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Retreat Dharma Talks at Insight Santa Cruz

Introduction to Mettā (lovingkindness) meditation

What this course includes:

• An overview of lovingkindness practice as it’s taught classically in Buddhism
• How it works with mindfulness practice
• Pre-practices that are less commonly taught in our insight meditation circles
• A bit about the recent science on lovingkindness and its benefits
• Each session includes stories, Q&A/discussion, and 2 short meditations (good for beginners),
• Encouragement to make it your own!

2025-02-19 (23 days) Insight Santa Cruz

  
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2025-03-13 Intro to Lovingkindness class 4: Metta Can Transform Difficulty 1:11:50
Dawn Neal
Introduction to Metta (lovingkindness) - Week Four Homework: Daily meditation: Offer kindness/goodwill to an easy being (or benefactor) & self, then someone or some part of you that you find difficult. Please practice 20 minutes or more a day. Remember, it is always okay to return to a being that is easy. It can also be very skillful to switch to mindfulness. Integrating mindfulness into metta practice can increase wisdom. This can be done by noticing what is and isn’t metta, without judging –or buying into–other emotions or experiences. In daily life, notice when Metta is present and when it isn’t. What are conditions that help it arise? Decrease? Appreciating the wish for metta, being interested in it, attending to it, helps to strengthen it.
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