Loving Kindness Meditation - Metta Bhavana

Mindah-Lee Kumar (The Enthusiastic Buddhist)

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Metta, or loving-kindness, is the feeling of universal love that wishes all beings experience happiness, both worldly and ultimate. It is a state of mind that can be developed through loving-kindness meditation, also known as 'metta bhavana', which means 'to cultivate loving-kindness'. In this video I lead you through a 20-minute guided metta meditation so you can experience this extraordinary state of mind of limitless love.
This meditation can be practiced by anyone, from a religious or non-religious background. Practicing this meditation is the fastest method for developing unconditional goodwill to everyone, including our enemies. It is a very powerful antidote for eradicating negative feelings of anger and aversion.
Cultivating loving-kindness is one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves and others. Aside from creating very powerful good karma and merit from this practice, it will leave you radiating with happiness and goodwill for all.
This meditation was greatly inspired by a metta meditation led by Ajahn Brahm, abbot of Bodhinyana Monastery in Western Australia, whose teachings can be viewed at: / buddhistsocietywa
If you want to learn more about the benefit of metta/loving-kindness and how it forms part of the Four Immeasurable thoughts, please watch my previous episode:
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@DushyanthaRathnasinghe 7 лет назад

Namo Buddhaya Mindah-Lee Kumar May You and The Entire World Be Well And Happy

@derrickwilliamson8280 7 лет назад

I fount his meditation both warm and comforting, I have no enemies now. Peace and love to you. Thanks.

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 7 лет назад

spring; Loving kindness for you, Derrick Williamson! summer; Its a good reincarnation! fall; thank you for your commentary. Winter; she likes it.

@HeyHazelHey 8 лет назад

wow... I cried when it came to forgiving an enemy and the powerful feeling of wishing them well and nothing but happiness, was so overwhelming. ...what an enlightenment.

@lukeharding3918 5 лет назад

Your enemies don't feel that way about you. Revenge is a dish best served cold Sun Sue The Art Of War.

@thanintupmongkol7955 5 лет назад

Anyone who could reached to that point...is purified mind stage..delight with you too.

@j1subaru 8 лет назад

Mindah you are such a great teacher. Thank you for all your videos. Buddism changes ones life in so many positive ways.

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 8 лет назад

Loving kindness, you are using your wealth wisely and benefiting not only yourself but the environment, and everyone around you, this is the behavior of a sage! Thank you, Mindah-Lee Kumar for not being exploitative.

@louisscd 9 лет назад

You beautiful being, thank you for your wonderful metta meditation, sending love all around, love you all!!!

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 8 лет назад

Loving Kindness for all the deer!! Gratitude to the deer, just for being alive, no need to hurt deer. Loving kindness for a deer's idea of utopia. Good Karma for Deer

@my_garden.secrets 2 года назад

You are an angel Mindah .It is indeed very very powerful meditation though wont seem so to a new practitioner .As you do it everyday enemies become friends and respectful. Therr is a big change among people of all sorts towards you .It gets easier and easier and life becomes peaceful, meaningful and joyous . Thank you so much my guru .🥰💚🍀🙏🙏🙏🙏.In peace and blessings.

@christianmyrill6127 9 лет назад

I felt this is a very powerful meditation and I'm not an emotional guy but when it came to extending this meditation to myself I found myself in tears . I felt I could forgive myself...

@96Bluesboy 10 лет назад

Great video! Om mani padme hum.

@seanlenny 9 лет назад

I have a brother whom I'm very close with and love dearly. When I lost the negative thoughts I have against this person I'd once have considered my enemy I felt him embrace me with the same warmth and strength that my brother would. It was quite a surprise.

@bhaktamcs 7 лет назад

Have never heard it quite in this form before. Tears rolled down my eyes during most of the practice. A closed heart and mind really opened up. Thank you. Had the perfect opportunity at work to wish an enemy well through loving kindness and your meditation really made it happen. I really appreciate you.

