Manchester Buddhist Centre talks

Four Brahma Viharas

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Personal reflections on the practice of mudita

by with Chandana and Dayamala (approx 15 mins)

https://www.archive.org/download/Mudita-PersonalReflections/MuditaPersonalReflections.mp3
Meditation - Mudita bhavana all six stages, with introductory remarks

by led by Dayamala (approx 31 mins)

https://www.archive.org/download/MuditaBhavana-SixStages/MuditaBhavanaSixStages.mp3
Talk on the Upekkha Bhavana, or cultivation of equanimity

by Ratnaguna

https://www.archive.org/download/EquanimityupekkhaTalkGivenByRatnaguna/Ratnaguna_brahmaViharas19thMarch2012.mp3
Talks, discussion and led meditations from a 2012 course on the Four Brahma Viharas

The course was held at Manchester Buddhist Centre from February to March 2012, as a Sangha Night series exploring the three meditations that, with the metta bhavana, make up the Four Brahma Viharas:

  1. Compassion
  2. Sympathetic Joy
  3. Equanimity
    4. Week one of two on compassion (approx 60 mins)

    by Dayamala and Chandana

    https://www.archive.org/download/CompassionWeek1/CompassionWeek1.mp3
    Meditation - Karuna bhavana stages 1 & 2 with introduction

    by (approx 25 mins)

    https://www.archive.org/download/KarunaBhavana-TwoStages/KarunaBhavana-TwoStages.mp3
    Week two of two on compassion (approx 33 mins)

    by Ratnaguna

    https://www.archive.org/download/CompassionWeek2/CompassionWeek2.mp3
    Meditation - Karuna bhavana all six stages, , with reading from Buddhist text

    by led by Ratnaguna (approx 33 mins)

    https://www.archive.org/download/KarunaBhavana-AllSixStages/KarunaBhavana-AllSixStages.mp3
    Week 1 of 2 on sympathetic joy, introduction and discussion

    by with Ratnaguna (approx 15 mins)

    https://www.archive.org/download/SympatheticJoy-Week1/Mudita-Introduction.mp3
    Meditation - Mudita bhavana stages one and two

    by led by Ratnaguna (approx 22 mins)

    https://www.archive.org/download/MuditaBhavana-TwoStages/MuditaBhavana-TwoStages.mp3
    Recap on sympathetic joy and 'practice' discussion

    by with Chandana (approx 32 mins)

    https://www.archive.org/download/Mudita-RecapAndPracticeDiscussion/MuditaRecapAndDiscussion.mp3

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