Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

1,862 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 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

Rachel Lewis: The Dharma as a path of joy

May 16, 2024 19:27 - 1 hour - 28.2 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Buddhism may seem to be all about suffering, but there are many forms of joy that are a indispensable parts of the path of practice

DaRa Williams: Metta - circle of benefactors

May 16, 2024 15:31 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A Receptive, protective, guided meditation of loving kindness

Brian Lesage, Cara Lai, Matthew Brensilver: Closing Session (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 16, 2024 08:55 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Tuere Sala: morning instructions – body with anchors

May 16, 2024 08:12 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Tuere Sala: The Three Refuges - Buddha

May 15, 2024 19:29 - 1 hour - 27.8 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ayya Santacitta: Admiring the Earth, Feeling the Stretch and Being OK With That

May 15, 2024 17:43 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MB

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

Donald Rothberg: Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 1

May 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) There are two main forms of meditation as taught by the Buddha: Developing concentration and developing insight. We explore how they go together, the nature of concentration (samadhi), and the different ways of developing samadhi. We also look at some of the typical challenges of developing samadhi, particularly over-active minds, sleepiness and low energy, and over-efforting. Throughout there is an emphasis on finding ways to integrate active effort with ease ...

Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation: Developing Concentration (Samadhi)

May 15, 2024 10:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) At the beginning, there is a short discussion of the nature and importance of cultivating concentration or samadhi, followed by practical meditative guidance at the beginning and during the session.

Cara Lai: Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 15, 2024 08:38 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Cara Lai: Leading with Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 14, 2024 19:23 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How can I sit here when our house is burning down? How meditation, softening, and receptivity relates to activism and making real transformation in the world. The ways that hatred masquerades as fierce compassion, a deeper understanding of power and privilege, and how to lead with love.

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Feeling

May 14, 2024 08:42 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Matthew Brensilver: Language is the hammer and every problem, a nail (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 13, 2024 19:29 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Mark Coleman: Monday Night Live Talk from Spirit Rock

May 13, 2024 19:15 - 1 hour - 39.9 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Includes meditation & dharma talk

Ajahn Sucitto: Repairing and releasing the heart

May 12, 2024 17:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

(London Insight Meditation)

Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Convergence of Insight and Love (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 12, 2024 16:27 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ajahn Sucitto: Guided standing and sitting practice

May 12, 2024 09:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB

(London Insight Meditation)

Ajahn Amaro: Metta chant in English

May 11, 2024 21:36 - 3 minutes - 1.48 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ajahn Sucitto: We solidify ourselves to feel secure

May 11, 2024 17:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

(London Insight Meditation)

Ajahn Sucitto: Sound and mantra meditation practice

May 11, 2024 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MB

(London Insight Meditation)

Ayya Santussika: The Mettā Pāramī | Ayya Santussikā

May 11, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 144 MB

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on May 11, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” This is the seventh talk in the series on Parami or The Ten Perfections.

Ayya Santussika: The Mettā Pāramī--Guided Meditation | Ayya Santussikā

May 11, 2024 09:00 - 12 minutes - 23.5 MB

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This guided meditation was offered on May 11, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!”

Ajahn Sucitto: Connecting the subtle body with the citta

May 11, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MB

(London Insight Meditation)

Ayya Khemakā: Metta talk

May 11, 2024 08:29 - 13 minutes - 6.16 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ajahn Amaro: Dharma Talk

May 10, 2024 20:38 - 55 minutes - 25.4 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ajahn Amaro: Chanting In Pali

May 10, 2024 19:30 - 22 minutes - 10.1 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Walt Opie: Cultivating Gratitude, Acceptance and Honesty in Recovery

May 10, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Santussika: Opening Up Our Potential (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 10, 2024 09:03 - 2 hours - 110 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Greg Scharf: Dharma Talk

May 10, 2024 08:31 - 20 minutes - 9.54 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ayya Khemakā: Dharma Talk

May 09, 2024 20:39 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ayya Santussika: Right View All the Way to Nibbana (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 09, 2024 19:31 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Describing Right View using text from the suttas and looking at how to develop wisdom and where it takes us.

Ayya Khemakā: Chanting

May 09, 2024 19:30 - 11 minutes - 5.09 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ayya Santussika: Right Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

May 09, 2024 08:40 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Exploring Right Intention relying on discourses 19 and 20 in the Middle Length Discourses and translating the components of Right Intention as kindness, gentleness and letting go.

Ajahn Amaro: Evening guided meditation

May 09, 2024 08:30 - 21 minutes - 9.64 MB

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

Ayya Santacitta: Restoring Ourselves to Community With the More-Than-Human World

May 08, 2024 19:40 - 56 minutes - 32.3 MB

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

Oren Jay Sofer, Tara Brach: Living with a Courageous Heart in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Tara Brach & Oren Jay Sofer

May 08, 2024 19:30 - 1 hour - 48.4 MB

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) The pace of change is speeding up and much of the news we receive is alarming. More than ever, we need the inner reflections and meditations that help us connect with our capacities for clarity, bravery and openheartedness. This is what Tara explores with Oren Jay Sofer, in his book entitled: Your Heart Was Made For This: Contemplative Practices to Meet a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love (2023.) Oren teaches mindfulness, medita...

Tara Brach: Guided Meditation: Letting Life Be As It Is (21:48 min.)

May 08, 2024 19:30 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) When we learn to listen to our inner life without interference, we open to a tender and full experience of presence. This meditation guides us in awakening an intimate quality of listening, as we attend to sensations, moods, sounds and the entire dance of life.