Long-standing Buddhist, member of BSWA and a big supporter of the Dhammasara Nuns monastery Pauline Shield is serene, calm and effervescent. She has coped with everything from having a violent home invasion to severe arthritis. Her main practice is Metta (Loving Kindness), but she knows some find it hard to do. In this talk she advises how to get over such difficulties. Her stories and her wisdom are a delight... [b]Note:[/b] During the Rains Retreat period, a time when all our own monks and nuns go on 3 months retreat and stay at their respective monasteries as much as possible, we still have the normal Friday evening Dhamma talk - but given by a fascinating array of Buddhist lay persons and special guest teachers from other traditions.