Summary: Loving-kindness meditation is the topic of this episode. Metta is the Pali word that is here translated as Loving-kindness. There is no one word that catches the fullness of the Pali word. Metta has two root meanings, one means “gentle” and the other means “friend”. Becoming the gentle friend of all living beings catches the general idea. I want to spend a few minute teaching you loving-kindness meditation. Text: “As a mother watches over her child, willing to risk her own life to protect her only child, so with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings, suffusing the whole world with unobstructed loving-kindness.” - Sn 1.8 Outline: Introduction I. Loving-kindness is not the same thing as love. II. Start your loving-kindness meditation with yourself. III. Next move on to the rest of the five categories of beings to direct loving-kindness to. IV. We finish off our loving-kindness meditation with general loving-kindness towards all living beings. Conclusion
