Graciously receiving kindness is among the greatest ways to give, because the giver of kindness benefits through your receiving.
#Metta
One thing I love about being on The #Fedi is the many opportunities to find sympathetic joy with other folks.
In my flavor of #Buddhism, it's part of the dedication of merit that we say at the end of each meditation session.
One of the dedications is basically the four wishes of #Metta practice, kinda gussied up with more words. Here those are:
May you be safe.
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
May you be at ease.
There are the basics, whittled down to about as few words as possible.
In the dedication we use, the one about sympathetic joy goes something like this:
"May all beings experience joy in the happiness of other beings."
There are so many fun opportunities to do that with pals and even with complete strangers here.
To me, it seems it's almost always accepted for what it is, rather than perceived as a societal sort of performance, jealousy, or even sarcasm.
I love it!
I can actually express joy and appreciation to folks for their stories, puns, discoveries, food, travels, books, photos, gardens, cats, dogs, bunnies, birds, bugs, you name it, and it's actually taken as joy and appreciation.
That helps spread joy and appreciation, and wow, does the world need more of that.
Even though both of those things are limitless, we tend to forget that and try to hoard them as if they are in short supply. (Consumer culture forces us to believe in the scarcity mindset, too.)
Thanks, everyone, for being so awesome.
It’s still metta monday, folks: ❤️❤️🙏🏼
May all beings be free from resentment and conflict.
May all beings be free from physical suffering.
May all beings be free from mental suffering.
May all beings be free from danger,
and may their bodies and minds be at peace.
~ -VENERABLE BHIKKHU PANNAKARA
#metta #peace #mindfulness #blessings
*photo is a screenshot of the blessings here.
Updated time for the historic, unprecedented Global Metta Meditation, today approximately 10.30pm GMT
https://dhammacetiya.com/walk-for-peace/global-meditation/
On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/live/cvUWjrNgbes?si=3_Yyjbg7CiPebovC
#WalkForPeace #GlobalMettaMeditation #Metta #meditation #compassion #walk #LovingKindness #Buddhist #Buddhism
Dear unopposed Friends,
Most of my #meditation is based around breathing.
#Breathing in positive thinking, emotions and goodwill.
#Amplifying those expressions
and #Radiating them on the out breath.
This #Positive expression in #Buddhism is called #Metta.
A good way to seize the day before breakfast.
:agummyhug: :mastodance: 🦞
#Today I committee to nine months of "advanced" #meditation teacher training with the folks that I trained with to be a teacher in 2020.
I will be required to teach a few classes while I am training; I plan to offer some online so folks outside of my geographic area can attend.
if I can find a brick-and-mortar space to teach in person, I will try to arrange that as well so local folk can attend.
The first set of classes will be #metta practice, which seems like a really good thing to be focusing on right now.
Drop me a line if you're interested in being a student while I'm a student! Thanks.
BDG Feature: Metta Makes Space
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/38cpatns
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Metta #Maitri #Compassion #Decluttering #Healing #LovingKindness #Mindfulness
BDG feature: The Weight of Grief: Finding Light in the Darkness
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/23e8jb4w
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Acceptance #Darkness #Death #Dying #Suffering #Grief #Loss #Mourning #Equanimity #Impermanence #Love #LovingKindness #Metta #EmotionalWellBeing
My new year's wish.
More about this piece: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/7159098
#ink #FountainPenInk #paper #acrylic #MastoArt #CreativeToots #Buddhism #metta #MettaMeditation
May you be happy.
May you be healthy and strong.
May you be safe.
May you be at ease with yourself and the world.
May you be successful on your spiritual path.
Loving-kindness meditation isn’t just personal self-care. It also benefits society, a scholar of mindfulness explains. It supports democracy by helping people work with strangers and opponents, not just those they agree with.
https://theconversation.com/what-loving-kindness-meditation-is-and-how-to-practice-it-in-the-new-year-270984 #MettaMeditation #metta #LovingKindness #meditation
BDG feature: Metta Bagged Up
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#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Compassion #Death #Decluttering #Dharma #EmotionalWellbeing #Friendship #Grief #Healing #Impermanence #Metta #Maitri
BDG feature: Metta’s Speakeasy
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/43hxnw5v
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Metta #LovingKindness #ConflictResolution #WorkplaceWellness #Kindness #Mindfulness #compassion
BDG feature: Together in Grief: A Buddhist Guide to Offering and Asking for Support in Times of Loss
🔗 Read more: https://tinyurl.com/65k6wejw
#Buddhism #BuddhistPractice #Compassion #Death #Dhamma #Dharma #Grief #Impermanence #Metta #Mourning #RightSpeech #Spirituality
May all beings in fear be free from fear.
May all beings in sorrow be free from sorrow.
May all beings in pain be free from pain.
May all beings be free from suffering.
#Buddhismus #buddhism #meditation #lovingkindness #liebendegüte #metta #theravada #vipassana #insight #einsicht #love #peace #Vergebung #forgiveness #Liebe
Mögen alle Wesen in Angst frei sein von Angst.
Mögen alle Wesen in Sorge frei sein von Sorgen.
Mögen alle Wesen mit Schmerzen frei sein von Schmerzen.
Mögen alle Wesen frei sein von Leid.
#Buddhismus #buddhism #meditation #lovingkindness #liebendegüte #metta #theravada #vipassana #insight #einsicht #love #peace #Vergebung #forgiveness #Liebe
i think i'm starting to get the hang of #metta #meditation 😊
tried #metta #meditation again today
damn it's really weird and hard to start something new and different, after practicing with the breath for months
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