Guided Metta Meditation 6th September 2026

Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi led the annual Abhidhamma Meditation Retreat at Chuang Yen Monastery in New York from 4 to 7 September 2026. Through the Venerable’s kindness and generosity, I was invited to lead the evening mettā practice. After the sessions, I was pleased to hear several fellow practitioners share how the practice had brought them a sense of calm and joy. It deepened my appreciation of the value of cultivating mettā. May we all, following the Buddha’s wholesome teachings, keep turning inward, gently softening the mind, and bringing mettā into our everyday words and actions. May our own well-being go hand in hand with the well-being of others. And as we seek to benefit others, may we also continue to cultivate purity in body, speech, and mind, so that mettā gradually becomes more than a wholesome state cultivated in meditation. May it become part of how we live and relate to others—a gentle and clear way of meeting the world. 菩提大長老於紐約莊嚴寺帶領一年一度的阿毗達摩禪修營（2026.09.04–09.07）。 承蒙長老慈悲不棄，末學隨順因緣，帶領晚間的慈心修習。其後陸續聽聞法友們分享，在修習中感受到慈心所帶來的安定與喜悅，深感欣慰，也更加體會到慈心修習之可貴。 願今後仍能與大家一同學習，彼此勉勵、相互增上。願您我等皆能依循佛陀所教之善法，時時返觀自我，調柔己心，並將慈心落實於日常生活的一言一行；於自利之中兼顧利他，於利他之時亦不忘長養自身清淨的身、口、意，使慈心不僅止於禪修中的善心，更能逐漸融入待人處世之中，成為一份柔和而清明的智慧。 Links to Ven. Chanxi's teachings from the 2026 Yin Shun Foundation Dharma Retreat at Bodhi Monastery, NJ: 1.Metta Sutta -1:    • 2026-07-04 Ven ChanXi Sutta Reading & Medi...   2. a. Metta Sutta -2 b. 10min Guided Meditation (from 1hr 24min):    • 2026-07-05 Ven ChanXi Sutta Reading & Medi...   3.Guided Meditation: A Respected Person:    • 2026-07-05 Ven ChanXi Guided Meditation   4. a. Guided Meditation (Neutral Person and Difficult Person); b. Metta Sutta -3:    • 2026-07-06 Ven ChanXi Sutta Reading & Medi...   5. Metta Sutta -4:    • 2026-07-06 Ven ChanXi Sutta Reading & Medi...