Meditating on the Four Immeasurables

Ken McLeod presents a practical and experiential approach to the four immeasurables—equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and joy—drawing from multiple Buddhist traditions. Through guided meditations, deep inquiry, and lively exchanges with students, each session explores how these qualities emerge when we turn toward experience instead of away from it. These teachings invite a shift in how we meet ourselves and others, revealing the transformative power of an open and present heart.

Meditating on the Four Immeasurables is an excerpted version of the six-session series, Four Immeasurables. This four-session presentation focuses on the core contemplative practices themselves—equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion, and joy—offering a direct, practice-centred entry into the teachings. The two omitted sessions serve a different function in the original course. The opening class provides broader context about the role of the four immeasurables in Buddhist practice, while the concluding class offers a wide-ranging synthesis on emotional transformation and integration. For this series, those framing and integrative discussions are omitted  in order to present a concise, self-contained sequence oriented toward experiential practice.