@erikboman3049 4 года назад

Thanks so much for sharing this guided metta meditation. Its helping me connect to the serenity and compassion within.

@stevenkok1926 7 лет назад

Mind of gratitude and contentment with volition.

@gerardmchugh5020 3 года назад

I really really needed this tonight. This week. And moving forward. Thank you Enthusiastic Buddhist.

@NoahNobody 10 лет назад

Oh wow, that was great. I felt great doing it to the people who wish me harm.

@MartinJutras 4 года назад

I've been practicing and teaching zen meditation for more than 30 years. Tonight was the first time I tried loving-kindness meditation. It was amazingly powerful and it deeply touched me. I almost cried. Thank you.

@TheUMYO 8 лет назад

I'd like to express my gratitude. I set the intention to practice this meditation everyday for 2016. And although I haven't done it everyday i do it regularly and nowadays i experience much more love and connectedness with loved ones and also with complete strangers. I still struggle with hatred, but at least now i can see that it is my own and that i now have something i can do about it. This mera meditation has helped me so much in life. And it has also helped my friends/ So please slow me to send my deepest gratitude for putting this together Mindah-Lee. I wish you happiness and true peace. PS Will continue to practice. :) I hope people find this as helpful as I do.

@invaderg3332 7 лет назад

TheUMYO Can you give an update? do you feel happier now?

@TheUMYO 7 лет назад

Hi Paul! I have continued the practice nearly daily for almost a year now. Sometimes when I'm tired of this meditation I use Ajahn Brahms Guided Metta Meditation which is similar. And I find it gets easier the more I practice. I do feel much happier then a year ago.:) Peace

@invaderg3332 7 лет назад

TheUMYO Thanks, nothing beats a real life testimony. 👍

@phraalanjames6184 3 года назад

Mindah-Lee: I am very sad to learn that you have been unwell. Bless you for all your excellent work. May you stay safe and be well, happy and peaceful.

@ernestkienzle6058 9 лет назад

G'day Mindah-Lee, Thanks to your videos, I've moved back to a cushion from a chair, so that I can be closer to the earth (though I live on the sixth floor). It's not easy: At 64, even though I've been athletic most of my life and continue to race-walk, the legs are less flexible. Never did the Lotus, but something similar to what you demonstrated with legs out in front (Burmese?). I begin with three minutes in the morning. It's a slow process of loosening the muscles, accepting the discomfort, and following the breath. Loving kindness starts with this body. I thank my parents for passing it on to me. Hope you have a wonderful week, Ernest, NYC

@hecateywicca 8 лет назад

Thanks for this metta i love thid practice its one of my favorite and u did it beautifully light and love

@tkelly8986 9 лет назад

A friend sent me your link today. I have been dealing with a fear of being successful and being happy recently. I did not grow up in a family that showed love, kindness or even showed any kind of support towards one another. I always thought that if you truly loved someone then you would always want nothing but the best for them. This is not the case with my relatives. They're like crabs in a barrel always trying to pull each other down and never a kind word. My fear is that a I will always fail and the minute things are good I fear that it will all be taken away from me. I need to learn to except the good things and not sabotage my happiness. I deserve happiness and I wish nothing but the best for my relatives. I do know that I can not be around the negative thoughts and actions of my relatives. Thank you for this meditation tool! 😀💛

@ArmenMinasian 8 лет назад

Thank you for this great video Mindah! It helped me a lot. I see the difference right away. I hope you are doing fine. Can't wait for your new video's.

@RobSharkRescue 3 года назад

Thanks Minda-Lee, I'd never tried the Metta Bhavana this way before and had moved away from practising it due to living in a difficult part of the world.

@hugojette1624 2 года назад

I needed that meditation for I live with fear and anger. Thank you Mindah-Lee.

@brianmiller7512 9 лет назад

Great guided meditation

@indiratorres-rojas9203 8 лет назад

This was an AMAZING meditation and i experienced a great deal of emotions through this. Especially when I got to the neutral person and enemy...my heart tightened up when I saw this person in front of me. Thank you for these wonderful videos and I hope you continue to make more. I will most definitely keep on watching. Namaste. You are wonderful.

