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Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction — 332 episodes
Ayya Santacitta: Sensing Into What Is Not Yet Manifest ~ A Deeper Knowing Through Not Knowing
Pascal Auclair: Nos existences, marquées par la perte 🥀
Pascal Auclair: Briser l'enchaînement : contact-conception-prolifération ⛓️💥
Pascal Auclair: Qu’est-ce que le monde? Qu’est-ce que le tout?
Pascal Auclair: Une cueillette de données de très haute qualité 🦫
Ayya Santacitta: On the Threshold to a New Relationship with Life
Mei Elliott: Thoughts on Thinking
Pascal Auclair: Deux visions qui s’affrontent ou se complètent 🪢
Amita Schmidt: Intellect to Essence
Amita Schmidt: The Field of Awareness Guided Meditation
Pascal Auclair: Monde matériel et monde intérieur 🌏💭
Devon Hase: I Will Not Abandon Myself
Ajahn Sucitto: Right livelihood and non-dispute
Andrea Castillo: Thoughts That Bind Us, Thoughts That Free Us
Ajahn Sucitto: The sea of goodness supports release
Ayya Santacitta: An Emergent Knowing that the Intellect Can Serve, But Not Lead
Ajahn Sucitto: Not taking a stand
Ajahn Sucitto: Balance obsession and the 'me program'
Ajahn Sucitto: Origin, passing and balance
Ajahn Sucitto: Prune consciousness, rest and regenerate
Ajahn Sucitto: Structures - social and Dhammic
Dawn Neal: The Power of Renunciation
Dawn Neal: Food for Thought
Dawn Neal: Planting the seeds: The Five Faculties of Mind, Pt 2
River Wolton: Talk - Weathering the Mind's Weather Patterns
Yahel Avigur: Jhāna, Insight, and Awakening (Evening Session)
Yanai Postelnik: Guided Movement Practice & Meditation
Yanai Postelnik: Introduction to the Themes of the Retreat, and to Insight Meditation
Yahel Avigur: The Third and Fourth Jhānas: Entering and Abiding in Heavenly Realms (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: A Note on Refinement (Morning Session)
Yahel Avigur: Second Jhāna: Wellspring of Happiness (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: First Jhāna: Mastery (of the First and of All Jhānas) (Morning Session)
Nakawe Cuebas Berrios: How to Keep Faith Alive in Our Practice
Yahel Avigur: First Jhāna: Engaging in a Jhāna (Part II) (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: First Jhāna: Opening to Well-Being (Part I) (Morning Session)
Yahel Avigur: Developing Pīti: Skill with Delight (Part II) (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: Developing Pīti: Skill with Delight (Morning Session)
Yahel Avigur: Attuned Effort (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: Pīti: The Arising of Well-Being (Afternoon Session)
Yahel Avigur: Skill and Insight with and from the Hindrances: Sense Desire, Aversion, and Subtle Hindrances (Part II) (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: Skill and Insight with and from the Hindrances: Restlessness and Dullness (Part I) (Afternoon Session)
Yahel Avigur: Base Practice: Breathing with the Energy Body (Guided Meditation and Instructions) & Focusing on One Point (Morning Session)
Yahel Avigur: An Introduction to the Jhānas: Springs of Pure Joy (Evening Session)
Yahel Avigur: Base Practice: Mettā as Samādhi (Afternoon Session)
Yahel Avigur: Base Practice: Energy Body and Breath (Morning Session)
Yahel Avigur: Evening – Opening Talk: Introduction to the Jhāna Retreat
Lila Kate Wheeler: Fierce Compassion
Ayya Anandabodhi: How are we meeting our experience?
