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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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(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Cittaviveka)
(Gaia House) A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the theme of appropriate calming and energising: and what it reveals and opens about experience and freedom.
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Metta Chanting and Practice
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of us like to have some sense of security thinking planning ahead or knowing what to expect can help us be more at ease. But the real freedom comes from realizing we really don't know how things will unfold. Although that might seem unsettling, it can allow us to be more at ease with the fundamental unpredictability of life.
(Buddhist Society Summer School)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Buddha saw the core problem in human life as "ignorance"(avijjā), not an ignorance of facts or information, but rather a not-knowing about the basic nature of reality and our experience. The Dalai Lama tells us: "There is a fundamental disparity between the way we perceive the world, including our own experience in it, and the way things actually are." We explore how similar understandings of a core human ignorance are found in Plato, Christian and Islamic traditions, and in later Buddhist traditions.
The Buddha said, in particular, that we are ignorant about impermanence, dukkha (or reactivity), and the nature of the self. We look into some of the main habitual constructions of experience, including a sense of permanent, stable, separate external objects, and a sense of a separate, independent self, pointing to ways of exploring such constructions meditatively. We also point to experiences in which we go beyond such constructions, in meditation and also in "flow" experiences. The talk is followed by discussion.
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin with about 7-8 minutes of developing concentration, becoming more settled and less distracted. We then explore the impermanence in several ways, noticing the arising, staying and changing, and passing away with (1) sounds, (2) body sensations, and (3) the open flow of experience (about 2 minutes). Then there is a period of mindfulness practice with the additional instruction of looking out for a moderate or strong sense of self. We close with a short period of a heart practice such as lovingkindness or compassion; brief instructions are given for self-compassion practice (as developed by Kristen Neff).
(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community) This talk offers reflections being with the anchor. The guided meditation entitled: "Being with the Anchor" accompanies this talk.
(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community) Further Reflections on the dimensions of being with the anchor that are explored in this guided meditation are offered in the dharma talk entitled, The Art of Being with the Anchor
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(London Insight Meditation)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
(London Insight Meditation)
(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) A discussion of meditation techniques to evoke Equanimity
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Thank you Nathan, I'd been experiencing dullness for part of the day beforehand, funny how that fog prevented me from seeing the situation I was in. This recording helped me shake it off and see through it 🙏🏻
needed to hear this today.
You seem to have some podcasts dates 2019? Thanks for uploading.