106: On the Metta Sutta

Natalie Willmer, from the Auckland Buddhist Centre in New Zealand, with a short talk on the metta sutta – an ancient Pali text that contains some of the Buddha’s words and teaching on metta (loving-kindness). Natalie describes her response to first coming across these words of the Buddha; some of them inspired her, but some of them raised questions…This is the first of a short series of 10-minute talks from different practitioners from around the world that we’ll be posting in the run-up to the urban retreat that starts next Saturday, November 9th.www.thebuddhistcentre.com/urbanretreatSubscribe to our podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-buddhist-centre-online/id498033013