Resources for the practice of the Four Immeasurables
Resources for the practice of the four imeasurables (compiled for a course with the Jamyang London community).
Watch all the recordings from the course here (Vimeo Playlist)
Loving Kindness – Explanation Session
Loving Kindness Practice Session 1
Loving Kindness Practice Session 2
Loving Kindness Practice Session 3
Compassion – Explanation Session
Equanimity – Explanation Session
Suggested reading:
Four Immeasurables — B. Alan Wallace
Buddhism. One Teacher, Many Traditions — His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron (Chapter 11)
In Praise of Great Compassion — His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Bhikṣuṇī Thubten Chodron (Chapter 1)
Loving Kindness — Sharon Salzberg
Loving Kindness
Slides from the explanation session
Guided meditations:
Diving into tender love for ourselves: SoundCloud | Insight Timer | YouTube
Holding ourselves in tenderness: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Loving Kindness for Ourselves — Inviting positive imagery: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Resting in Spaciousness, Tenderness, and Kindness: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Additional practices:
Yoga-Nidra: Flowers of Loving Kindness: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Compassion
Slides from the explanation session
Guided meditations:
Self-Compassion Practice (SoundCloud only)
Compassion Immersion: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Pervading All Directions with Compassion (SoundCloud only)
Empathetic Joy
Slides from the explanation session
Guided meditations:
Empathetic Joy for a Sunny Person and Ourselves: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Empathetic Joy: SoundCloud | YouTube
Rejoicing in Virtue: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Elaborate Rejoicing (Anumodana): SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Empathetic Joy and Rejoicing Combined: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Fanning Goodness with Empathetic Joy: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Additional practice: Joy of Being (Body, Speech, and Mind)
Equanimity
Slides from the explanation session
Guided meditations:
Equanimity towards Beings: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Equanimity – Giving Beings Space: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube
Finding Equanimity through Avalokiteshvara: SoundCloud | InsightTimer | YouTube