In this inspired teaching on metta, Senior Teacher Beth Sternlieb explores the architecture of lovingkindness through the cartography of starlight, likening the generation of metta to the light from long-dead stars that still illuminate the Heavens. A moving portrait of the universe and both the inner and outer space that comprise it, this combined talk and guided practice will reframe your understanding of the power of thought and good intention. 

“It is actually the wisdom of the intention - NOT the feeling — that is the beauty of the practice.” 

“The circles of being that we pray for have their own circles who depend on them and upon whom they are dependent widening out in every direction, all beings, everywhere without exception."