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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Yuka Nakamura: Mudita - The Joyful Heart
February 21, 2021 18:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB(Bodhi College) Mudita means appreciative or sympathetic joy and is the third of the four Brahmaviharas, the boundless qualities of the heart and mind. It stands for our ability to appreciate and delight in what is good and beautiful in our own being and in the world. It inspires and uplifts the heart and purifies it from unwholesome states.
Nathan Glyde: "I Can Wait" - Surfing the Urge of Distraction and Dukkha
February 21, 2021 13:58 - 1 hour - 75.5 MB(Gaia House) A guided meditation and talk (at least somewhat) inspired by Matt Mullenweg's bio: I can think, I can wait, I can fast and Nir Eyal's book Indistractible we explore the "don't scratch the itch" meditation and dependent origination teachings for freedom and well-being.
Ayya Santacitta: Erstes Übungsfeld der Achtsamkeit ~ Anatomische Teile, Elemente, Sterblichkeit
February 19, 2021 21:49 - 35 minutes - 20.2 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Geführte Meditation | Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Ayya Santacitta: Achtsamkeit ist der Direkte Weg
February 19, 2021 21:43 - 39 minutes - 22.9 MB(Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery) Aloka-Dharma-Zoom
Jill Shepherd: 01 talk: Living a life of mutual benefit - introduction to the Noble Eightfold Path
February 18, 2021 19:50 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning talk of a series on the Noble Eightfold Path
Jill Shepherd: 01 talk: An overview of the Noble Eightfold Path
February 18, 2021 19:50 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MB(Auckland Insight Meditation) Beginning talk of a series on the Noble Eightfold Path
Brian Lesage: Playing with Perception: Different Views of Struggle and Challenge
February 17, 2021 18:30 - 37 minutes - 68.5 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)
Kaira Jewel Lingo: Intimacy: Healing Division through Deep listening and Letting Go of Views (with Antonio Aversano)
February 17, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 50 MB(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Alexis Santos: Guided Meditation: Seeing Body and Mind as Nature
February 16, 2021 14:23 - 24 minutes - 45.6 MB(Portland) This is the guided meditation from second session of the January daylong online retreat.
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 6: Four Elements Contemplation - Talk
February 15, 2021 19:30 - 25 minutes - 11.9 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 6: Four Elements Contemplation - Meditation
February 15, 2021 19:30 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Brian Lesage: Playing with Perception: Being Filled By Inner Beauty
February 15, 2021 09:00 - 26 minutes - 49.5 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)
Yuka Nakamura: Bedingtes Entstehen Schlussvortrag
February 14, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB(Zentrum Freier Buddhismus Essen) Dies ist der letzte von vier Vorträgen zu Bedingtem Entstehen und der Schlussvortrag des Retreats.
Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Part 6: Reflecting on the Nature of the Knowing Mind - Meditation
February 14, 2021 10:30 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Part 6: Reflecting on the Nature of the Knowing Mind - Talk
February 14, 2021 10:30 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Brian Lesage: Playing with Perception: Cultivating the Preconditions for Samadhi
February 14, 2021 09:00 - 32 minutes - 60.3 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)
Yuka Nakamura: Bedingtes Entstehen 3
February 14, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB(Zentrum Freier Buddhismus Essen) Dies ist der dritte von vier Vorträgen zu Bedingtem Entstehen und behandelt die Glieder Werden, Geburt, Alter, Krankheit und Tod. Was meinen wir damit und wie manifestieren sie sich in unserem Erleben?
Yuka Nakamura: Bedingtes Entstehen Teil 2
February 13, 2021 18:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB(Zentrum Freier Buddhismus Essen) Dies ist der zweite von vier Vorträgen zu Bedingtem Entstehen und behandelt die Glieder Sechs Sinne, Kontakt, Gefühlstönung, Verlangen und Anhaftung. Was meinen wir damit und wie manifestieren sie sich in unserem Erleben?
Yuka Nakamura: Bedingtes Entstehen Teil 1
February 12, 2021 12:00 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB(Zentrum Freier Buddhismus Essen) Dieser Vortrag ist der erste von vier Vorträgen zum Bedingten Enstehen und geht auf die Glieder Unwissenheit, Bildekräfte, Bewusstsein und Körper-Geist ein. Was meinen wir damit und wie manifestieren sich diese in unserem Erleben?
Brian Lesage: Playing with Perception
February 11, 2021 18:30 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community) This talk explores the implication of how we perceive the world and how perception can be utilized on this path towards freedom.
Nathan Glyde: Short Vedanā Exploration
February 09, 2021 10:16 - 18 minutes - 21.1 MB(Sangha Seva) Guided Meditation on the hedonic classification of experience
Shaila Catherine: Restraint, Generosity, and the Vow to Not Steal
February 09, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MB(Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley) This talk describes the powerful impact that a commitment to not stealing can have on our practice. The Abhidhamma analysis of mental states demonstrates how contentment, joyful giving, ease in letting go, and freedom from craving are among the positive experiences that develop by keeping the precept to not steal.
