86. 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♂️- Don't miss in Sri Lanka.

 🧘‍♂️ 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♂️- Don't miss in Sri Lanka.


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Buddhist meditation is a beautiful way to calm the mind, cultivate compassion, and experience inner peace. There are many types of meditation, but today we will focus on one of the most cherished forms taught by the Buddha: Loving-Kindness Meditation (Metta Bhavana).

Loving-Kindness Meditation cultivates unconditional love, kindness, and goodwill toward yourself and others.

𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙖 = 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜-𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 💛 𝘽𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙖 = 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙙 🌱

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🎯 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Practicing Metta helps to:

✨ Cultivate inner peace, love, and emotional well-being
✨ Reduce anger, resentment, jealousy, and ill will
✨ Promote compassion, patience, and forgiveness
✨ Develop a mind that wishes happiness for all beings
✨ Live in harmony and support a kinder world 🌎

The Buddha taught: “A mind filled with Metta is limitless like the sky” 🌌

✨ 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 (𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩)

1️⃣ Sit Comfortably
Find a quiet place, sit with a straight back, or lie down if needed.

2️⃣ Start with Yourself
Close your eyes, place a hand on your heart, and silently repeat:
💛 “May I be happy. May I be safe. May I be healthy. May I live with ease.”

3️⃣ Extend Metta to Someone You Love
Visualize a loved one and repeat:
💛 “May you be happy. May you be safe. May you be healthy. May you live with ease.”

4️⃣ Extend Metta to a Neutral Person
Think of someone you see regularly but feel neutral about, like a neighbor or cashier.

5️⃣ Extend Metta to a Difficult Person
Send them the same well-wishes. This helps reduce anger and build forgiveness.

6️⃣ Extend Metta to All Beings
💛 “May all beings be happy, safe, and free from suffering.”

🌟 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

💫 Reduces stress, anger, anxiety, and depression
💫 Increases joy, gratitude, and positive emotions
💫 Heals emotional wounds and boosts self-love

𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

🧠 Improves focus, patience, empathy, and resilience
🧠 Helps overcome loneliness and negative thinking

𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

🤝 Strengthens relationships and communication
🤝 Enhances compassion and reduces conflict
🤝 Promotes kindness in families, workplaces, and communities

𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬:

💓 Lowers blood pressure and stress hormones
💓 Improves sleep and overall well-being

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📜 What Did Lord Buddha Teach About Metta?

In the Karaniya Metta Sutta, the Buddha said:
“Just as a mother protects her only child with her life, so should one cultivate a boundless heart of loving-kindness to all beings.”

Metta leads to:

💛 Inner peace
💛 Happiness
💛 Freedom from hatred and ill will
💛 Progress toward enlightenment (Nibbana)

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It is also one of the Four Brahma Viharas (Divine Abodes):

1️⃣ Metta – Loving-kindness 💖
2️⃣ Karuna – Compassion 🌸
3️⃣ Mudita – Sympathetic joy 🌞
4️⃣ Upekkha – Equanimity ⚖️

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpcUCw_Rl5E

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🌺 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 – 𝐀 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 🌺

Sri Lanka is a beautiful Buddhist country, steeped in centuries of spiritual wisdom and serene temples. If you ever visit, don’t miss the chance to experience meditation in its most authentic form.

Whether it’s Mindfulness Meditation (Vipassana), Loving-Kindness Meditation (Metta), Anapanasati (Breath Awareness), or Walking Meditation, each practice offers a path to inner peace and clarity.

Imagine sitting quietly under the shade of a Bodhi tree, the same tree under which Lord Buddha attained enlightenment, listening to the soft chants of monks, and feeling your mind slowly let go of stress, anger, and worry. Practicing meditation here, guided by a wise Buddhist monk, is not just an activity—it is an awakening of the heart. 🌿

Even a few minutes of meditation here can fill your heart with peace, compassion, and joy, leaving you refreshed in body, mind, and soul. This is a must-do experience for anyone seeking a deeper sense of calm and spiritual connection.

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💛 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭

We are very lucky because the Supreme Buddha, our Great Teacher, has taught us all about morality, concentration, and wisdom. Now, without anger, ill will, or jealousy, let’s spread loving-kindness to all beings.

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Think in this way:

May I be free from anger.
May I be free from ill will.
May I be free from jealousy.
May I be free from mental suffering.
May I be free from physical suffering.
May I live in peace.
May I live happily.

Repeat:

May I be free from anger.
May I be free from ill will.
May I be free from jealousy.
May I be free from mental suffering.
May I be free from physical suffering.
May I live in peace.
May I live happily.

Extend to all beings:

May all beings in this place:
... be free from anger.
... be free from ill will.
... be free from jealousy.
... be free from mental suffering.
... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings live in peace.
May all beings live happily.

May all beings in this city:
... be free from anger.
... be free from ill will.
... be free from jealousy.
... be free from mental suffering.
... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings in this city live in peace.
May all beings in this city live happily.

May all beings in this province:
... be free from anger.
... ... be free from ill will.
... ... be free from jealousy.
... ... be free from mental suffering.
... ... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings in this province live in peace.
May all beings in this province live happily.

May all beings in this country:
... be free from anger.
... be free from ill will.
... be free from jealousy.
... be free from mental suffering.
... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings in this country live in peace.
May all beings in this country live happily.

May all beings in this world:
... be free from anger.
... be free from ill will.
... be free from jealousy.
... be free from mental suffering.
... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings in this world live in peace.
May all beings in this world live happily... live happily... live happily.

May all beings:
... be free from anger.
... be free from ill will.
... be free from jealousy.
... be free from mental suffering.
... be free from physical suffering.
May all beings live in peace.
May all beings live happily... live happily... live happily.

Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu! 🙏

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💛 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 – 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

If you feel inspired, join us to experience guided Loving-Kindness (Metta) meditation under the guidance of experienced instructors or Buddhist monks. Whether you are a beginner or have practiced before, these sessions help you connect deeply with your heart, cultivate compassion, and find true inner peace.

In Sri Lanka, you can even practice under the shade of a Bodhi tree in a serene temple, following traditional guidance for the most authentic experience. 🪷

Take a moment for yourself, embrace the calm, and let the warmth of loving-kindness fill your mind and heart. Come, practice with us, and awaken your peaceful mind. 🌿🙏

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