1/Dharma talk: Cultivating the heart qualities.
This is a talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW Australia on November 23, 2022. It briefly outlines some heart qualities including the four boundless divine abodes (warm benevolence, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity) and other related qualities (innate goodness, forgiveness and gratitude). Then describes some ways we can cultivate them as meditations.
It is followed by meditation.
2/Guided meditation: Cultivating the heart
This guided meditation is connected with a Dharma talk given at the Kuan Yin Centre, Lismore NSW Australia on November 23, 2022. The meditation begins by inviting the listener to ground their awareness in their body. Then it invites the listener to rest their attention in their heart centre and kindle a felt sense of goodwill. Later the listener is invited to expand and radiate this quality boundlessly.
3/Guided meditation: Boundless benevolence
This meditation was offered online 24-11-22. https://youtu.be/2NbM5xiUfrs This is a similar guided meditation given at the Kuan Yin Centre on Nov 23, 2022. Its focus however, is warm benevolence. The meditation begins by inviting the listener to ground their awareness in their body. Then it invites the listener to rest their attention in their heart centre and kindle a felt sense of benevolence. Later the listener is inviting to expand and radiate this quality boundlessly and rest in it