Lightly led by Maitrisambhava. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.

Equanimity is the deepest level of metta: metta imbued with seeing reality. Maitrisiddhi brings in Kisa Gotami, Hiroshima and her own mother's death. Can we hold the paradox of loving, yet letting go? Can we drop the drama, and see the mettaful action that we could actually take? From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.

Satyakavi invites us to delight in others' delight and good qualities, and let go of envy or grasping at others' successes. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.

How can we meet suffering with metta? Opening up to metta that is 'beyond me', and meeting all the different emotions that arise in us in relation to painful experience. Honest, moving, sometimes funny. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka.

The metta bhavana practice has two aspects - active intention to wish well, and receptive awareness - noticing our actual emotional responses. Maitrisiddhi introduces and leads through a practice emphasising the receptive aspect. From the 'Living in the Mandala: Brahma Viharas' retreat at Taraloka. NB: If you're wondering what the background sounds are, it's someone in a Spitfire doing acrobatics in the sky overhead!