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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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  1. Mark Ovland: Talk - Rubin's Vase & the Drama of Life

    (Gaia House)

  2. Ayya Santacitta: Iddhipada IV: Integration ~ Not Relinquishing One's Seat In the Midst of Challenges

    (Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a poem from the Sioux Nation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning

  3. Mushim Ikeda: Great Rivers Flow Silently

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  4. Devon Hase: Muditā: How to be a Backup Dancer (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A talk on muditā, the joy that isn't ours alone. After days steadying the heart through warmth, tenderness, and spaciousness, we turn toward the brahma vihara most easily overlooked: the capacity to feel glad simply because someone else is. Through stories of...

  5. Ayya Santussika: Dhammapada Verses 179 - 196: The Buddha | Ayya Santussikā

    (Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This meditation, dhamma talk, comments, questions and responses was offered on September 12, 2026 for “Eastbay Dhamma” 00:00 - 5 PRECEPTS 07:12 - MEDITATION 27:50 - SUTTA STUDY AND DISCUSSION Sutta link:...

  6. Jill Satterfield: Session 1, Sensing Practice (Weight & Gravity)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  7. Jill Satterfield: Session 1, Breath Sweeping Practice

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  8. Oren Jay Sofer: Touching Compassion Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Reflections on compassion, 20 minute guided meditation exploring various methods of compassion, followed by Q&A

  9. Kevin Griffin: Right Livelihood

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  10. Cara Lai: A Field of Compassion: or How to Not Make War with Your Bushes (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Pain is unavoidable; suffering is what we add by resisting it. This talk traces that distinction through a rage-filled retreat, an ongoing war with invasive shrubs, and the near enemies — pity, overwhelm, "fierce compassion" — that masquerade as care while keeping...

  11. Devon Hase: Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and Guided Practice on practicing loving-kindness for oneself.

  12. Chas DiCapua: Do Your Best, Be Sincere, And Let That Be Good Enough

    (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

  13. Oren Jay Sofer: The Atmosphere of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) An introduction to the Brahma Vihāras and to metta as the atmosphere of practice — exploring how kindness gathers us, heals the places where the heart has closed, and liberates.

  14. Donald Rothberg: Practicing the Wise Speech Guideline of Truthfulness: Four Dimensions of Practice

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Buddha taught four guidelines for Wise Speech (as a core aspect of ethical practice): truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We explore the first guideline, partly in connection with the other three…

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  15. Devon Hase: Guided Mindfulness of the Body - Arriving on the First Day (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Teachings and guided practice on settling, integrating, arriving.

  16. Michael Dart, Phillip Moffitt: Monday Night Special Event: Phillip Moffitt's Birthday Celebration

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  17. James Baraz: Impermanence, Letting Go and Showing Up (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) The Buddha said as much as possible the one reflection to keep in mind is impermanence which leads to letting go, equanimity and liberation. This talk explores the gift of opening and embracing impermanence.

  18. Ajahn Viradhammo: Questions and answer session 06 Sept 26

    (Tisarana Buddhist Monastery) Q& A session given after Sunday talk on 06 Sep 26

  19. Ajahn Viradhammo: The Four Noble Truths

    (Tisarana Buddhist Monastery) The theme of this Sunday talk, the Four Noble truths. Buddhist traditions may vary in many ways, but the one common teaching in each one is this one. Is there a wellbeing that is not relative to situations? That remains unchanged. This was the Buddha's realisation.…

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  20. Dawn Mauricio: Morning Instructions: RAIN with Emotions and Thoughts (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Use the RAIN acronym for emotions (not just unpleasant ones) and thoughts as a way to be with their direct or somatic experience.

  21. Dawn Mauricio: The Gift of Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) An exploration of the five hindrances (desire, aversion, sloth & torpor, restlessness, and doubt). This talk draws on classical teachings, personal stories, and the Buddha's water similes to ask what happens when we get curious about these states instead of…

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  22. James Baraz: Instructions on Working with the Breath and Body (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Instructions on working with the breath and body.

  23. Donald Rothberg: Dukkha and the End of Dukkha: The Core Teaching of the Buddha

    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The Buddha famously said, "I teach dukkha [suffering or reactivity or a sense of unsatisfactoriness] and the cessation of dukkha.” We explore this core teaching as it is expressed in the Four Noble Truths and the teachings of the Two Arrows and Dependent...

  24. James Baraz: Wise Effort in Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Wise Effort as an important issue in practice. This talk explores finding the balance between too much and too little as well as understanding the four classical Wise Efforts described in the teachings.

