(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Practising compassion for a friend experiencing difficulties, then oneself, mostly using the reciting-phrases method
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A brief overview of the brahma vihara practices, then introduction to compassion practice, acknowledging the challenges of practising for oneself
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) A short guided metta meditation using the radiating-energy method, pervading metta in the four directions, above, below, and all around
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Various suggestions for working with "pain," to help maintain a balanced relationship to physical discomfort
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) Guided meditation beginning with connection to one's own well-being, then metta for the benefactor using the reciting phrases method of practice
(Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre) An overview of metta practice, with instructions for working with the category of benefactor
12 min
About Jill Shepherd's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
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Wisdom and compassion are two themes that inform my current exploration of the dharma, and I aspire to integrate these as fully as I can in both formal practice and daily life.