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 5: Contemplating the body as neither attractive nor unattractive - Meditation
February 08, 2021 19:30 - 35 minutes - 16.2 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 5: Contemplating the body as neither attractive nor unattractive - Talk
February 08, 2021 19:30 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Nathan Glyde: Magically Making Time
February 07, 2021 18:07 - 1 hour - 90.2 MB(Gaia House) Guided meditation and talk from the Online Dharma Hall
Zohar Lavie: Guided practice and Talk about Ethics
February 07, 2021 18:03 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB(Gaia House)
Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Week 5: Quieting Mental Activity -Talk
February 07, 2021 10:30 - 30 minutes - 13.9 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Mindfulness of Breathing, Week 5: Quieting Mental Activity - Meditation
February 07, 2021 10:30 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Alexis Santos: Q and A: Choosing a Meditation Method; Creating Space and Balance to See All Experience as Dharma.
February 06, 2021 21:12 - 23 minutes - 44 MB(Portland) This is the closing Q and A from the December daylong online retreat.
Alexis Santos: Guided Meditation: Settling into the Body, Trusting the Simplicity of Experience.
February 06, 2021 00:26 - 19 minutes - 36.6 MB(Portland) This guided meditation was recorded during the second session from the December daylong online retreat.
Mark Nunberg: Guided Compassion Practice and Reflections
February 05, 2021 19:30 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center) Introduction, 33-minute guided meditation, closing thoughts
Nathan Glyde: A Boundless Path of Insight
February 04, 2021 16:35 - 48 minutes - 55.7 MB(Gaia House) Saṅkhāra points out that in every moment of life there is a phenomena in attention and atmosphere of attention that is shaping it. This happens on a retreat and in the whole of our life. Is our meditation practice of deep listening and skilful cultivation only useful on the ‘cushion’ or is it a tool for awakening in very moment of life?
Zohar Lavie: Day 4 - Instructions: Dukkha and Opening Way of Looking
February 04, 2021 10:40 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to Easy Relationship, then More Neutral, Challenging, or Oneself, then our into the World
February 03, 2021 20:22 - 44 minutes - 51.4 MB(Gaia House)
Zohar Lavie: Mettā as a Liberating Way of Looking
February 03, 2021 17:56 - 46 minutes - 53.7 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Day 3 - Instructions: Anicca and Vedanā Way of Looking
February 03, 2021 12:13 - 58 minutes - 67.5 MB(Gaia House) Noticing change, and the attribution of hedonic categories to appearances, to open the possibility of possibilities: to ease, to let go, and to relax, opening up, and awaken.
Zohar Lavie: Mettā to an Easy Relationship, towards One Self, to a More Neutral Relationship and Out to All Beings.
February 02, 2021 20:26 - 43 minutes - 49.5 MB(Gaia House)
Brian Lesage: Lingering instead of Leaving; Staying instead of Straying
February 02, 2021 19:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MB(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community) Dharma talk followed by a guided meditation
Nathan Glyde: Anicca and Vedanā
February 02, 2021 17:59 - 46 minutes - 53.6 MB(Gaia House) Exploring wisdom ways of looking to bring insight into our practice, where paying attention is the key. Seeing the inconstancy in all things opens the possibility for greater sensitivity. Seeing the rating of all things by the enjoyment or distress they might offer as just an opinion, rather than fact, opens the possibility of more ease and delight.
Zohar Lavie: Day 2 - Instructions: Expanding and Brightening Attention
February 02, 2021 11:16 - 59 minutes - 68.5 MB(Gaia House)
Nathan Glyde: Mettā to Easy Relationship (with introduction)
February 01, 2021 20:22 - 44 minutes - 51.2 MB(Gaia House)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 4: Contemplating Anatomical Parts - Talk
February 01, 2021 19:30 - 34 minutes - 15.9 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 4: Contemplating Anatomical Parts - Meditation
February 01, 2021 19:30 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Nathan Glyde: Day 1 - Instructions: Relax into Presence with Breath and Sound
February 01, 2021 12:18 - 58 minutes - 66.8 MB(Gaia House)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 3 - Meditation
January 25, 2021 19:30 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of the Body, Week 3 - Talk
January 25, 2021 19:30 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MB(Common Ground Meditation Center)
Amita Schmidt: FIrst Aid for the Soul and Healing Trauma.
January 24, 2021 16:00 - 49 minutes - 91.3 MB(Insight Meditation of Cleveland) Dharma Talk on six steps in healing trauma with the dharma and through metta / lovingkindness.
Amita Schmidt: Introduction First Aid for the Soul and Healing Trauma
January 24, 2021 14:00 - 4 minutes - 8.96 MB(Insight Meditation of Cleveland) The introduction to First Aid for the Soul, and dharma during times of change/annica. This introduction includes the trauma tool of "cat up the tree meditation."
Amita Schmidt: Meditation for Regulating Trauma
January 24, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 49.9 MB(Insight Meditation of Cleveland) This meditation for grounding and repairing trauma includes 5 minutes of a heart beat at the beginning (a good way to create somatic regulation is with a heart beat).