei anderen. Unser Leben ist reich an Anlässen für Mudita - seien es unsere Lebensumstände, die Schönheit der Natur, ethische, heilsame Handlungen und die Tatsache, dass wir dem Dharma begegnet sind und ihn praktizieren.
Karunahaus

2023-10-13 Reflections and Guided Meditation on Mudita 35:36
Matthew Brensilver
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight 2023

2023-10-05 Die drei Brahmavihara karuna, mudita und upekkha 44:52
Renate Seifarth
Es werden die weiteren Brahmavihara Qualitäten vorgestellt, die ähnlich wie Metta entwickelt werden. Es geht um den Zusammenhang mit Metta, ihre Bedeutung in unserem Leben und die Rolle von upekkha, Gleichmut.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta Retreat

2023-09-29 Sympathetic Joy / Mudita Meditation Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:03
Jessica Morey
A classical guided meditation on sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2023-09-28 Touching the Joy and Goodness in Our Lives (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 50:03
Jessica Morey
An exploration of the nature of Mudita, how to cultivate and overcome obstacles to sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2023-09-14 Unselfish Joy: Overview and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 40:40
JD Doyle
Overview of how Mudita (Unselfish Joy/ Appreciative Joy) can be a wellspring for our practice, followed by a guided meditation that begins with gratitude and continues to offering joy to a dear one, self, and all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Foundations of Mindfulness

2023-08-26 Practicing Mudita with a Fluid Heart (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 33:38
Kristina Bare
Afternoon Brahmavihara instruction at Summer Insight Meditation retreat.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Summer Insight Meditation Retreat

2023-08-25 17 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy 24:06
Jill Shepherd
Exploring different aspects of muditā: as happiness for others' happiness; as appreciation or gratitude; as recognition of our own strengths or good qualities, as in the Buddha's instructions to Mahanama
Te Moata Retreat Center :  Two-week insight meditation retreat

2023-08-12 07 meditation: further development of mettā and muditā as supports for freeing the citta 31:59
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation Online meditation day: Understanding the citta (heart/mind)

2023-08-07 Guided Meditation - Muditā Expansion 43:10
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Expanding the Heart

2023-08-06 Guided Meditation - Muditā - Including More Neutral Relationships 41:39
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Expanding the Heart

2023-07-26 The Samādhi of Muditā - Guided Meditation 5 44:46
Zohar Lavie
SanghaSeva Cultivating The Beautiful

2023-06-10 Appreciative Joy Guided Meditation 39:26
Ayya Santussika
Mudita - Appreciative Joy
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-06 Guided Meditation 34:44
Zohar Lavie
Muditā
Gaia House Living With Illness and Loss

2023-05-14 Appreciative Joy – Muditā (Sunday) 15:46
Jill Shepherd
London Insight Meditation Jill Shepherd – Exploring the four brahmavihāra heart qualities in daily life

2023-04-12 Radiating Joy in All Directions 33:14
Dhammadīpā
A guided meditation for the practice of mudita, empathetic joy, in the form of envisioning it radiating inwardly and outwardly.
Dassanāya Buddhist Community

2023-03-10 Guided Meditation - Muditā 42:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-03-10 Instructions - Muditā 59:46
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-02-26 Mudita 1:11:14
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight En chemin vers la joie

2023-02-17 Mudita Practice 54:27
James Baraz
Learning to delight in the happiness of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-01-15 Day 5 Brahmavihara Practices: Mudita Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:02
Beth Sternlieb
Gratitude and Joy nourish us on the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-05 Mudita Practice - reflections and a guided exercise 41:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Mudita as resonance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2022-12-29 Guided Mudita Meditation 42:49
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House New Year Dana Retreat

2022-12-16 Acting for justice and the bhikkhunī ordinations of 2009 1:33:40
Bhante Sujato
Guided meditation on muditā. Dhamma talk on how to act for justice, with reference to senior male monastics' roles in bhikkhunī ordinations of 2009.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-11-11 Meditation, Dhamma talk on Muditā 1:17:21
Bhante Sujato
Meditation: Meditation on thoughts and desire. Dhamma talk on Muditā.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-10-28 Muditā - Wertschätzende Freude 62:31
Yuka Nakamura
Muditā ist das dritte der vier Brahmavihāras, der himmlischen Verweilzustände. Sie ist die Fähigkeit, sich über das, was heilsam und gut ist zu freuen und es wertzuschätzen - bei sich selbst und bei anderen. Muditā hilft dem Geist, angesichts von Leiden und Herausforderungen im Gleichgewicht zu bleiben. Welche Faktoren stehen der Freude im Weg und wie können wir sie bewusst kultivieren?
Pauenhof Center

2022-10-07 Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut 47:12
Renate Seifarth
Die drei Brahmavihara Karuna (Mitgefühl), Mudita (Mitfreude) und Upekkha (Gleichmut). Um welche Haltungen geht es hierbei, welche Hindernisse gilt es zu überwinden und wie können wir sie entwickeln.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta

2022-09-19 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances - Week 2 - Mudita 60:07
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-15 Guided Meditation - Mudita - Appreciation 41:56
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-08-25 Meditation Instructions 5: Muditā 58:56
Nathan Glyde
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-24 Taking Joy, & Appreciating It To Give Back More 46:48
Nathan Glyde
Exploring the teaching of Muditā
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-22 The BramaViharas--Mudita / Empathetic Joy 56:02
Tina Rasmussen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2022-08-03 Mudita: Sympathetic Joy 40:43
George Mumford
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-07-13 Mudita: reflections and guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27:04
Kristina Bare
Inviting the heart into experiencing of abundance
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-22 02 meditation: cultivating gratitude 22:23
Jill Shepherd
Orienting the heart-mind towards gratitude as a support for muditā, appreciative joy
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-04-27 Guided mudita meditation. 44:19
Ayya Anandabodhi
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-07 Guided Meditation: Joy 61:10
Oren Jay Sofer
A guided meditation beginning with a reflection on gratitude, opening to joy, and then cultivating Mudita - joy in the happiness of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

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

2022-03-17 Sharing the Happiness of Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:31
Winnie Nazarko
We can train the mind to recognize and rejoice in the happiness of others, experiencing happiness ourselves. But to be able to do this, we need to confront human tendencies to compare ourselves to others, and sometimes strong resistance. This talk discusses the beautiful quality of Mudita (Empathetic Joy), and how we can develop it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-15 Mudita Practice 48:27
James Baraz
Mudita for a friend who is having great happiness, self, benefactor, and neutral categories
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-02 Week 4 - Guided Meditation 47:14
Kirsten Kratz
Aspects of Mudita
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-02 Week4 - Exploring Appreciative Joy - Mudita 1:35:41
Kirsten Kratz
Instructions and Meditation
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-30 Guided Mudita Meditation 43:39
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-18 14 instructions: muditā 8:10
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to muditā as a support for skilful qualities of heart and mind
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Deepening into stillness, opening to peace

2022-01-08 Appreciative Joy - Mudita: An Introduction and Guided Meditation 36:10
Brian Lesage
Mountain Hermitage Samadhi and Insight Online Meditation Retreat

2022-01-07 Guided Mudita, Appreciative Joy Practice 53:18
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2022-01-07 Guided Mudita, Appreciative Joy Discussion 27:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

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