Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

2,083 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 12 hours ago - ★★★★ - 242 ratings

Dharma Seed is dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages. Since the early 1980's, Dharma Seed has collected and distributed dharma talks by teachers offering the vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness) practices of Theravada Buddhism. New recordings are being added continuously from contemporary dharma teachers.

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Episodes

Nathan Glyde: Caring Goodwill Radiant All Around (a mettā practice)

July 21, 2024 14:55 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

(Gaia House)

Jill Shepherd: 14 meditation: Equanimity

July 21, 2024 13:45 - 25 minutes - 11.8 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 13 short talk: Equanimity

July 21, 2024 13:20 - 14 minutes - 6.45 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Nathan Glyde: The Wisdom of Caring

July 21, 2024 12:03 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

(Gaia House)

Jill Shepherd: 12 meditation: appreciating one's own strengths

July 21, 2024 11:50 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 11 instructions: Muditā for oneself

July 21, 2024 11:30 - 13 minutes - 6.12 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Zohar Lavie: Opening, Nourishing & Gladdening - Meditation Instruction

July 21, 2024 10:18 - 1 hour - 29.1 MB

(Gaia House)

Jill Shepherd: 10 meditation: Muditā using the radiating energy method of practice

July 21, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 9.52 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 09 talk: Muditā or appreciative joy

July 21, 2024 09:45 - 13 minutes - 6.35 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 08 meditation: Settling and stilling the body and mind

July 21, 2024 09:30 - 20 minutes - 9.23 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Zohar Lavie: Meeting Experience with Care and Tenderness (Guided practice)

July 20, 2024 14:55 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MB

(Gaia House)

Zohar Lavie: Compassion: Meeting Experience Skilfully

July 20, 2024 14:02 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB

(Gaia House)

Jill Shepherd: 06 meditation: Compassion for a good friend

July 20, 2024 13:30 - 21 minutes - 9.99 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 05 short talk: Compassion

July 20, 2024 13:20 - 12 minutes - 5.72 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 04 meditation: Resting into mettā / kindness

July 20, 2024 11:50 - 19 minutes - 9.05 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 03 talk: Exploring mettā as rest

July 20, 2024 11:30 - 19 minutes - 8.72 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: 02 meditation: mettā for benefactor

July 20, 2024 10:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Nathan Glyde: Kinds of Attention - Meditation Instruction (Part 2)

July 20, 2024 09:52 - 28 minutes - 23.1 MB

(Gaia House)

Nathan Glyde: Kinds of Attention - Meditation Instruction (Part 1)

July 20, 2024 09:48 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

(Gaia House)

Jill Shepherd: 01 talk: An overview of the four brahmavihāra heart qualities

July 20, 2024 09:30 - 22 minutes - 10.4 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation) Exploring how kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity work together to keep the heart in balance

Ayya Santacitta: Not Going Back But Coming Full Circle

July 17, 2024 21:28 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MB

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings

Jill Shepherd: short talk: an overview of brahmavihāra practice

July 17, 2024 19:45 - 14 minutes - 12.8 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Jill Shepherd: Meditation: resting into mettā / kindness

July 17, 2024 19:15 - 29 minutes - 13.6 MB

(Southern Insight Meditation)

Dana DePalma: Renouncing Compulsive Fixing and Receiving Life

July 15, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ajahn Amaro, Ajahn Nyaniko, Jill Satterfield, Ralph Steele: Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 14, 2024 09:16 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ayya Santussika: Calm and Insight

July 13, 2024 15:00 - 1 hour - 259 MB

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This Dhamma talk, Guided Meditation and Q&A was offered on July 13th, 2024 for East Bay Dhamma.

Ayya Santussika: The Crux of Delusion

July 13, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 162 MB

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) At 55 minutes, a participant offered some comments but asked that their audio be removed. Ayya's answer remains. Here is a summary of what the participant said: They reflected on Ajahn Anan's teaching of developing the Paramis over lifetimes to be ready to fully receive / understand the Dhamma and fully let go. They go on to express surprise, and some frustration, that they can be so inspired by Dhamma one evening and then so lost in anger the next morning. They a...

Ralph Steele: Sitting with Dhamma Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 12, 2024 08:40 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ajahn Amaro: Evening Puja, Meditation and Dhamma Teaching (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 11, 2024 18:52 - 1 hour - 101 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ajahn Amaro: Evening Puja, Meditation and Dhamma Teaching (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 11, 2024 18:52 - 1 hour - 101 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Andrea Castillo: Enthusiasm, Clear Knowing, and Contentment in our Practice

July 10, 2024 19:30 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) This talk will focus on enthusiasm, clear knowing, and contentment, three beautiful qualities originating from the Satipatthana refrain. We'll explore how to cultivate them as part of the body contemplations.

Ayya Santacitta: Attunement ~ Becoming Like an Antenna

July 10, 2024 17:51 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MB

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings

Ajahn Amaro: Sitting with Dhamma Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 10, 2024 08:41 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ajahn Amaro: Morning Puja and Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 10, 2024 05:25 - 1 hour - 79.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Tara Mulay: Concentration retreat: faith and confidence (saddha)

July 09, 2024 19:29 - 45 minutes - 21.1 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Brian Lesage: Honoring Eric Kolvig: Stars in the Night Sky; I am Here Because of Others

July 09, 2024 19:00 - 23 minutes - 32.6 MB

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

Ajahn Amaro: Morning Puja and Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

July 09, 2024 05:28 - 1 hour - 82.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Brian Lesage: Stepping Out of the Place Where We are Right

July 02, 2024 19:00 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MB

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

Tara Brach: For the Love of Dogs…and All Beings

June 26, 2024 19:30 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) The focus of this conversation is on our relationships with dogs, and more broadly, all beings. We look at what Thich Nhat Hanh called interbeing, and what happens when we shift our attention from self to who are we together. Tara is joined by Mark Drucker, an animal lover who works in digital media and is founder of lovedog.com, and Drew Webster, a dog behavior consultant par excellence. In this recording, Tara is being interviewed for their po...

Tara Brach: Meditation: Lighting Up Your Energy Body

June 26, 2024 19:30 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) Our being has many frequencies of aliveness and as we attend to the more subtle, we discover a portal to the radiant awareness that is always here. This meditation guides us in using the breath and attention as we scan through the body and awaken an inner luminosity. We then open the attention to rest in the whole field of awake awareness.

Ayya Santacitta: There Is a Way to Mature Into ~ a Plug In Practice Ritual

June 26, 2024 17:50 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MB

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings

Diana Winston: Accessing Natural Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

June 26, 2024 16:34 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) What is Natural Awareness? This talk gives context for accessing and playing with a type of mindfulness that is open, spacious, luminous, and boundless. Natural awareness connects us to "awareness of awareness." The talk begins with an explanation of the spectrum of awareness (using some entertaining props) and includes on the spot glimpse practices.

John Travis: Awareness & How it Actually Functions

June 26, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes - 22.2 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dharma Talk (Group Q/A is not included)

JD Doyle: Integral Spirituality

June 26, 2024 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Diana Winston: Working with RAIN (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

June 25, 2024 10:42 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This short meditation describes how we use RAIN to work with our emotions. RAIN includes: Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture, and Not Identify with. We also practice with RAIN on the spot, working with any difficult emotion that is present.