Ayya Santussika: Navigating Upheaval
Jill Shepherd: talk: Wise Speech p2 exploring internal speech and the inner critic
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Breathing then bringing awareness to thinking
Ayya Santacitta: Distortions of Perception V ~ Insight Loosens the Grip of Fear
Dawn Neal: Planting Seeds - The Five Faculties (pt 1)
Ayya Anandabodhi: Working with Fear
Donald Rothberg: Doing and Not-Doing in Meditation and Daily Life: Talk and Discussion
Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation on Doing and Not-Doing in the Context of Developing Concentration and Mindfulness
Cara Lai: Parenting, Outer and Inner, and Healing
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - Generating community
Kaira Jewel Lingo: Gratitude Practice
Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation - 3rd Foundation
Jean Esther: Loving-Kindness for Self
Pamela Weiss: Untangling Karma
Shinmu Tamori Gibson: Second Foundation of Mindfulness: The Elements of Vedana (Guided Meditation)
Jean Esther: Be Here Now
Tere Abdala-Romano: Equanimity and Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Shinmu Tamori Gibson: Earth meeting Earth: A Solo Path Guided by Interconnection
Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation - 1st Foundation
Sayadaw Vivekananda: Knowledge of Equanimity toward Formations
Pamela Weiss: Remembering Intimacy
Tere Abdala-Romano: Guided Meditation: The Elements and Sky Gazing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Tere Abdala-Romano: Guided Morning Meditation on Body and Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Tere Abdala-Romano: The 4 Elements, Earth as Creator (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Dawn Neal: The Four Faces of Buddhist Love
Ayya Santussika: Dhammapada Verses 146-156: Old Age
Diana Winston: Letting Go into Natural Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Donald Rothberg: Juneteenth and Our Practice
Diana Winston: Guided Equanimity Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Dawn Mauricio: Riding the Wave of Challenging Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Gullu Singh: Mindfulness of Thoughts & Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Jill Shepherd: short talk: Ethics and Wise Speech
Jill Shepherd: meditation: Breathing and Thinking
Diana Winston: Guided Meditation on Body Sensations and Working with Pain (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
James Baraz: On Love, Shame and Human Belonging with Adam Baraz
Gullu Singh: Cultivating Loving Kindness Using Phrases (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Diana Winston: Mindfulness Basics (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Dawn Mauricio: Morning Instructions: Breath as Anchor (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Francisco Morillo Gable: The Skillful Use of Pleasure
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Tuere Sala: Integration (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ajahn Sucitto: Suffering is relieved through the heart
JoAnna Hardy: Belonging to the Earth (Series 1/3): John Francis
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Dawn Neal: Practicing with the Cycles of Samsara
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - Gathering in skilful factors
Ajahn Sucitto: Moving from consciousness to awareness
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Ayya Santussika: Third Q & A
Tuere Sala: Guided Meditation and Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Letting Go of Everything
Ajahn Sucitto: Perception is the imagined, feeling is the real thing
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - breathing and chanting
Mark Coleman: Garden of the Heart
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Equanimity
Ajahn Sucitto: Using skilful means to bring the heart to the fore
Ayya Santussika: Brahmaviharas Guided Meditation
Mark Coleman: Nature of Awareness Meditation
Ayya Santussika: Equanimity as a Brahmavihara
Ajahn Sucitto: Return to the structure of the practice
Kevin Griffin: TBD
Ajahn Sucitto: Significance of the 8 precepts
Ajahn Sucitto: GM
Ayya Santussika: Second Q & A
Kirsten Rudestam: Belonging to the World: Reciprocity, Gratitude, & Generosity
Phillip Moffitt: Fireside Chat on Awareness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ajahn Sucitto: Opening remarks, basic structure and respects to the Triple Gem
Gil Fronsdal: From Santa Cruz and Back: Dharma Lessons from 50 Years of Buddhist Practice
Ayya Santussika: "Feeding Your Demons" Sample
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Having Faced Down Suffering
Phillip Moffitt: Resting in Spacious Knowing (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Tranquility
Dawn Neal: Non-Contention
Ayya Santacitta: Distortions of Perception III ~ Islands of Coherence in a Sea of Chaos
Mark Coleman: Nature Reveals the Dhamma
Tuere Sala: Guided Meditation and Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Tuere Sala: Renunciation and the Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Brian Lesage: I am Here Because of Others
Ayya Santussika: Energy Movement Meditation with Grace
Dawn Neal: Dharmette: Concept & Process, with Kitten simile
Mark Coleman: Meditation in Nature Instructions-Exploring Vedana & Mindfulness of the Body
Ayya Santussika: Well-being Cascade and a Personal Example
Ayya Santussika: First Q & A
Alex Haley: Exploring Awareness Utilizing the Naturally Arising Practice Method (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Mark Coleman: Exploring the Foundations of Mindfulness through nature practice
Ayya Santussika: Warm Oil Body Scan
Mark Coleman: Arriving/Nature Awareness/Open Awareness
Ayya Santussika: Ultimate Goodness
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Goodness
Ayya Santussika: The Six Recollection
Ayya Santussika: Thoughts of Sanctuary and Seclusion
Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Seclusion
Ayya Santussika: Turning Inwards with Mindfulness of Breathing
Ayya Santussika: Technique Questions
Ayya Santussika: Reflection on Life Force Energy
Ayya Cittananda, Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Entering the Sanctuary
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation on Auditory Thinking
Matthew Brensilver: Compassion and Equanimity
Eugene Cash: Great is the Matter of Birth-and-Death Maranasati
Matthew Brensilver: Reification and Dereification
Oren Jay Sofer: Guided meditation: Meeting what arises
Matthew Brensilver: Forgiving Conditioning
Chas DiCapua: Dharma As Nature
Pascal Auclair: Reviewing a week of practice
Oren Jay Sofer: Letting the Tree Grow, One Ring at a Time
Ayya Santacitta: Breaking the Shackles of a Dying Paradigm
Ayya Santacitta: Distortions of Perception II ~ Breaking the Shackles of a Dying Paradigm
Donald Rothberg: Buddhist Practice and Transforming Social Conditioning
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Breath and Sound
Eugene Cash: Guided Meditation
Kodo Conlin: RAFT: Mindfulness with Emotions (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Oren Jay Sofer: Metta Meditation
Pascal Auclair: Intentions count!
