How to Practice Loving-Kindness Meditation

Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Buddhist meditation technique which is practiced to develop compassion towards ourselves and for all living beings. It also increases the overall well-being. It’s a simple meditation technique which can really enhance your happiness when practiced regularly. The whole practice of loving-kindness is to overcome feelings of negativity or self-doubt. When you practice this meditation technique regularly, you’ll find yourself dealing with stress and anxiety in a better manner.

There are four stages to Loving-Kindness Meditation. Loving-Kindness Meditation is also called Metta Bhavana. In Pali, Metta means compassion towards all living beings and Bhavana means cultivating. So the practice of Metta Bhavana is to cultivate feelings of compassion towards yourself and others. In each stage, you will envision four different types of people. The first stage is to develop feelings of warmth and compassion towards yourself. If you find resistance to extend compassion towards yourself in this stage, don’t worry. The objective of loving-kindness meditation is to gradually neutralize the feelings of unworthiness and negativity.

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