97 Finishing with loving kindness (and a lovely ceremony)

Fall 2011 Shamatha Retreat by Diego Gonzalez

Oct 21, 201158:17Religion & Spirituality

We come to our very last session with a meditation on loving kindness and dedication of merit (0:50) Afterwards our group prepared such a lovely closing ceremony that we figured other people might like to cultivate some...

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