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	Metta Foundation
		The word metta is from Pali, the language of the earliest Buddhist texts.
		Metta is universal, finding expression in all religions and societies.
		It is the mission of the Metta Foundation to foster the convergence of wisdom born of traditional meditative stillness and compassion born of human encounter.
	www.metta.org (454 words)

	Metta - THE COMPLEMENTARY AND HOLISTIC HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
		Metta - THE COMPLEMENTARY AND HOLISTIC HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE
		Metta is a Holistic Information Service dedicated to
		PLEASE READ THE CONDITIONS OF USE BEFORE USING THIS SITE.
	www.metta.org.uk (27 words)

	Buddhism in Sri Lanka - Metta - The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Through metta one refuses to be offensive and renounces bitterness, resentment and animosity of every kind, developing instead a mind of friendliness, accommodativeness and benevolence which seeks the well-being and happiness of others.
		Metta is the protective and immensely patient attitude of a mother who forbears all difficulties for the sake of her child and ever protects it despite its misbehavior.
		Indeed, metta is the supreme means, for it forms the fundamental tenet of all the higher religions as well as the basis for all benevolent activities intended to promote human well-being.
	www.bududahama.org /metta/index.htm (507 words)

	Metta The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love
		Metta has been identified as that specific factor which "ripens' the accumulated merit (punna) acquired by the ten ways for the acquisition of merit (dasapunna-kiriyavatthu), such as the practice of generosity, virtue, etc. Again, it is metta which brings to maturity the ten exalted spiritual qualities known as "perfections" (paramita).
		Metta, which promotes the well-being of all, naturally has to be built on such qualities of sober humanism as are reflected in having a few meaningful and select tasks which conduce to the maximum well-being of all concerned.
		Metta is characterized as that which "promotes welfare." Its function is to "prefer well-being" rather than ill. It manifests as a force that "removes annoyance" and its proximate cause is the tendency to see the good side of things and beings and never the faults.
	hinduwebsite.com /buddhism/essays/metta.asp (8936 words)

	About Metta Zetty
		Metta Zetty is an ordinary woman whose understanding of the nature of Reality has been profoundly transformed by an extraordinary experience of spontaneous awakening.
		Years later she discovered that, in the Southeast Asian language of Pali, "metta" means loving kindness and is one of the primary 12 Buddhist virtues.
		Metta is dedicated to providing her mentoring services and web-based resources without charge.
	www.awakening.net /AboutMetta.html (192 words)

	What is Metta?
		It is with the specific aim of assisting these communities in distress that the Metta Development Foundation was established in 1998 as a non-governmental organization.
		Metta's assistance, initially among the Kachins in the far north, will be extended to other regions of Myanmar, regardless of ethnic origin or religious orientation.
		The driving force behind Metta is the concept that the very word embodies - that of loving kindness.
	www.metta-myanmar.org /About.html (159 words)

	the Practice of Metta Meditation
		Metta is in fact a very specific form of love -- a caring for another independent of all self-interest -- and thus is likened to one's love for one's child or parent.
		Metta meditation, one recites specific words and phrases in order to evoke this "boundless warm-hearted feeling." The strength of this feeling is not limited to or by family, religion, or social class.
		Metta practice endows the four universal wishes (to live happily and to be free from hostility, affliction, and distress), with a very personal inner love, and by so doing, it has the power for personal transformation.
	info.med.yale.edu /psych/3s/metta.html (749 words)

	the issue at hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Metta, or loving-kindness, is one of the most important Buddhist practices.
		However, metta is more than conventional friendship, for it includes being open- hearted even toward one's enemies, cultivated perhaps from empathy or from insight into our shared humanity.
		Metta practice complements mindfulness by encouraging an attitude of friendliness toward our experience regardless of how difficult it may be.
	www.insightmeditationcenter.org /book/21.html (453 words)

	Metta - Loving Kindness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		"Metta" is a word from the Pali language that is often translated into English as "loving kindness" or "friendliness." Metta is that quality of mind/heart (citta) that is loving and kind, and radiant in the way that the sun is radiant, shining equally on everyone, giving life and warmth.
		The Buddha taught that when one cultivates metta (and the other sublime qualities or Brahmaviharas: compassion, appreciative joy, and equanimity), the person comes to know that "[f]ormerly this heart of mine was confined, it was not made to grow, but now my heart is boundless, well made to grow.
		Part of the practice of cultivating metta (and the other Brahmaviharas) is to "bring up into consciousness all the areas where we have not forgiven ourselves and where we have thus created limitations and constraints for ourselves" - Ajahn Pasanno.
	www.life-connections.net /articles/metta.htm (844 words)

