Loving Kindness: 3 Things to Get it Going | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Sep 15, 2023 · 30m

(1) We start by developing Loving Kindness just to one being, whoever we find most easy. Even an animal like a cat or cute puppy will do. Then we have to keep on going until we actually FEEL somthing. Loving Kindness is an emotion, not just a thinking exercise. Even if we take a long time with just one being, that's fine. Once we can really feel the emotion, a lot has been accomplished, and it's quite easy to include more beings and spread out our Mettā (2) We have to include ourselves. It may appear like that's not so important, as there are countless other beings that we want to radiate…