@jeffreywatkins8695 4 года назад

I have been so angry towards someone and it really helped me to see the innocence behind their negative actions towards me. For that I’m really grateful.

@sequinedDali 8 лет назад

wonderful wonderful wonderful! !!! I usually do sharon sulzbergs guided metta but this was lovely!!! I was a bit skeptical when I heard, "may you never know a day of sadness" because I believe life is a balance of joy and sadness, but what wonderful relief and love I felt from the practice! thank you!

@teresakilleen7087 5 лет назад

Totally with you in that skepticism Geovanni. Sadness is not a death-sentence, after all. Still, the wholesale effect of Lovingkindness for the Planet almost outweighs these concerns. Maybe the word 'sadness' here translates to our present-day understanding of Clinical Depression?

@DizzyHips 8 лет назад

I want to thank you for your videos and this one in particular. it really helped me through a difficult time. it took a while, many tries, but once I was able to forgive the people who were mean to me, and let go the anger, I felt free as a bird. it really helped my life, cheers

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 8 лет назад

Thank You, From the People at Nickelodeon Studios, this meditation has given us inspiration to make better cartoons and instill this kind of wisdom into our stories! Indirectly you've helped children everywhere. Good karma

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 7 лет назад

Loving kindness, west (waiste) bow to east - waste bow to east, buddha; no waste, everything eastern. *zen monk experiencing small satori - no trees cut, honoring environmentalist*

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 7 лет назад

Loving kindness; have you ever tried to sit on a toilet that was not fully screwed down, and whose seat was not fully screwed in either so that if you sat on it too heavily in an imbalanced angle the whole thing would tilt? It can give you dizzy hips, thats for sure, even though I am not sure for certain where your name came from it remind me of those experiences. Loving kindness, may the toilet have more stability, may the hips be healthy, and may there be a sense of groundedness but also freedom. Loving kindness for the bathroom toilet, may it function and may it be truly clean and truly comfortable.

@drlakeith 7 лет назад

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@yaoshun5564 8 лет назад

Loving kindness for the meditation bowl my father got me. Gratitude/thanksgiving

@mariabernadetemay8305 Месяц назад

Blessings to you for sharing this ❤

@SharonBillesdon 9 лет назад

I really enjoyed your METTA meditation.Thank you MIndah-Lee.

@DizzyHips 9 лет назад

thank you so much! I cant tell you how wonderful it felt to let go of the pain caused by others and the anger i held and instead send loving kindness to those whohave been mean to me. by the end of the the meditation I no longer felt they were mean people , just people who need love the same as any beings, the same as the puppy i imagined in the first part of the meditation. thank you

@apostatepaul Год назад

Wow! An amazing experience. May all the good things you’ve said rebound upon you a hundred fold. 🌸🌺❤️

@Moondancer1030 5 лет назад

Thank you, Minda Lee, this Loving Kindness Meditation brought a lot of comfort, grace and peace to my heart. I'm grateful to you for all your posts. ☮️❤️ gratitude.

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 8 лет назад

Im so grateful, it gives my heart wings, what have I done to inherit this share? I see a different shade of life now, than ever before. Now that Goddess has turned my I's to eyes. The divine feminine is restored in my life. I am living authentically. There is so much to be grateful for. This love fills my life like water in a sponge... we are lovings... falling through a waterfall of our karma... yet there is peace. .. I am the river itself... not the small drop. Beloved... Delighted am I that you are the sea that I flow to... defy everything, defy all life's labels, and only love remains, naked I dance with god in the flower of my own life and for an eternal moment neither good nor bad draws me... my banks are open and all I can do is embrace. Come ye poor and come you rich and extract your true fortune, in gods economy everything is endless, a smile is currency and love, true love is its only lottery, ireland will not rest until every heart is in its kiss... the kiss of life.. aloha.. when you touched my soul... goddess goddash

