Forgiveness Brings Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr Day was this past Monday in the U.S. and it offers an opportunity for us to reflect on the life of someone we might call a 20th-century metta master.  Here is a famous quote from him:

“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” 

Martin Luther King Jr.

In this podcast I invite you to join me In honoring Dr. King's enduring legacy as we cultivate forgiveness or relinquishment of resentment.  Maintaining resentment towards others or towards ourselves is one of the greatest impediments to working with our minds on the deepest level and realizing freedom. Resentment acts as a barrier that prevents us from seeing things as they really are. 

"In order to be released from deeply held aversion for ourselves and for others, we must be able to practice forgiveness.  Forgiveness has the power to ripen forces of purity such as love, and affirms the qualities of patience and compassion. It creates the space for renewal, and a life free from the bondage to the past”.  Sharon Salzberg

This podcast includes silent and guided meditation, a Dharma talk, and a blessing circle. Please join us in practices that invite relinquishing resentment and attachments to the past.