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Practicing Loving-Kindness in the Face of Danger

When “Luis” came in, something about his movements put everyone in my classroom on high alert.

Sit Like a Mountain: An Image of Equanimity

Sharon Salzberg teaches on why equanimity is important, and how to foster it.

Watch as Sharon Salzberg teaches “Street Loving-kindness”

In this new video, meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg shows how to bring the mind of loving-kindness to the fore.

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Pema Chödrön: join me in practicing tonglen for Nepal

Pema Chödrön has joined a number of other Buddhist figures in addressing the suffering in Nepal.

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Tonglen: In with the Bad, Out with the Good

“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches Tonglen practice.

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Loving-Kindness Starts with You

Josh Korda on how to free your naturally loving heart and expand your goodwill to include all beings through loving-kindness meditation.

May All Beings Be at Ease!

In the Metta Sutta, the Buddha teaches his monks how to live a moral and upright life, with metta at its center.

Why I Do Metta

Janice Lynne Lundy shares her perspective on the practice of loving-kindness – why she loves it, and why it goes with her everywhere.

Macaroni Art — Karen Maezen Miller on Joyful Giving

Karen Maezen Miller looks at why generosity is the starting place of all the virtues.

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What Makes Us Free?

Insight. Loving-kindness. Cultivating what’s wholesome. And making them real in our lives every day. These are what make us free, say Insight Meditation teachers Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein, in a conversation at California’s Spirit Rock Meditation Center, moderated by Michelle Latvala.