Loving Kindness - Buddhist Meditation For Joyful Living - by Christopher Manning

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Loving Kindness - Buddhist Meditation For Joyful Living

With Christopher Manning

In this 6-day course, you will learn a powerful practice taught by the Buddha, to his monks, to overcome fear and to live in joy. The practice of loving kindness holds incredible power, to bring the heavenly realm of profound spiritual love into your life. Each day the course builds on the last, introducing a new addition to the meditation. This course is intended to awaken the heart and bring a profound shift in your relations with yourself, your loved ones, and even your enemies.


Meet your Teacher

Christopher has practiced and taught this meditation for two decades. He has had profound shifts in consciousness through this practice, built deeply loving relationships in his everyday life, and even turned an enemy into a friend. This practice will change your life.

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6 Days

1.3k students

4.8 stars

17 min / day

Compassion

English


Lesson 1

The Power Of Loving Kindness

In this lesson, Christopher talks about the practice of loving kindness practice, its roots, and how it has greatly impacted his life. He then goes on the introduce a practical introduction to meditation.

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Lesson 2

Loving Kindness To Oneself

In this lesson, Christopher talks a little about the benefits, including some scientific research to back up those claims. He then introduces the first stage of the practice, loving kindness to oneself.

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Lesson 3

Meditation On The Benefactor

In this lesson, we move to the next stage and introduce a benefactor. This is a person who is easy to love. A good friend, a child, or a pet can be a good subject for this practice. It is often at this stage in the practice that we begin to feel the heart open.

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Lesson 4

Expanding Loving Kindness To A Neutral Person

In this lesson we expand on the practice and introduce the neutral person. This is significant because it teaches us to value beings in our lives that we otherwise ignore. Imagine how different our experience of life would be if we felt our heart opening to all beings, around us, at all times of the day, rather than just at home with loved ones.

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Lesson 5

Sending Loving Kindness To The Difficult Person

In this lesson, we work with the difficult people in our lives. This is sacred ground. This is where the transformation can shift our consciousness. It is very difficult to do this part of the practice, but it holds so much value if you can let go and give it everything you have.

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Lesson 6

Sending Loving Kindness To All Beings

This is the final stage of the practice. We work through all of the previous subjects and then finally send loving to all beings, everywhere. This is a longer practice, with the emphasis on the final stage.

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4.8 (78)

Recent Reviews

Karen

February 11, 2026

Thank you very much!

D

February 6, 2026

Thank you for your kind and gentle voice reminding me of what is already in my heart.

Ana

January 6, 2026

Thank you so much for this wonderful course it was very interesthing and use full 🙏💫💞

Peggy

December 8, 2025

Grateful for the gentle, slow-paced presentation of these livingkindness sessions. I admit a long pause before the final lesson, and appreciate the encouragement to repeat the course.

Dianne

October 31, 2025

Thank you. I can feel my love expanding.

Robyn

October 26, 2025

This is an excellent course and opening the heart. Chris is kind and generous teacher with a very soothing voice that makes it easy to listen to. I really enjoyed how each session built on the last one and the mantras are simple, but incredibly profound

Rebecca

September 17, 2025

Thank you for explaining the practice and for your guidance in doing it

Michelle

July 24, 2025

Gentle exercise powerfully put loveing outcome

Maureen

July 13, 2025

The gentle sincere voice, pacing, and caring by the instructor is evident in every session. This course nurtured true loving kindness feelings in me, beyond what I have experienced in a simple daily meditation. Highly recommended!☮️🪷🙏🏻👋🙋🏻‍♀️☺️🎆🌎

Mark

July 13, 2025

Excellent class. Well paced and full of insights about heart opening.

Lori

June 28, 2025

So lovely and heart opening thank you!🙏🏼

Zak

May 22, 2025

Amazing end to the lessons. Thank you teacher. May you be happy and flourish infinitely!

Paul

March 18, 2025

This was a loving kindness practice that for the first time, I can really connect with, which resonates in my heart. Thank you dear soul.

Philip

March 17, 2025

Thank you for this opportunity! Bloom and grow! The end was very inspiring!

Denise

March 7, 2025

Thank ypu, I'm completing course again.

Chad

February 12, 2025

Like this class

Elizabeth

January 8, 2025

Chris led us through, session by session, to open our hearts to loving kindness which starts with the self and fulminated with loving kindness to all of our world. It was perfect and I will practice it each day. Thank you Chris.

Margarete

December 29, 2024

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Luke

December 1, 2024

Chris is an excellent teacher with a deep, loving heart and truly palpable loving-kindness. I am grateful to have taken his course and to have received his wisdom and guidance. I look forward to making this teaching a regular part of my practice and will be continuing to follow Chris’ lessons.

Maggie

September 14, 2024

I’ve learn so much from this

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