@erikboman3049 2 года назад

This is my favourite guided metta video. Thank you 🙂

@jalvarado32690 5 лет назад

I discovered your video through the help of a caring person. She heard of my recent struggles and current heartbreak and strongly recommended that I use Loving Kindness Meditation to help me readjust. Meditating with you not only helped me readjust, it also brought other issues to light (Self-Love). My first experience with this session had a powerful impact on my emotions at that time that I felt utterly overwhelmed from the realization of it all. I will never forget this experience and will continue to use this practice to strengthen my awareness on loving kindness and perhaps dig deeper so that loving kindness radiates from my body and soul. I am forever grateful. May you be well, may you be healthy, may you radiate love, may you be in peace

@sueluvsriv 6 лет назад

Thank you! Your voice is suited for guided meditations. Although challenging at times, I enjoyed this very much and feel it is a meditation I would like to do more regularly.

@arical.colemanph.d.97 7 лет назад

Thank you for this beautiful metta mediation. I love your channel. Your teaching is very practical and easy to follow. Looking forward to other videos. Thanks again.

@WhisperAudiosASMR 8 лет назад

This spoke to me on so many levels. Thank you so much :D x

@okrunner 2 года назад

Thank you so so much. This made me release so much anger towards myself and my father. Forgiveness.

@mxminori 2 года назад

I love this meditation. I will say that I did this with some clients once and they were triggered about dead pets. My most challenging relationship is my mom who isn't very caring so "just like a mother cares for her child" evoked sadness. Thank you for sharing.

@ericmillman 8 лет назад

My Dharma teacher would like me to take time to meditate for an hour a day. I have a 40 minute guided meditation that I sometimes use led my Thanissaro Bhikku. What a great way to fill up the hour by starting with this guided meditation. Thank you Mindah!

@crystalslights 9 лет назад

i loved the prayer on the practice may all beings have happiness and the cause of happiness may all beings be free from suffering and cause of suffering may they never part from happiness that knows no suffering may they dwell in equanimity , free for attachment and aversion to those near and far i also loved this meditation of love and kindness

@joanelderweller1 3 года назад

I continue to return to this very helpful and loving meditation. Thank you 💕

@NanasStorytime 7 лет назад

I am warmly smiling now, thank you!

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 7 лет назад

Loving kindness for Fluffy.tv, the smile is real, & the benefits that you have reaped from practicing this meditation will be with you not only through this life but all incarnations. Why? Because the buddha, when adhering to pure kindness, does not think in terms of a definite time or place, nor in terms of a self seperate from others. Therefore all impulses of kindness, settling the samskaras (painful sensory attachment that the soul eventually transcends through meditation) are local, not to any seperate being or time, but to all times. In this way karma is undone and nirvana ensues swiftly, the senses become harmless and wise while the soul basks in Wanti Buddha Land. Aigy Sheastoishioni.. it is a good day to meditate! - Dearb

@falu2554 5 лет назад

I attend every weekend a Buddhist temple in Mexico City, it is starting to transform my life from within, your guided meditation is powerful, the way you have structured it allowed me to go deep and not have distracting thoughts, the last step of giving oneself love and kindness and forgiving yourself 100% really moved me and I ended up with tears in my eyes. Thank you! I send to you all my love and kindness from this part of the world. ❤️🙏

@gloriahernandez5734 Год назад

Thank you so very much for sharing this lovely meditation. I totally enjoyed and needed it. Peace be with you always.

@jlg3315 3 года назад

my initial reaction was aversion because it struck me as more of a prayer than a meditation. aversion is my usual first reaction to most new things. knowing that I kept listening. once I got it, I began to really enjoy and benefit from it even the first time through. Thank you.

