Loving Kindness - A Benefactor Practice

As usual, we will begin with meditation, and a reading of The Metta Suta (page vii). We will then begin our discussion with a contemplation of "The Benefactor" exercise on page 39 (new edition and Kindle edition) or page 57 of the older edition of the book). Chapter 4, Hindrances to Lovingkindness is up next.

... for your contemplation
here is a link to 21 Translations of the Metta Sutta

Lovingkindness: the Revolutionary art of Happiness, (find a copy by clicking the title link) by Sharon Salzburg.

This text is based on The Four Immeasurables of Love, Compassion, Empathetic Joy and Equanimity, which are the qualities of enlightenment that we aspire to accomplish through study, reflection and practice. Each week we will begin our sessions with an aspiration prayer and the Metta Suta before discussing the text.

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