	Metta Meditation
		Metta is generally translated as “Lovingkindness” or by some as “lovingfriendship” it allows us to be and feel our connection with others and with all of life.
		By practicing Metta meditation, we are creating a skillful habit of mind, one which allows us to soften into the deeper experiences of our lives, the chances to connect with all that is around and within us....
		A necessary condition for concentration is happiness, Metta prepares the mind to be happy, not by pursuing sense pleasures but by connecting with the love that is available to us in any moment.
	www.steveshealyphd.com /metta.htm (1938 words)

	Sending Universal Metta to all Beings
		It also implies that the metta given to each group can be unique in its own way with respect to attitude, expression, satisfaction of needs etc. Their effects and benefits as we will see also differ.
		Metta to the opposite sex can be more freely done if done in groups as it is less likely to develop strong attachment to anyone.
		It is obvious that when we give metta to deities who enjoy more sensual happiness, the metta may shade into sympathetic joy and to the suffering beings shade into compassion.
	www.buddhanet.net /mettaa4.htm (1101 words)

	About Metta.org.uk
		Metta continues to run at a small loss, however we hope to cover the cost of running this service with advertising and sponsorship.
		Metta hopes to provide information of use to all on a broad range of topics considered alternative and holistic including extensive listings for therapies, workshops, activities and contacts for spiritual, physical and emotional well being.
		Metta will provide information on various forms of Alternative Therapy together with both the main schools and governing bodies and detailed listings of therapists and teachers, again this is hoped to include a full A-Z guide...So much more to do....
	www.metta.org.uk /about.htm (342 words)

	Metta Forest Monastery
		Metta Forest Monastery (Wat Mettavanaram, or "Wat Metta" for short) is a Thai forest monastery established recently in the rural hills outside of San Diego.
		Metta's hope is that the Dhamma and Vinaya originally taught by the Buddha, and as free as possible from later cultural accretions, Asian or American, will provide a common meeting ground for serious Buddhists of all backgrounds.
		The plan for Metta is to build both a monastery where men may receive full-time training as bhikkhus, and a center where laypeople can come for individual short-term or long-term meditation retreats within the balanced pattern of lay-monastic relationships designed by the Buddha.
	www.here-and-now.org /IMSOC/old/metta.info.html (1073 words)

	Streats November 16
		SHE is so devoted to Metta Cattery, a shelter for stray cats, that you can find her there every day after work and all day on weekends and public holidays.
		Despite there being nearly 120 cats at Metta Cattery ("metta" means "loving kindness" to Buddhists), Ms Lee, who works at a Pasir Ris clinic as a billings administrator, can call all of them by name and recounted some of their sad plights.
		Metta Cattery is like a halfway house for the cats," said Ms Lee, who has severe asthma.
	www.mettacats.org /streats_article.htm (731 words)

	SkyDancer — Metta
		I think Metta is about the same thing Jesus was talking about when he taught Love, but we haven't a widespread understanding of this practice in our culture today.
		Usually you start practicing the meditation directing metta to yourself ("May I be...") and then gradually move on to others.
		Metta: The Philosophy and Practice of Universal Love, by Acharya Buddharakkhita.
	www.loudzen.com /skydancer/essays/metta.html (311 words)

	Metta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Metta is also called a paritta — a spiritual formula capable of safeguarding one's well-being, protecting one against all dangers, and rescuing one from mishaps and misfortunes.
		Having radiated thoughts of metta in the order already mentioned — oneself, the meditation teacher and other revered persons — one should now visualize, one by one, one's dear ones beginning with the members of one's family, suffusing each one with abundant rays of loving-kindness.
		Since metta liberates the mind from the bondage of hatred and anger, selfishness, greed and delusion, it constitutes a state of liberation.
	www.accesstoinsight.org /lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html (8938 words)

	Metta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ethics of metta thus provides not only subjective well-being, or the opportunity to progress in Dhamma here and now and to enjoy a happy rebirth in the future, but it means the giving of fearlessness and security -- abhayadana and khemadana.
		Metta is also called a paritta -- a spiritual formula capable of safeguarding one's well-being, protecting one against all dangers, and rescuing one from mishaps and misfortunes.
		Having radiated thoughts of metta in the order already mentioned -- oneself, the meditation teacher and other revered persons -- one should now visualize, one by one, one's dear ones beginning with the members of one's family, suffusing each one with abundant rays of loving-kindness.
	www.thaiexotictreasures.com /metta.html (8912 words)

