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  1. Book search result icon Meditations10 Copyright
     … questions about this book may be addressed to Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. additional resources More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org. printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request … 
  2. Book search result icon Meditations10 Introduction
    Introduction The daily schedule at Metta Forest Monastery includes a group interview in the late afternoon and, later in the evening, a chanting session followed by a group meditation period. The Dhamma talks included in this volume were given during the evening meditation sessions, and in many cases covered issues raised at the interviews—either in the questions asked or lurking behind the questions … 
  3. Book search result icon Meditations10
    Dhamma talks on breath meditation and various aspects of the Buddhist Path given during the evening meditation sessions at Metta Forest Monastery from 2018-2019.
  4. Book search result icon Meditations10 Glossary
     … of all dhammas). Sanskrit form: dharma. Jhana: Mental absorption. A state of strong concentration focused on a single sensation or mental notion. Sanskrit form: dhyana. Kamma: Intentional act. Sanskrit form: karma. Metta: Goodwill; benevolence. See brahma-vihara. Nibbana: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this term also denotes the … 
  5. The Brahmaviharas Are Not a Complete Practice
     … Goodwill is metta. Metta is a wish for happiness. The reason we’re practicing is because we want a genuine happiness, a happiness that also doesn’t harm anybody. We want the happiness to spread around. So you want to get that attitude firmly in place—that you really do want to be happy—because you’re going to be dealing with lots of … 
  6. For Goodness’ Sake
     … He asked me a couple of questions about life here at Wat Metta. And one of them was, “When Westerners come to the monastery, what do they come for?” He’d been talking about virtue and generosity to the laypeople, so I mentioned that a lot of people don’t come thinking about generosity and virtue at the very beginning. Their first motivation for … 
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