Metta Meditation

METTA is the word in the Pali Language that means "Loving-Kindness". Metta is one of the more important of the teachings of the Buddha. Often it is learned via guided meditations. This page contains several teaching on metta.

The Buddha's Teachings on Loving-Kindness

The Metta Sutta
Translation of the Metta Sutta from Ayya Khema
The Amaravati Sangha's translation of the Metta Sutta
Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation of the Metta Sutta
Piyadassi Thera's translation of the Metta Sutta (includes historical setting)
Acharya Buddharakkhita's translation of the Metta Sutta
21 translations of the Metta Sutta side-by-side
The 11 benefits from practicing Metta
The mind-release of loving-kindness surpasses all
Metta Phrases - including the original phrases from the Buddha
Longchenpa's Verse on the Brahma Viharas

A Dhamma Talk on Metta by Ven. Ayya Khema

MP3s of Guided Metta Meditations by Ven. Ayya Khema are here
plus Transcriptions below:

MP3 of a Contemplation on Loving Kindness by Ven. Ayya Khema
the introduction is 30 minutes long; the contemplation starts at 30:30

MP3 of a short (2:09) Guided Metta Meditation by Leigh Brasington entitled
Do You Like Being Happy

More information on Metta

Access to Insight Website: Metta
Metta: the Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love by Acharya Buddharakkhita
Lovingkindness : The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
George Saunders’s Advice to Graduates - an excellent non-Buddhist exposition on Metta
Hardy Cook's PowerPoint on Metta
Dating the Metta Sutta

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