Buddhism talks a lot about suffering, but a lot of us think that we don't suffer, or that we don't…
Lots of people struggle with self-hatred. They find they constantly judge themselves, talk to themselves harshly, and even do things…
I really like this graphic that one of my online friends, Shalone Cason, put together. Not only is it attractively…
What's your preferred translation of "metta"? As a kind of postscript to our recent Urban Retreat, which was on the…
This is not the end, but the beginning. Here is a summary of where we've been, and a list of…
I'm going to write less today, because sometimes I go on a bit, and I know we're all bombarded with…
One quality that’s closely related to metta is appreciation. We often take things for granted when they’re going right, and…
In previous posts I’ve suggested an approach to cultivating lovingkindness that begins with contacting our innate lovingkindness. Now the…
I'd like to share a way of relating that I call “loving gaze.” This is borrowed from Jan Chozen Bays,…
The Buddha said, "Protecting oneself, one protects others. Protecting others, one protects oneself." Lovingkindness helps us protect others, and it…