Welcome to Mettā Lab @suttameditationseries

Mettā Lab is a weekly YouTube livestream Dhamma session on the Sutta Meditation Series channel to develop and intensify our loving kindness (mettā) practice.

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00:00 Mettā Lab - First Doorway to Nibbāna - 6 July 2024

04:00 Recap on the first four steps of Painful practice with slow realisation to reach the heavenly or divine abode

19:58 First right striving (including the connection to Āneñjasappāya Sutta) to protect reaching the divine abode

22:22 Thoroughly contemplating the Noble Truth of Suffering

37:45 With the insight and wisdom up to this point, making the Determination for Truth (for Nibbāna)

45:05 Fulfilling the Concentration due to Desire

48:20 Why restraint of the sense faculties is needed to protect our mind and what we've developed in this insight pathway

55:04 Connecting to the Karaṇīyametta Sutta at "controlled at the sense faculties" (santindriyo) to reach immeasurable loving kindness

57:20 How a deeper understanding of the noble truth of suffering provides a strong foundation for the development of immeasurable loving kindness

01:00:38 How to reach the Beautiful Liberation (subhavimutti) from immeasurable loving kindness

01:01:15 Advice on developing the First Doorway to Nibbana or Painful Practice with Slow Realisation and other resources on Sutta Meditation Series

01:04:33 Brief overview of the key inflection points in this insight pathway

01:09:30 Revisiting the Dhammapada verse 40

01:14:20 Taking a break from Mettā Lab weekly slow sessions to develop and practice these meditations (Karaṇīyametta Sutta and Painful Practice with Slow Realisation) towards immeasurable loving kindness

01:16:03 Sharing the merit and blessings

The focus is on developing *supramundane* loving kindness in accordance with the Buddha's teachings in the Pali Canon.

(1) We will begin with the Buddha's instructions on how to develop mettā in the Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)

(2) Then we will develop the First Doorway to Nibbana or Painful Practice with Slow Realisation which culminates in immeasurable mettā, based on the Asubha Sutta (AN 4.163) and Suttavebhaṅgiya (Pe 9). It also draws on what we learn in the Karaṇīyametta Sutta (Snp 1.8)

(3) Then we will develop mettā with the seven enlightenment factors (bojjhangas), based on the Mettāsahagata Sutta (SN 46.54), which distinguishes the Buddha's teaching of mettā from all others. And liberation of mind by loving kindness (mettācetovimutti)

These are purposely "slow sessions" to gradually learn (or revise), develop and practise each step of these sutta meditations. Each session will be 1 to 1.5 hours duration. And during the session there will be short meditation periods. It may take a few weeks to complete each sutta meditation.

Mettā Lab is for beginners and meditators who wish to refresh and deepen their loving kindness practice. Everyone is welcome.

To watch the YouTube livestream - https://t.ly/ZHHq3

For all enquiries - suttameditationseries@gmail.com

Blessings of the Triple Gem. Theruwan saranai