  25. Marjolein Janssen: Befriending the Thinking Mind

    (Insight Meditation Community of Richmond) We often have the idea that thoughts are our enemy during meditation. If only we could get rid of all those thoughts, then we would be good meditators. But actually, this is a misconception, since thinking is part of being a human being. In this talk we...

  26. Diana Winston: The Spiritual Journey (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, Diana weaves together stories from her own spiritual journey with what she sees as universal aspects of the spiritual path. She talks about obstacles that arise on the path, what insight is, learning to love ourselves more deeply, and the journey to...

  27. Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation: Big Mind

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

  28. Diana Winston: Self-Compassion and Self-Directed Loving Kindness Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This guided session teaches the basics of self-compassion: mindfulness for judgmental thoughts, kindness towards self, and recognition of shared humanity. The guided meditation focuses on sending kindness to self.

  29. Pamela Weiss: The Wisdom of Water

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) This talk explores the paradoxical qualities of water; cohesion + change; the mystery of consciousness; and the power of turning toward impermanence

  30. Ayya Anandabodhi: The Transformative Power of Metta

    (Parayana Vihara) In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi talks about the power of metta (loving-kindness) to transform difficulties and heal relationships.

  31. Donald Rothberg: Bringing Our Practice to the Current Difficult Times: A Contemporary Eightfold Path

    (Gay Buddhist Fellowship)

  32. Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation: Vedana/Fire Feeling-Tone

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

  33. Pawan Bareja: Dharma Builds Resilience

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  34. Diana Winston: Mindfulness Meditation: Getting Started (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This short talk and longer guided meditation offers a clear introduction to how to practice mindfulness with an emphasis on finding and anchor and gathering your wild mind.

  35. Pamela Weiss: Untangling Karma: It is Possible

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) This talk explores the Air element: breath and breeze and the unseen. It recounts stories of Prajna Paramita, the mother of all Buddhas, and my mother's life & death

  36. Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation: Body/Earth

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

  37. Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Action and Wise Activism

    (Auckland Insight Meditation)

  38. Pamela Weiss: Robaishin: Grandmotherly Hands

    (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Stories about Mary Oliver, Grandma Helen, the Buddha, Ananda, Mahapajapati and Izumi Shikibu

  39. James Baraz: Two Essential Qualities for Awakening: Heedfulness and Wise Attention

    (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk explores an important topic that James has not spoken on before. We often think of practice as simply noticing our experience in the present moment. However, the Buddha explicitly pairs heedfulness (appamada) and wise attention (yoniso...

  40. Amana Brembry Johnson: Mind States, Thoughts and Mental Formations (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) What is the mind like right now? Contracted? Distracted? Collected? Liberated?

  41. Ying Chen: The Myths of Identities

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

  42. Ayya Anandabodhi: Exploring Anatta - 4th Sunday Dhamma Talk 08-23-26

    (Parayana Vihara) In an online 4th Sunday Dhamma talk, Ayya Anandabodhi deconstructs how mental habits create the personality and sense of self.

  43. Ajahn Viradhammo: Witnessing experience

    (Tisarana Buddhist Monastery) The theme of this Sunday talk, is witnessing experience as it is. The awakened mind, does not demand anything be different to what it is, in the moment free of judgement. The theme that this builds upon, is "Santitikko"- Something that can be verified for oneself. If...

  44. Ajahn Sucitto: Resonating with truthfulness

    (London Insight Meditation)

  45. Ayya Anandabodhi: May I Abide in Well-Being - Sunday Dhamma Talk 08-23-26

    (Parayana Vihara) In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi encourages re-training the mind to abide in the present to experience the peace, joy, and freedom this brings.

  46. Ajahn Sucitto: Guided practice - Returning to the belonging state

    (London Insight Meditation)

  47. Ajahn Sucitto: Internally, externally and both together

    (London Insight Meditation)

  48. Noliwe Alexander: Contemplating the Body and Breath~ 1st Foundation of Mindfulness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Instructions on the First Foundation of Mindfulness; Settling the Body, Accessing the Breath as an anchor, Practicing with the awareness of what is arising, including moment to moment sensations.

  49. Amana Brembry Johnson: Introduction to the Seven Awakening Factors (Retreat at Spirit Rock)

    (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) An intro to the awakening factors and the exchange of support between each factor.

  50. Ajahn Sucitto: Coming back home into the connected heart

    (London Insight Meditation)

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