Metta Offering from Kamala Masters, June 5th

Dear Friends,

With the heartbreaking news of recent events, I have found much refuge in the simplicity and directness of metta meditation practice. As a result, I am moved to share this practice and to support a larger coming-together of our sangha in metta offering. I would be honored if you would join me and an online community of other practitioners at this time.

When: Friday, June 5th, 8AM Hawaii, 11AM PT, 1PM CT, 2PM ET, 8PM Europe. For other time zones we plan to share a recording on the Vipassana Metta Foundation website following the gathering.
What: 40 minutes of guided metta
Where: Zoom
Fee: None, this is a dāna offering. If you are moved to give in response, please see below.
Who can join: Anyone who is interested. Please feel free to share this invite with others who might like to join.

Metta practice—offering unconditional goodwill—deeply supports us, as well as all beings, as we navigate these very difficult times. In addition to the goodwill we are offering to others, our practice also calms, stabilizes, and unifies our minds, hearts, and bodies. This helps us greatly to act and speak with wisdom and compassion, which is so important to bring to the world now.

As mentioned above, this a dāna offering, this means there is no request for registration fee or teacher dāna. If you are compelled to offer dāna, please share this dāna with any group or organization your heart opens to help.

With metta and my thanks for your consideration,
Kamala

Video recording “Guided Metta for Turbulent Times“

June 4, 2020/by Sabitre

04/02/2020 “Practicing the Heart Qualities Together” with Rich Howard

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

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In these challenging times, we need to cultivate both wisdom and the qualities of the heart. In this evening of practice and discussion, we will practice gratitude and the four brahmaviharas: metta (boundless friendliness, loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy), upekkha (equanimity). Between each of these short meditations, we will discuss what came up and how it felt. Join us for an evening of opening the heart and creating community.

April 2, 2020/by Sabitre

SIM 2019 Residential Retreat

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

2019 Residential Retreat with Kamala Masters and Vance Pryor.
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Audio file: 20190907-Kamala_METTA Guided Meditation through neutral person

Audio file: (expired) 20190907-Vance_Threefold Training, Wisdom, and Impermanence

Audio file: 20190908_Chanting Three Refuges and Five Precepts

Audio file: 20190908_Chanting in English

Audio file: 20190908-Kamala_METTA Guided Meditation – complete

Audio file: 20190908-Kamala_Seeing the World with Quiet Eyes

Audio file: 20190909-Kamala_Dana as One of the Three Pillars

September 16, 2019/by Sabitre

04/11/2019 “Happiness and the Arising of Samādhi” with Meg Gawler

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

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Happiness (sukha in Pali) is the proximate cause for samādhi (collectedness, concentration). It is also traditionally taught as one of the factors of absorption (jhana). On this evening, Meg will explore the various meanings of happiness in a Buddhist context and the role it plays in our practice of meditative awareness.

April 11, 2019/by Sabitre

01/10/2019 “Cultivating Joy” with Meg Gawler

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

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Buddhists on the path to liberation practice meditation to train the mind in mindfulness and samādhi. The Pāli word, samādhi, although often translated as ‘concentration,’ is better rendered into English as ‘unification.’ While concentration is an essential skill, the Buddhist practitioner cannot produce a state of samādhi through concentration alone. This is because the self needs to get out of the way. Rather, the Buddha teaches that samādhi arises naturally when the supporting conditions – all positive mind states – are in place. Joy is one of these positive mind states.

January 10, 2019/by Sabitre

10/04/2018 “Conditions that give rise to Liberation” with Meg Gawler

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

The Buddha’s Teaching on the Conditions that give rise to Liberation

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And here’s a guided meditation “Mindfulness of Breathing: The Door to Freedom”:

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October 4, 2018/by Sabitre

“Loving Kindness Meditation” with Kamala Masters

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

Loving Kindness Meditation

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February 24, 2017/by Sabitre

01/28/2017 One Day Retreat with Amma Thanasanti

Audio Dharma, Guided Meditation

From Separation to Seamless Reality

Buddhist teachings emphasize the link between dukkha, an inner dissatisfaction that keeps us from enjoying life and the delusive view of the self that we are separate from others. During this meditation day, we will explore the conceptual proliferation that generates the sense of self and turn towards the fullness, peace and potential that is our ever-present nature. Ending conceptual proliferation reveals a seamless reality at the heart of everything and fundamentally changes our way of being and living. The day will be informed by mindful investigation of our direct experience, and framed within teachings on emptiness, pervasive awareness and love.