Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction
1,862 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsDharma 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
Kittisaro & Thanissara: Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 27, 2021 16:01 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Kuan Yin Compassion Ceremony
Dawn Mauricio: Morning Sit with Instruction
November 27, 2021 09:02 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Caroline Jones: Reflections on equanimity
November 27, 2021 08:32 - 12 minutes - 5.71 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Dawn Mauricio: Holding Our Suffering: Turning to the Sacred, Turning to the Collective (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 26, 2021 19:40 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The state of the world is getting more intense, more extreme, more divided. It is undeniable that we need to do things differently, including thinking we can do it all on our own.
Caroline Jones: Equanimity.
November 26, 2021 19:04 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Thanissara: Transforming Unwholesome Karma Through Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 26, 2021 09:04 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The mutability of karma. An act of beauty in a war zone. Moments of connection with wildlife. Compassion meditation for ancestors, those in our near relational field, future generations and all beings.
Thanissara: The Shamanic Dismemberment & Great Return of Our Times (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 25, 2021 19:40 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The danger and opportunity in the dying of an old world. The curriculum of decolonizing internally & externally. The reclamation of an ensouled world. Dharma practice as essential for navigating the shifts of consciousness needed for radical orientation within a moment of evolutionary potential.
Kittisaro: There Are No Footprints In The Sky (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 25, 2021 09:03 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Contemplation of form & emptiness. Everything is sacred. Emptiness facilitates resonant response. Undivided non-dual nature of reality.
Caroline Jones: Reflections on equanimity.
November 25, 2021 08:30 - 22 minutes - 10.2 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Kittisaro: Freedom is the Essence of All Things (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 24, 2021 19:40 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Contemplating what never changes. The indestructible heart. Mind the Gap. Radical reflection, returning to the root, where all things merge. Kuan Yin's meditation method.
Donald Rothberg: Cultivating Generosity and Gratitude at the Time of Thanksgiving
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 52.2 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) After we set the context of the holiday of Thanksgiving, including Native perspectives, we explore the inter-related qualities of generosity and gratitude. Gratitude is especially in relationship to acknowledging the generosity of others, and of life. We clarify a number of ways to cultivate these two qualities. The talk integrates some discussion and is followed by a longer period of discussion.
Thanissara: Yin Meditation - Depth receptivity to internal experience.
November 24, 2021 09:03 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Moving from goal to source. This is how it is now. Contemplation within the frame of the 4 Noble Truths.
Thanissara: Inner Peace is Not Apart from Activism (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 23, 2021 19:39 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The gift of the 4 Noble Truths in meeting the challenge of these times. A transmission of courage from Ajahn Chah. The profound impact of the Buddha's engagement with the world.
Thanissara: Medicine at the heart of the Buddha's teaching for these times
November 23, 2021 19:39 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The gift of the 4 Noble Truths in meeting the challenge of these times. A transmission of courage from Ajahn Chah. The profound impact of the Buddha's engagement with the world.
Brian Lesage: Navigating the Holiday Season
November 23, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes - 46.8 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community) This talks offers a brief reflection on navigating the holiday season by discovering the doorway of Pausing.
Kittisaro: The Interplay Between Samatha and Vipassana
November 23, 2021 09:02 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Calm and Insight; contemplating supports for samadhi (unification of heart). Vitakka (directed thought), vicara (exploring, receptive attention), piti (joy), sukha (ease). Guided Meditation through 16 steps of Anapanasati Sutta.
Kittisaro: True Peace Is Not Far Away
November 22, 2021 19:39 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The revelatory power of contemplating change, unreliability, and not self. What robs the heart of well being? Recognizing hindrances as teachers. Letting go.
Gulwinder Singh: Morning Meditation with Instructions
November 22, 2021 09:01 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Gulwinder Singh: The Hindrances Becoming Awakening
November 21, 2021 19:42 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A talk on the 5 so called Hindrances and balancing being with them and skillful means to transmute them.
Pamela Weiss: Giving Thanks
November 21, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB(San Francisco Insight Meditation Community)
Gregory Kramer: Introduction to Practicing Insight Dialogue in Groups of Two, with 'Listen Deeply' and 'Speak the Truth' Guidelines.
November 21, 2021 16:30 - 11 minutes - 6.54 MB(Gaia House)
Christina Feldman: 3 – Third Domain of Embodiment
November 21, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes - 19.5 MB(London Insight Meditation)
Christina Feldman: 2 - Second Domain of Embodiment
November 21, 2021 11:00 - 26 minutes - 20.9 MB(London Insight Meditation)
Christina Feldman: 1 - Intro and First Domain of Embodiment
November 21, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB(London Insight Meditation)
Dawn Mauricio: Morning Sit with Instruction--Retreat at Spirit Rock (Day 2)
November 21, 2021 09:01 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Dawn Mauricio: Monring Sit with Instruction--Retreat at Spirit Rock (Day 2)
November 21, 2021 09:01 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Dawn Mauricio: The Wise Body--Retreat at Spirit Rock (day 1)
November 20, 2021 19:38 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk addresses in broad terms the first foundation of mindfulness. The main points include recognizing our innate wisdom and slowing down to listen to it.
