Resources for the practice of the Four Immeasurables
Resources for the practice of the four imeasurables (compiled for the 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
If you want to learn more about the theory of the four immeasurables and their connection to calm abiding (śamatha), ethics, and so on, join this free self-paced course hosted by the Contemplative Consciousness Network:
Four Immeasurables: Self-paced course with Michael Lobsang Tenpa
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