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Ven. Sujiva
Loving-kindness
Meditation
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Meditation on Loving-kindness and
Other Sublime States
Contents
Preface ........................................................................... 3
Metta Bhavana ............................................................... 4
Samatha Bhavana .......................................................... 7
Beginning Practice of Loving-kindness ......................... 17
Five Hindrances to Concentration/Absorption ............... 24
Five Jhana Factors of Concentration/Absorption ........... 27
Three Types of Concentration ........................................ 30
Factors in Developing Deep Concentration ................... 32
Ways of Bringing About Concentration ......................... 34
Mastering an Absorption ............................................... 35
Change in the Object of Metta ....................................... 39
Universal Metta to All Beings ....................................... 44
Directional Metta ........................................................... 50
Metta in Daily Life ........................................................ 54
The Conditioned Nature of Metta .................................. 60
Metta and Other Brahma Vihara .................................... 66
Ways of Working Out Metta .......................................... 81
Work a Miracle .............................................................. 82
Metta and Vipassana ...................................................... 85
Appendix (Recitation) ................................................... 87
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Preface
After some months of intensive practice of Metta Bhavana, my
teacher asked me, “Do you now know how to practise metta?” I
answered that as I had only grasped the basic framework there was
still so much to do to have a complete picture. Even now I still feel
inadequate for the work of writing a boo