@zoobee 9 лет назад

this meditation brought a tear to my eye, thank you xx

@b.bailey8244 7 лет назад

thanks you - one of the best meditations i have ever experienced. i will be using this especially toward my "enemies"

@apostatepaul Год назад

This was an amazing meditation! I really did feel true love and kindness towards all beings and myself. Many thanks ❤️

@alpoetry8112 8 лет назад

Although I found this tough - it was really great and I feel lighter now. I am hard on myself and suffer a lot from guilt. Thanks for your videos

@twiggme3 8 лет назад

thank you! this video is a great morning meditation. It helped a great deal to picture my "enemy" add being much smaller in size-I had not realized I experienced then add a threat until the sense of relief I felt at being visually more powerful in their presence. I look forward to checking more of your videos.

@cacayomen 8 лет назад

Honestly, I cried throughout this entire video, especially when it came to forgiving my ex girlfriend and myself. I have been suffering from low self esteem for a long time, and I put a lot of the blame on myself when it comes to my misfortunes. I have been critical of myself all of my life, and hated myself when our relationship ended. I will continue with this meditation for a very long time. Thank you so much, and may you find happiness and everyone on this comment section. Lastly, Mindah, I would like to have your opinion on if mindfulness increases self-esteem.

@amyryan277 7 лет назад

This has been very helpful in letting go of harbored anger and resentment I was keeping in my heart towards my abusive parents. I still feel sad about the way that they treated me, I'm realizing now how my anger was stunting my growth as a person. Thanks Mindah I appreciate your hard work and kindness.

@beatrizkarwai6763 7 лет назад

I thank you so much for all your videos. I believe I'm close to enlightenment. I've had some very profound experiences these two last weeks, in which there was understanding about the non-self, and also a greater compassion, growing everyday. In fact, I'm using the word "I" just for convention, but there is not a real attachment to this idea anymore, in this moment. I expect that this certainty and peace will follow me for the rest of this life, and I also wish from the bottom of my heart that you and every people in this world will have this experience, and remain in that equanimity and joy forever.

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 9 лет назад

Loving Kindness for someone poor, living on the streets. May my spirit be able to find them and help them in some significant way, may good fortune find them and may God protect them and make them more comfortable. May they have the gift of true friendship

@jenniferrohrer-walsh2083 8 лет назад

Thank you for your time to create this experience and for your generosity to share it.

@jenniferrohrer-walsh2083 8 лет назад

9 months later, I'm still using your guided meditation. I always feel so much calmer and more focused afterward. Thank you, again.

@1991emilyrose 5 лет назад

Really enjoyed this. Love the image of the white lotus with the gold ball.

@soranaochidesoim1656 2 года назад

Thank you for everything! Your videos help me and it feels I found a friend and teacher in you. Much love and light!

@graham974 4 года назад

Excellent meditation. Thank you!

@amyryan277 8 лет назад

I don't have pretty words to say it but thank you. You've been an inspiration to me, and a constant source of encouragement. Thank you.

@artofmetta7401 3 года назад

Its the best. ThAnk u sooo much for sharing and inspiring us. Its enriching me and my life very very much, thank u dear being of earth. I honor u

@lonniecoyne454 3 года назад

Thank you! Namaste

@rogelio8002 6 лет назад

thank u , u are a sun in in the middle of clouds.

@fnjr578 8 лет назад

thank u so much mindah, this meditation really helped me open my heart to kindness.

@gkkrganesh123 2 года назад

You guidance was amazing, I m sure it will be of great help to me in the nearby future. I smiled peacefully during the meditation because I wished happiness and well being to all due to this meditation. Thanks 🙏

@jooleelau9543 10 лет назад

Dear Mindah Your voice is so calming. I even fell asleep a few mins along the way. so calming. tq n love it.

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 7 лет назад

I found this meditation both warm and comforting, I have no enemies now. Peace and love to you. Thanks.

@gkkrganesh123 2 года назад

Thanks a lot🙏🙏🙏Mindah, this is amazing. I could feel whatever you guided through. You guided perfectly

@lailakeren6971 4 года назад

Om Mani padme om It made me calmer in general.

@normbabbitt4325 8 лет назад

Truly lovely! Thank you!

