Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

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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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Zohar Lavie: Opening Perspective, Inclining To Well-Being

March 20, 2021 18:39 - 1 hour - 76.4 MB

(Gaia House) Guided meditation and Dharma Talk

Ayya Santacitta: Erstes bis Drittes Übungsfeld der Achtsamkeit ~ Körper, Gefühlstöne, Geisteszustände

March 20, 2021 04:47 - 30 minutes - 17.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Was ist der Geist?

March 20, 2021 04:41 - 38 minutes - 21.8 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Donald Rothberg: Continuing with Mudita Practice, Introducing Equanimity (Upekkha) Practice

March 19, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 50.3 MB

(InsightLA) First, we consider further some of the qualities of mudita, how joy is central to the teachings of the Buddha, how the cultivation of joy is crucial for being able to address difficulties and painful situations, how joy can be understood as a deep expression of our fundamental nature, and how joy can be present even in the midst of difficulties. Then we explore the nature of equanimity, pointing to several of the qualities of equanimity, including balance, evenness, unshakability,...

Kaira Jewel Lingo: Embracing Strong Emotions and Practices to Grow our Joy

March 18, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

(InsightLA) We begin with a 5-step process for caring for strong emotions and then look at ways to cultivate and strengthen the Brahmavihara of mudita or joy, also in relation to working with jealousy.

Jill Shepherd: 32 talk: working with afflictive thought patterns

March 17, 2021 19:30 - 52 minutes - 23.8 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center) Looking at common afflictive thought patterns such as lack mind and comparing mind, using the wisdom of anicca dukkha anatta to help them release, and the practice of mudita, appreciative joy, to help prevent them from re-arising

Donald Rothberg: Some Further Pointers in Cultivating Metta, and An Introduction to Compassion and Compassion Practice

March 17, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 48.3 MB

(InsightLA) We first explore some further suggestions in the practice of metta, particularly related to working with distraction and an active mind, and then related to practicing when difficult states of mind, body, and emotion come up. We then begin to clarify the nature of compassion as the expression of the awakened heart in the presence of pain and difficulty. We link compassion to the understanding of the nature of how the conditioned mind reacts to what is painful, referring to the seq...

Jill Shepherd: 27 talk: anatta / not-self and the five clinging-aggregates

March 16, 2021 19:30 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center)

Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone, Week 2 - Talk

March 15, 2021 19:30 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Jill Shepherd: 24 talk: impermanence

March 15, 2021 19:30 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center) An introduction to the three universal characteristics of impermanence, unsatisfactoriness and not-self, focusing on impermanence then briefly touching into death contemplation

Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone, Week 2 - Meditation

March 15, 2021 19:30 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Donald Rothberg: Introduction to the Brahmavihara and to Metta Practice

March 15, 2021 16:30 - 54 minutes - 44 MB

(InsightLA) We first explore the nature of the four, interconnected brahmavihara as expressions of the "awakened heart." We then orient ourselves to the beginning of formal practice of the brahmavihara by clarifying the nature of metta (or "lovingkindness") practice.

Gavin Milne: Teachings and Guided Meditation

March 15, 2021 09:30 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB

(Gaia House) Breath, body and knowing thought as thought.

Helen Stephenson: Closing Session for Retreat

March 14, 2021 19:30 - 31 minutes - 18.2 MB

(Gaia House) This recording also includes Yanai Postelnik.

Jill Shepherd: 21 talk: the five hindrances

March 14, 2021 19:30 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center)

Helen Stephenson: Yoga and Inquiry Practice (Part 2)

March 14, 2021 16:30 - 1 hour - 64.9 MB

(Gaia House)

Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Part 9: Impermanence and Dispassion - Talk

March 14, 2021 10:30 - 33 minutes - 15.5 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Part 9: Impermanence and Dispassion - Meditation

March 14, 2021 10:30 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Jill Shepherd: 16 talk: the Two Wings of Awakening, wisdom and compassion

March 13, 2021 19:30 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center) How wisdom and compassion work together to support progress towards freedom, with an exploration of some of the challenges to cultivating compassion and self-compassion

Nathan Glyde: All Kinds of Kindness

March 13, 2021 18:41 - 1 hour - 73 MB

(Gaia House) What would our practice look like with mettā at the centre, as the goal, or as the heart of all we do. Guided practice and talk.

Jill Shepherd: 13 talk: the clinging-aggregate of feeling tone or vedana

March 12, 2021 19:30 - 38 minutes - 18 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center)

Jill Shepherd: 08 talk: six supports for deepening retreat practice

March 11, 2021 19:45 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MB

(Te Moata Retreat Center) Safety, Silence, Solitude, Simplicity, Slowing down and Stillness (note: this talk was completed the following day due to a technical error)

Donald Rothberg: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life 2

March 10, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We briefly review the main themes from last week, including the importance of "doing" and effort in the teachings and practices of the Buddha, the importance also of "not-doing" (through letting go and cultivating receptive mindfulness), and elements of our conditioning to be a "doer." We go in more detail into this conditioning, pointing to ways of practicing and inquiring. Then, finally, we explore how there is an advanced way of being in which doing comes, s...

Mark Nunberg: Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation, Week 1 of 6

March 09, 2021 19:30 - 1 hour - 34.4 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Brian Lesage: The Five Daily Reflections

March 09, 2021 19:00 - 31 minutes - 57.2 MB

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Feeling Tone, Week 1 - Meditation

March 08, 2021 19:30 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MB

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Ayya Santacitta: Erstes & Zweites Übungsfeld der Achtsamkeit ~ Erd- & Windelement, Sterblichkeit, Gefühlstöne

March 06, 2021 06:25 - 23 minutes - 13.2 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom

Ayya Santacitta: Vedana (Gefühlstöne) ~ Interface zwischen Körper & Geist

March 06, 2021 06:18 - 38 minutes - 22.1 MB

(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery)

Jill Shepherd: 02 Talk: Wise View and Freedom

March 04, 2021 19:45 - 20 minutes - 9.61 MB

(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short introduction to Wise View, and an exploration of how different views of Nibbana might affect our practice

Chas DiCapua: Ethical Conduct

March 03, 2021 19:30 - 37 minutes - 21.7 MB

(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

Donald Rothberg: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and in Daily Life

March 03, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We explore the nature of doing and not-doing, first in dharma practice generally. The Buddha’s teachings seem full of exhortations to diligence, mindfulness, and skillful effort and doing. Yet there also is a clear place for not-doing—for example, in letting go and in cultivating mindful receptivity to experience. We can also see how being a “doer” is so central to many of our identities, whether in our roles or work or even our meditation. Given these dimensio...