Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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Strengthening the Heart, Cultivating Kindness: Metta Retreat
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| Metta, sometimes translated as unconditional kindness or universal friendliness, grows from our capacity for basic human warmth. It is the first of four sublime states that can be cultivated as a powerful support for well-being, concentration and the deepening of insight practice.
In this silent metta retreat, we will explore a range of techniques for developing kindness, as well as ways to release the obstacles that often get in the way of living with more ease, happiness and peace. Our time together will include silent and guided sitting meditation, walking meditation, Dharma talks, instructions and group interviews with the teachers. |
2017-03-17 (6 days)
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
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2017-03-18
The strength of Kindness
58:16
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Oren Jay Sofer
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Our hearts and minds can be shaped and trained to meet experience with kindness. Metta offers strength as a resource and a doorway to happiness and connection.
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2017-03-20
Compassion, Willingness and Courage
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Oren Jay Sofer
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We are deeply connected to one another and all of life. When we are willing to meet pain and suffering with awareness, to feel what is present in our hearts, the door to compassion and awakening can open.
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