Teaching Meditation 3: Loving-kindness
The Buddhist meditations on loving-kindness have been adapted for use in a secular context. How to teach and do loving-kindness meditations are described. Loving-kindness is used as both a type of meditation and a valuable quality that is cultivated; it can be an antidote to negative thoughts, and a...
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| Language: | English |
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Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association (ANZSSA)
2011-10-01
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| Series: | JANZSSA |
| Online Access: | https://janzssa.scholasticahq.com/article/91531-teaching-meditation-3-loving-kindness |
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| Summary: | The Buddhist meditations on loving-kindness have been adapted for use in a secular context. How to teach and do loving-kindness meditations are described. Loving-kindness is used as both a type of meditation and a valuable quality that is cultivated; it can be an antidote to negative thoughts, and a foundation for a kinder relationship to yourself and others. Five meditations are described: (1) concentration on loving-kindness, (2) a visualisation filling the self and space with loving-kindness, (3) directed it to a part of the body, (4) directing loving-kindness to other people, (5) directing loving-kindness equally to all categories of people, and (6) a modern version of one of the original meditations on loving-kindness. |
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| ISSN: | 1320-2480 2207-8460 |