The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat (Dharma Seed: Retreat talks) Rob Burbea: About Metta Practice
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Aug 6, 2010 
Rob Burbea, an expert in metta practice, discusses transformative effects on perception and wellbeing. Topics include exploring loving-kindness meditation, cultivating compassion, equanimity, and interconnectedness for awakening, and outlining a detailed schedule for a relaxing retreat environment.
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Two Wings Of The Path
- Rob Burbea frames awakening as two-winged: insight plus cultivation of heart qualities like metta.
- Cultivating loving-kindness supports insight and helps unveil the delusion that causes suffering.
Metta As Boundless Well‑Wishing
- Metta is defined as a boundless wishing-well: wishing wellness in body, mind, and being for all beings.
- Its key qualities are immeasurable expanse and opening the heart beyond usual bounded care.
Unconditional Soft Strength
- Metta differs from ordinary conditional love by its unconditional, non‑transactional quality.
- It combines great softness with deep strength and aligns with the truth of things rather than pleasant fantasy.