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.

Ayya Santacitta: If I Say 'Yes' to What Is, I Can Drop Deeper
Yesterday at 6:20 PM

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


Ayya Santussika: Patience—Developing the Pāramīs as a Way to Work with Aversion | Ayya Santussikā
Last Sunday at 9:00 AM

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on March 23, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” *Please note, some participant questions have been omitted from the Q&A portion of the recording, however Ayya Satussikā's answers to their questions have remained.


Jill Shepherd: short talk: Changing our relationship to dukkha
03/21/2024

(Auckland Insight Meditation)


James Baraz: Great Female Disciples of the Buddha
03/21/2024

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) Most of the Buddha's disciples whose names we are familiar with, such as Ananda and Sariputta, are men. The Buddha also had women disciples who were wise and profound practitioners like Mahapajapati, the Buddha's aunt/foster mother, responsible for the establishment of the order of nuns or Patacara, revered teacher, who tragically lost her family and eventually became fully enlightened. “If the measure of a human life is a chance to have significance that extends beyond itself, then we’ve hit the jackpot. We are alive at game time on the planet, when everything we valu...


Tara Brach: Meditation: Openhearted Presence
03/20/2024

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) This meditation guides us in embodying loving presence through a body scan, and then meeting whatever arises with a tender heart. “Resting in the awareness that includes this changing life, regarding the changing waves with care, moment-to-moment. The moments of waking up out of thought are actually profoundly transformational. If you notice thinking and then plant the seeds of kindness, that becomes the habit of the heart.” ~Tara We close with a beautiful blessing-poem from John O’Donohue, from Beauty – The Invisible Embrace.


Tara Brach: Do You Feel Overwhelmed? Turning Stress into a Gateway of Awakening
03/20/2024

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) Stress and overwhelm are spiking around the globe. This talk explores how we can practice with the arising of stress in ways that calm our body and tap our capacity for full presence, wisdom and love.


Ayya Santacitta: Engaging with a Plant Ally & Exploring a Question from Within the Web of Life
03/20/2024

(Aloka Earth Room) Please have a potted plant with you or sit at a window for this session. Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene | Online Wednesday-Mornings


Dhammananda Bhikkhuni: Story of the Pregnant Bhikkhuni
03/19/2024

(Songdhammakalyani Monastery)


Brian Lesage: The Ordinary Becoming Extraordinary
03/18/2024

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)


Ajahn Sucitto: Right view and intention are the basis for the satipatthāna
03/17/2024

(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions)