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
        17 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 & here
plus Transcriptions below:

• Peace and Joy
• Best Friend
• A Vessel of Peace
• A Flower in Your Heart
• Joy and Love
• The Beloved
• Golden Light
• Golden Light Version II
• Your Own Mother
• The Party
• The Fountain
• The Fountain Version II
• Goodness of Yourself and Others
• Peace and Love
• Patience and Acceptance
• Forgiveness
• Sunshine
• The Soft White Blanket
• The Four Brahma Viharas

• Garden in your Heart
• Compassion
• The Seed of Enlightenment
• Sun in your Heart Version I
• Sun in your Heart Version II
• Forgiveness Version II
• Golden Light Version III
• The Fountain Version III

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

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

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