Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

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.

Jill Shepherd: talk: Pleasure and enjoyment on the path P2

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Looking at the conditioning that can get in the way of opening to pleasant experiences, using the framework of the three core personality types: greed, aversive and delusion

11-21
18:55

Ayya Santacitta: Our Bodies are Our Connection to Life

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

11-20
00:24

Brian Lesage: Intimacy and Sexual Energy

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk offers reflections on how to navigate the impulse to connect and sexual energy while on retreat.

11-19
46:17

Renate Seifarth: Die fünf Hemmungen

(Haus der Stille) In der vierten Grundlage der Achtsamkeit lädt der Buddha ein bestimmte Themen zu betrachten. Eines davon handelt von den fünf Hemmungen. Hierbei geht es um bestimmte geistige Kräfte und Zustände, die Klarheit und Erkenntnis hemmen. Besprochen wird worum es sich hierbei handelt, wie sie sich ausdrücken können und wie wir mit ihnen umgehen können.

11-19
47:04

Renate Seifarth: Bedeutung von Metta auf dem Weg der Befreiung

(Haus der Stille) Es geht um die Entwicklung von Rechter Gesinnung als zweites Thema des 8-fachen Pfades. Es sollen Nicht-Gier, Nicht-Hass und Nicht-Grausamkeit entwickelt werden. Metta, die Haltung grundlegenden Wohlwollens gegenüber allen Wesen überwindet Hass, Mitgefühl überwindet Grausamkeit und Mitfreude überwindet selbstbezogene Gier.

11-18
44:01

Tuere Sala: Mudita

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Brief Reflections and Guided Practice

11-16
57:39

Ayya Santussika: Am I Doing Enough in My Practice?

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk and Q&A was offered on November 16, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 28:21 - Q&A 47:16 - Upasika Program Information 49:00 - Plans for lay community led Saturday sessions while the Ayyas are away

11-16
50:41

Caroline Jones: Morning reflection on gratitude

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

11-16
11:44

Jaya Rudgard: A well Spent Night

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflections on presence, impermanence (anicca) and uncertainty.

11-15
51:11

Caroline Jones: The Five Daily Recollections

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) A way of cultivating wisdom and compassion through reflecting on our mortality.

11-15
48:04

Trudy Goodman: The Dance of Dharma & Desire

(Big Bear Retreat Center) How to untangle the threads of intense desire, sexual or other & meet the Dharma

11-15
43:41

Andrea Fella: Recognizing Delusion

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

11-14
59:52

Jill Shepherd: talk: The role of pleasure and enjoyment on the path to freedom

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Looking at the common tendency to turn regular practice into a duty or chore, and the importance of appreciating the benefits that come from meditation using the criteria of the ten pāramī ie generosity, ethical integrity, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truthfulness, resolve and determination, mettā and equanimity

11-14
27:58

Pascal Auclair: 7 facteurs menant à une vision claire

(Terre d'Éveil Vipassana)

11-14
58:46

Caroline Jones: Morning reflection on anicca/impermanence

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

11-14
14:16

Ayya Santacitta: Power as Process ~ a Devotion to Openness

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings. Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, 2024.

11-13
53:24

Ayya Santacitta: Power at Process ~ a Devotion to Openness

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings. Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, 2024.

11-13
53:24

Pascal Auclair: Ce mystérieux 4e fondement de l'attention

(Terre d'Éveil Vipassana)

11-13
01:08:08

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