Category: metta/ loving-kindness
walking each other home
In meditation, we patiently cultivate two qualities of the heart that are so comforting and life-changing, some call them “refuges.” Now, while loving-kindness and compassion might sound like these grand ideas, they’re actually really practical meditation…
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a gentle rain in the garden of the heart
I was initially turned off by Buddhist metta meditation. I felt it was silly. But slowly, things changed. Now I hold this practice most dearly. I was initially turned off by metta, or loving-kindness, meditation. I…
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metta
The meditation practice of metta, or loving-kindness, has had a profound effect on me over the years. I would like to touch on some of these as an offer of encouragement to discover the healing depth…
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Rumi’s car: metta, inclusivity and the heart
I was driving somewhere the other day with my son Kupai in the car. It was late afternoon and I had just gotten up from bed (I work nights). I wasn’t paying a lot of attention,…
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Buddhist meditation on joy
In these past few posts we have been looking at the practice of the Four Immeasurables – Love, Joy, Compassion and Equanimity, also known as the Four Divine Abodes. Essentially these are four wholesome emotions that…
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