@earthwaterairspiritfireleb5482 9 лет назад

Loving kindness for the Staff of Temple B'Nai Israel in Rockville, Maryland

@nickparry8527 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this wonderful meditation - it really moved me and will I am sure make a difference to how I feel towards myself and others

@rajanichillal489 7 лет назад

my experience was tears of joy while meditating

@darkrayvens1 Год назад

This is SO GOOD. Thank YOU 🙏🏻

@ladywoods8831 4 года назад

This was so beautiful and powerful. I had a great feeling of release when wishing well for my enemies. The energy felt afterward is exhilarating. Thank you so much for this beautiful meditation

@shirleyjones4041 4 года назад

This was beautiful. I brought daisy to mind, she was a dog I loved . But didn't belong to me . So the owner took it bsck . She gave me the best love . And then I picture my dad As I'm just like him . I could feel anger arising when you said pictures some one who not favourable. But it came to it. It wasn't as strong. I shall do this before bed ..

@assgrapes 10 лет назад

Very nice. I like the animal direction. Personally, I like to direct toward the self before the universal. That way, one can include onesself in the universal - that can overcome that limiting perception that hapiness is a zero-sum game when we can say "may we ALL be happy, etc". Also, your orchids are looking very nice, young lady.

@assgrapes 10 лет назад

***** Indeed - two sides to that coin. Listeners can adapt the practice to what works best for them. You might want to try the real orchids, they are a joy to grow. I just put a piece of ice in every other day and read the directions about indirect sunlight and mine has done well: tinyurl.com/n2t42hf I mostly just started because I thought chicks would dig them but they really turned out to be pretty.

@alwayssnowinginmaryland7773 8 лет назад

Loving kindness for the poor, may they all be wealthier. Loving kindness, may these words be a blanket filling the poor with endless riches. Loving kindness, no one is poor, Goddess prevents it

@devlinian 8 лет назад

I was happy that I thought it was easy to send out my love to my enemies; I guess I must be doing something right. I have been doing mindfulness meditation off and on for 10 years or so, but I have very little experience with how to do a loving kindness meditation so thank you for this.

@RHCPfreak98 7 лет назад

Thank you!

@bitpixpr 10 лет назад

Great video as always thank you!

@ratty1942 3 года назад

Thank you so much for this!!

@saurabh290288 3 года назад

Very helpful. Thank you. May my Metra reaches to you.🙏

@chelsuy229 7 лет назад

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

@jasonmorgan6797 9 лет назад

wonderful meditation. I will do it daily for a week. I'll let you know how my mind changes.

@justbeegreen 6 лет назад

Thank you, this was lovely.

@aurarodriguez9511 10 лет назад

Hey Mindah, thanks for sharing this beautiful meditation... Im full with joy and happiness and it inspired me to share it with everyone i cross paths with :) Thank you! Namaste

@harrymarshall11235 4 года назад

This is, IMHO, the best metta meditation on RU-vid. Most others start by focusing on the self which is not always easy, at least for me. I find beginning with an animal is much easier. Thank you so much for sharing this 💮

@sallyknapp6138 8 лет назад

LOVELY MEDITATION.. BROUGHT ME TO TEARS .. THANK YOU MY TEACHER

@katrinakarchner9931 8 лет назад

I love your videos and this one is no exception! Thank you!

@ametrinemoon 9 лет назад

Namaste dear Mindah Lee. this is the meditation that I seem at ease with doing. For some strange reason I pick up on Australians LOL. Thank you for this meditation, your voice is so calming. Thank you so much and much lotus blessings to you.

@frank9649 7 лет назад

Kindness is more important than wisdom, but realizing this is the beginning of wisdom! Hence the endless circle begins and grows into total happiness and the eradication of ego. with Metta

@cyndysmith9797 10 лет назад

Thank you....bless you!

@derrickgraham3407 10 лет назад

I'm not sure why I liked this guided Metta meditation more than others, but I did. I noticed the order of meditation objects and the lack of distracting background music. :)

@zoobee 9 лет назад

thank you, again, for this, it helps me xx