Healing The Wounded Heart

This recording involves a Dharma talk made on an online day of meditation offered on Aug 3, 2024. Firstly, it clarifies what is meant by the heart and a wounded heart. Then it refers to both clinical practices for trauma and attachment disruptions as well as Buddhist meditation practices, in particular mettā which is also called loving-kindness or warm benevolence. The talk invites the listener to consider how warm benevolence paired with memories of painful past events can heal the wounded heart.