The essence of Metta is kindness, to ourselves and to all experience. This talk explores how and why we develop loving-kindness.

Perspective on retreat, metta in Buddhist path, clearing out unhelpful habit patterns of the heart/mind, training in love.

Through difficult experiencing in practice and in times of easy, loving-kindness meditation purifies and heals the heart, opening us up to inner sanctuary. This ripening of loving kindness sanctuary is the taste of meditative samadhi.

Many of us learn to be judge=mental and critical, especially towards ourselves. Metta is a powerful practice to diminish and even transform the tendency towards judging.

Metta for everybody

The cultivation of the divine abodes of loving kindness, compassion, supportive joy and equanimity are a practice for the whole of our lives.