	Robin Beck: Chanting the Metta Sutta
		Metta, or Maitri in Sanskrit, is, IMCO, exactly the same as the Greek Agape, or pure, unconditioned love.
		In a pure form, Metta is a palpable, awe inspiring, blissful energy wave, one that penetrates the coldest, most cruel heart.
		Thereon the Buddha instructed them in the Metta sutta and advised they return, equipped with this sutta, for their protection.
	www.fraughtwithperil.com /blogs/rbeck/archives/000658.html (1256 words)

	METTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The METTA Center for Nonviolence Education works to inspire and support the study and practice of nonviolence.
		METTA was established in 1982 at the suggestion of Sri Eknath Easwaran (world-renowned meditation teacher), with the mission of addressing the problem of violence in society and furthering the cause of nonviolence.
		People all over the country have begun forming nonviolence study circles which are supported by the METTA study materials.
	www.mettacenter.org /overview.html (510 words)

	fwbo :: Loving-Kindness Meditation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Metta means ‘love’ (in a non-romantic sense), friendliness, or kindness: hence ‘loving-kindness’ for short.
		The commonest form of the practice is in five stages, each of which should last about five minutes for a beginner.
		You can use an image, like golden light flooding your body, or a phrase such as ‘may I be well and happy’, which you can repeat to yourself.
	www.fwbo.org /metta.html (380 words)

	Facets of Metta by Sharon Salzberg
		If we are practicing metta and we cannot see the goodness in ourselves or in someone else, then we reflect on that fundamental wish to be happy that underlies all action.
		In the Buddhist scriptures this person is somewhat dramatically known as "the enemy." This is a very powerful stage in the practice, because the enemy, or the person with whom we have difficulty stands right at the division between the finite and the infinite radiance of love.
		Metta is the priceless treasure that enlivens us and brings us into intimacy with ourselves and others.
	www.vipassana.com /meditation/facets_of_metta.php (3684 words)

	The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta)
		The word chosen by the Buddha for this teaching is metta from mitta, a friend (or better "the true friend in need").
		Metta in the Buddha's teaching finds its place as the first of four kinds of contemplation designed to develop a sound pacific relationship to other living beings.
		Metta (loving-kindness) is defined as follows: "Loving-kindness has the mode of friendliness for its characteristic.
	www.hinduwebsite.com /buddhism/essays/practice_metta.asp (4822 words)

	Wat Metta, Metta Forest Monastery
		After returning to the States to help set up Metta in 1991, he was made abbot of the monastery in 1993 and was formally made a preceptor in 1995.
		Although Metta is primarily a monastery, part of the hill is set aside for lay visitors who want to come on individual retreats and follow our daily schedule.
		A new monk is expected to stay at Metta or at affiliated monasteries in Thailand for at least five years, receiving training in all aspects of the monk's life, before he is allowed to go off on his own.
	here-and-now.org /watmetta.html (1289 words)

	The Metta Sutta
		Wagaung, the Buddha taught the monks the Metta Sutta.
		Metta or good will is explained in de tail.
		"Noble Principles of the Metta Sutta" is the essence of Buddhism.
	www.urbandharma.org /udharma/metta.html (1164 words)

	Metta in Nichiren Buddhism
		These four states of mind begin with metta or "loving-kindness" and in many ways this is the most fundamental of them all because compassion, sympathetic joy, and even equanimity are taught as different modes of loving-kindness.
		Loving-kindness is also the theme of the often recited Metta Sutta In the Metta Sutta the Buddha teaches us the kind of attitudes and actions which exemplify one who is filled with loving-kindness.
		It is the source of a series of meditations for developing loving-kindness which I would like to share in the context of our primary practice of Odaimoku as a way of focusing on and developing loving-kindness.
	nichirenscoffeehouse.net /Ryuei/metta1.html (1128 words)

	Metta - The Holistic & Complementary Health Information Service
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	www.metta.org.uk /home.asp (607 words)

	Metta Spencer's weblog: May 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ninth annual peacebuilding conference was held yesterday and today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa.
		Yet, ironically, there are times when most of them would accept the resort to violence – at least when it can be justified in the name of the new, popular principle: Responsibility to Protect.
		I’m reading Robert Bulman’s 2005 book, Hollywood Goes to High School, which is not, as I expected, about the impact of Hollywood movies on teen-agers.
	metta-spencer.blogspot.com /2006_05_01_metta-spencer_archive.html (8701 words)

	Metta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Metta literally means friendliness in Pali, the ancient Indian language in which the Theravada Buddhist scriptures were written.
		Thus, it is a feeling of boundless love towards all living creatures and the desire to make others happy without discrimination.
		Metta reflects not only an emotion, but also entails doing charitable deeds.
	www.crystalinks.com /metta.html (126 words)

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