Ep. 245 – Training the Heart for Lovingkindness, Satipatthana Sutta Series Pt. 42
Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Be Here Now Network
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Joseph Goldstein explores the simplicity of lovingkindness (metta), reminding us that this innate quality within each person requires patience and steady practice to truly cultivate.
The Satipatthana Sutta is one of the most celebrated and widely studied discourses in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism. This episode is the 42nd part of an in-depth 48-part lecture series from Joseph Goldstein that delves into every aspect of the Satipatthana Sutta. If you are just now jumping into the Satipatthana Sutta series, listen to Insight Hour Ep. 203 to follow along and get the full experience!
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In this week’s exploration of the Satipatthana Sutta, Buddhist teacher Joseph Goldstein discusses:
- The cultivation of goodwill and lovingkindness as a foundation of mindfulness practice
- Beings who radiate a powerful field of love, like the Dalai Lama and Dipa Ma
- Offering unconditional love without expecting anything in return
- Metta as the gateway to an open and compassionate heart toward self and others
- Realizing that our emotional state is shaped by our own perceptions
- Understanding the confusion between genuine love and personal desire
- Pausing during practice to reconnect with the felt sense of lovingkindness
- Integrating metta into everyday life by extending kindness to strangers
- How societal conditioning influences our understanding and expression of love
- Reconnecting with our natural capacity for altruism and spontaneous kindness
- Focusing on the good in others as a powerful metta meditation
- Reflecting on whether we are still holding grudges deep in the heart
- The patience and resilience required to train the heart and mind over time
This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed
Grab a copy of the book Joseph references throughout this series, Satipaṭṭhāna: The Direct Path to Realization, HERE
“I can simply start doing metta for everyone that I pass, for everybody on the street. May everyone here be happy. May everyone here be peaceful. It's amazing the change that happens in a moment. Instead of walking down the street being disconnected, all of a sudden, our hearts and our minds have expanded and become inclusive. It's like we gather everyone up in our field of goodwill.” – Joseph Goldstein
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