• Lovingkindness Meditation

  • Learning to Love Through Insight Meditation
  • By: Sharon Salzberg
  • Narrated by: Sharon Salzberg
  • Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (306 ratings)

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Lovingkindness Meditation

By: Sharon Salzberg
Narrated by: Sharon Salzberg
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Within your own heart is a limitless source of supreme energy, the energy of love. No other force in the universe compares to it. The world's great spiritual traditions, both past and present, agree on this simple principle. Can love be harnessed and applied to others, used as a "tool" for changing lives? Lovingkindness Meditation teaches a traditional practice for cultivating love, and applying it as a life-changing force. Dating back 2,600 years, the practice of metta (an ancient Buddhist term meaning "lovingkindness") is a timeless method for unlocking your heart's immense healing resources.
©1996 Sharon Salzberg (P)2005 Sounds True

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Just what I was looking for:)

As someone fairly new to consistent meditation, but recently recommitted to a daily practice, I was looking for a bit of guidance and motivation. The author's voice is soothing and it feels as if she is in the room gently guiding my practice. It is wonderful for relaxing on my commute. This talk provides the Buddhist teachings and practical meditation tips on Loving Kindness meditation. Many themes were new even though I have been "reading" on Buddhism quite a bit recently. This deepened my practice from the first sitting. I went from struggling to remain until the Gong, to remaining in meditation for much longer than planned. Although it is not the results we should be seeking, I am happy to be experiencing a gentler reaction towards myself and others. This is one I will listen to over and over. I am sure as I understand more, more will be made clear.

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Short but powerful. Very well narrated. Inspiring

This is a great treatment of a common Buddhist topic. Most meditation retreats take some time for Metta (translated as Lovingkindness), and it's a good practice as one of many. What was inspiring about Sharon's story is that she went on a retreat for something like six weeks and only practiced Metta. This is the stuff of deep transformation especially in one's attitude toward the self. When you start meditating and, I guess, for a long time thereafter, who you're hearing is your self, after all, so it's good if you can cultivate some gentleness and friendliness towards your self, because otherwise you'll just be annoyed all the time. Sharon Salzberg's voice is perfect for her own work. Some Buddhist authors/narrators sound a little spacey and slow, but not so for this author. I really liked that I could listen to the whole book on one drive. Satisfying and not schmaltzy.

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An audiobook I will definitely read more than once

Wonderful introduction to lovingkindness meditation.

Here's just one priceless nugget from the book: The practice of metta toward a difficult person, even someone who has hurt us greatly, does not mean we condone the harmful actions of the person, or deny injustice or suffering caused by the person. It should never be confused with being passive toward violation or abuse. We forgive out of the greatest compassion for ourselves, to create unobstructed love, which can dissolve separation and relieve us of the twin burdens of lacerating guilt and perpetually unresolved outrage.

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Metta, One of The Four Brahma Viharas

Cultivate the Four Brahma viharas: loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Use them to walk amongst and through the eight worldly dharmas. Create merit, a moral force, and distribute it to all beings. Due to it they may find peace and happiness. Ms. Salzberg provides this and metta, merit, and walking meditation phrases. Realize your interconnectedness with everything. This is a short and concise book about Metta Meditation. Yes, good things do come in short small concise packages.

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  • 04-08-16

Love Sharon's voice

I've only recently gotten into Sharon Salzsberg.., but I'm definitely a fan. 👍😀

Very relaxing, helped further my meditation practice. It's a good book for beginners.

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A pleasure and greatly inisightful

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Very descriptive and amazing to follow her instructions as one would as a Buddhist practitioner.

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Steered to people with loss/bad relationships

I think this book is good for people with divorce or bad relationships but not very good for someone with very good relationships I think it was too negative. The book is Buddhist though and I did not know this. Buddhists believe in being not attached to anybody. I’ll try to incorporate some things but overall I did not like it and struggled with the message, felt sad. But I only read half <3

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  • 10-20-23

Excellent!!

I absolutely Loved this book soooo much!! Highly recommended. It was very soothing to listen.

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Easy listening

Wish it had more practice steps but overall gave me a great deal of information in regards to looking inwards towards loving myself and in turn learning to spread that love to others.

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Excellent and life changing

Peaceful. So thoughtful and thought provoking. So very worth your time. A short and excellent book that could change your life

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