Cow Dung & Compassion: Spiritual Growth in Life's Difficult Moments

The true depth of Buddhist loving kindness and compassion practice and why it's far from the light, "feel-good" meditation many believe it to be. Through the Buddha's powerful "Analogy of the Saw" teaching, we discover many vibrant analogies on how to practice boundless love meditation and how true loving kindness requires us to put down our emotional armouring. We address the natural ups and downs of deeper practice, the relationship between loving kindness and forgiveness, and how to navigate the intense emotions that arise when we truly commit to healing the heart. This teaching sheds light on many aspects of the more advanced mettā practice before moving onwards with other vehicles of meditation.

Dhamma talk given by Bhante Ānanda
Day 4 of meditation retreat at Tierramor, in Costa Rica, June 2024.

MN 21 The Analogy of the Saw
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00:00 - Start
00:40 - Intro
03:52 - Origin of Forgiveness
13:30 - Loving Kindness
16:49 - Why We Break Our Meditation Sit
19:53 - The Power of Loving Kindness
22:14 - Seven Years of Loving Kindness
25:46 - Analogies For Mettā
39:22 - Growing Out of Dung
41:53 - Effortless Love
45:41 - Beyond Thought & Imagination
48:15 - Love Merging With Mind
53:29 - How Long to Practice Forgiveness
56:12 - No Need to Know
59:07 - Conclusion
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