Kittisaro: Patiently Arriving : The Alchemy of Awareness--Retreat at Spirit Rock (Day 1)
November 20, 2021 09:03 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) First Day. Overview of Path: Sila (Virtuous Restraint), Samadhi (Collectedness), Panna (Wisdom). Patience and kindness in cultivating mindfulness of breathing. Buddho - Sacred word and moderating thought.
Caroline Jones: Mudita - Appreciative Joy
November 19, 2021 19:07 - 45 minutes - 21 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)
Tina Rasmussen: The 7 Factors of Awakening, Part 3: The Calming Factors--Tranquility, Concentration and Equanimity
November 18, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 35.8 MB(Insight Meditation Tucson) This free dharma talk is the third in a series on the "7 Factors of Awakening," which are factors that what we nurture and develop on the path of awakening, as well as being descriptors of the awakened state. Tina gives a series of three talks on the "7 Factors," providing practical descriptions of how to cultivate and recognize these factors in our practice, and in daily life.
Jill Shepherd: Wise View p2
November 18, 2021 17:30 - 16 minutes - 7.73 MB(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short talk looking at how views are formed, starting with contact at the sense doors, moving into perceptions and mental formations. Includes a brief guided meditation exploring seeing.
Caroline Jones: Guided Brahma Vihara Meditation
November 18, 2021 08:29 - 27 minutes - 12.7 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Using mindfulness as a basis for the cultivation of meta (loving kindness0, karuna (compassion), and mudita (appreciation)
Dawn Scott: Compassion and Compassionate action
November 17, 2021 19:30 - 53 minutes - 24.7 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores meditative compassion and its relationship to compassionate action.
Donald Rothberg: Doorways to Awakening
November 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Remembering the teaching about there being 84,000 "Dharma Doors," we explore a number of such "doorways to awakening." The interest is especially in inviting us each to have a sense of what at the current time brings one's practice alive, identifying one's "edge of current learning." This may be to identify a current challenge or difficulty and approach it as part of one's practice, and/or to emphasize a dimension of formal and/or informal practice that brings ...
Ayya Santacitta: Nicht-Wissen erlauben ~ Wo anfangen?
November 17, 2021 08:04 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB(ÖBR Theravada Schule Wien) Vortrag & Geführte Meditation | Die drei Zufluchten & die fünf ethischen Grundregeln
Greg Scharf: Liberation Through Non-Clinging
November 16, 2021 19:28 - 1 hour - 28.8 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The Five Aggregates
Susie Harrington: Introduction and Guided Meditation: Equanimity
November 15, 2021 15:30 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Brian Lesage: Reflections On Death And Birth That Support Presense
November 14, 2021 19:29 - 47 minutes - 22 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Ajahn Sucitto: Whole system training
November 14, 2021 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB(Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery) Our practice and training take place in a field that includes the internal and external environments we’re living in. What we can’t do through our willpower we can receive through the different qualities in the environment. Connect it all, then everything will come into balance – there is an intelligence that we haven’t been aware of. You get so far with your own willpower and the rest comes from this source which is beyond that.
Greg Scharf: Morning Reflection And Meditation
November 14, 2021 08:15 - 1 hour - 28.2 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) A short reflection of mindfulness of mind - the third establishment of mindfulness
Ayya Santacitta: Die vier Vipallasa oder Verzerrungen
November 07, 2021 06:56 - 46 minutes - 63.3 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Theravada Gruppe Salzburg
Ayya Santacitta: Die grundlegende Tendenz des Geistes zu konstruieren
November 07, 2021 06:52 - 24 minutes - 33.3 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Theravada Gruppe Salzburg
Brian Lesage: Instructions For Choiceless Attention and Q&A
November 06, 2021 08:17 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Ayya Santacitta: Begehren erkennen
November 05, 2021 08:17 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Ayya Santacitta: Rechte Absicht/Intention integriert Rechte Ansicht in unser Leben
November 05, 2021 07:57 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Donald Rothberg: Evening Dharma Talk: The Nature of Samadhi and Samatha Practice--Day 2 (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
November 04, 2021 19:30 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We explore further the nature of samadhi and samatha practice, cultivating samadhi, pointing to the importance of samadhi and samatha practice, the different ways of practicing, and some of the challenges of such practice. We identify five main challenges and suggest some of the ways of working with the challenges.
James Baraz: Showing Up for Reality with Humility and Grace: Terry Patten's Last Teaching
November 04, 2021 19:30 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MB(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Beloved Philosopher, Teacher and Sacred Activist Terry Patten sadly passed away a few days before this talk. His last book, A New Republic of the Heart, is an inspiring teaching on how to face the global crises we are in. As he went through his own final journey he shared how one can face death with courage, wonder, grace and trust. It was a blueprint for how to meet the pain and sorrow of the world with those same qualities. This talk includes a pow...
Brian Lesage: Loving Kindness For Ourselves And Others
November 04, 2021 15:31 - 52 minutes - 24 MB(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk includes a guided meditation
Ayya Santacitta: Individuelle & kollektive Mangel-Projekte
November 03, 2021 07:52 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MB(ÖBR Theravada Schule Wien) Vortrag & Geführte Meditation