There, the group commemorated the grand opening of the Tâm Từ Metta Vietnamese Buddhist temple – among the largest in the Bay Area — on the southern edge of Morgan Hill. The event ...

Dozens of square windows puncture the corrugated steel shell of this barn-like Buddhist meditation centre in a rural part of the Netherlands by Dutch architects Bureau SLA (+ slideshow).

Metta meditation is a type of Buddhist meditation. In Pali — a language that’s closely related to Sanskrit and spoken in northern India — “metta” means positive energy and kindness ...

Equally vital are loving-kindness (Metta) and compassion (Karuna), which involve cultivating a genuine wish for the well-being of all beings and an empathetic desire to alleviate their suffering.

A Buddha is one who is awake. He knows what suffering is ... This quality is termed ‘loving-kindness’ known in Buddhism as metta. In a famous text metta is described in the following terms: Let none ...

Metta close mettaThe Buddhist term for loving kindness. A pure love which is neither grasping nor possessive. means loving kindness. Buddhists attempt to show loving kindness towards others and ...

And that understanding makes their social interactions and close relationships stronger. Guiding us today’s metta practice is Anushka Fernandopulle. Anushka is a meditation teacher and mindful ...