Eugene Cash: Loving Our Elemental Nature
Kim Allen: The Spectrum of Desire
Kodo Conlin: Five Faces of Compassion (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Pascal Auclair: Three questions to learn how to meditate ❓❓❓
Pascal Auclair: Thoughts Are Empty 💭
Pascal Auclair: Mind
Eugene Cash: Guided Meditation
Eugene Cash: Being Embodied: The First Foundation of Mindfulness
Eugene Cash, Pamela Weiss: Taking the Precepts
Stephen Fulder: Embracing our Buddha Nature, Embracing our Human Nature
Ayya Anandabodhi: The Life of the Buddha
Mark Nunberg: Metta: Generous Goodwill of the Heart - Week 2 of 2 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Metta: Generous Goodwill of the Heart - Week 2 of 2 - Talk
Pamela Weiss: Guided Meditation
Pawan Bareja: Resilience During Climate Change
Kodo Conlin: Settling In Easefully (plus walking instructions) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Pascal Auclair: Celebrating the Marriage of Body and Mind 🌺🦋
Kim Allen: The Four Noble Truths and Freedom from Conceptual Limitation
Ayya Santussika: The Buddha Changed My Life! | Ayya Santussikā
Marjolein Janssen: The Work Only You Can Do: Wisdom and Purifying the Heart
Kim Allen: Beautiful Mind
Kaira Jewel Lingo: From Separation to Belonging: Abiding in Earth's Wisdom (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Mark Nunberg: The Liberating Joy of Renunciation
Matthew Hepburn: Guided Instructions: Compassion
Marjolein Janssen: The Stained Mind and the Path to Clarity
Ayya Santacitta: The SOS (Sound of Silence) as a Doorway into the Web of Life
Brian Lesage: Improbable Time
Kim Allen: The Simile of the Cloth
Amana Brembry Johnson: Mudita - The Medicine of Resilience
Amana Brembry Johnson: Deepening Self-Knowledge Through Awareness of the Hindrances
Donald Rothberg: Memorial Day and Dharma Practice
Matthew Hepburn: Guided Metta (Goodwill) for all Categories
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 4 of 4 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 4 of 4 - Talk
Amana Brembry Johnson: Finding Joy in the Playground of the Mind
Ajahn Sucitto: Desire, fear and authority
Ajahn Sucitto: GM
Dawn Neal: Knowing Your World: Practicing with the 6 Senses
Mark Nunberg: The Sublime Attitude of Goodwill - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: The Sublime Attitude of Goodwill - Talk
Gullu Singh: Right View as an Organizational Principle for Life
Jenny Wilks: Reflections & Meditation - Four Applications of Mindfulness, Focussing on Mind States.
Jenny Wilks: Guided Meditation - Mindfulness of Feeling Tone
Pascal Auclair: Ce que révèle nos intentions
Jenny Wilks: Intro to Mindfulness & Guided Meditation on Embodiment
Pascal Auclair: Petite collection d’impressions sages 🌝
Ayya Santacitta: Calling Forth That Which Wants to Emerge (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ayya Santacitta: The Four-Faced Smile of Brahma & the SOS (Sound of Silence) (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Pascal Auclair: La conscience elle-même 💫
Pascal Auclair: La vraie cause, l’agrippement 🦥
Ayya Santacitta: Listening to What You Belong To (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Oren Jay Sofer: Metta as a Way of Life: Refuge and Response in a Fractured World
Pascal Auclair: Ce qui marque une existence 🍂
Ayya Anandabodhi: Awakening Factors and the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Pascal Auclair: La puissance de l’union de la curiosité et du calme 🌓
Francisco Morillo Gable: Spacious Stillness (Meditation)
Pascal Auclair: Plaisirs enchaînants et plaisirs libérateurs 🕳️🌈
Ayya Anandabodhi, Ayya Santacitta, Ayya Santussika: Practicing with the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Brian Lesage: Dualities: The Freedom of Maybe
Marjolein Janssen: Subtracting the Suffering: What Happens When We Stop Adding
Jenny Wilks: Guided Meditation - Radiating Mettā in All Directions
Ayya Santussika: Settling into the Sound of Silence (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Ayya Santacitta: You Do Not Need to Push the River ~ Just Flow With That (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Jenny Wilks: Talk - Mettā in the Context of the Brahma Viharas
Pascal Auclair: Parlons émotions et tonalité du ressenti 🌤️⛈️
Jenny Wilks: Instructions - Bringing Mettā to Pleasant & Unpleasant Experiences
Pascal Auclair: Quatre éléments qui nous façonnent ☀️🧊🗿🫧
Pascal Auclair: Que révèle la pleine conscience? 🔦
Jenny Wilks: Guided Mettā Meditation - Introducing the 'Neutral' Person
Pascal Auclair: Au contact des choses 👂🐦⬛
Pascal Auclair: Qu’est-ce qu’on fait là? 🤔
Pascal Auclair: Invitation à la proximité ☘️🐛
Ayya Santussika: Kindly Communicating With Your Mind: Love is Your True Home
Ayya Santacitta: Distortions of Perception I ~ Not As Advanced As We Once Thought We Were
Donald Rothberg: Talk and Discussion: Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 2: Reviewing the Foundations and Pointing to How Our Practice of Developing Samadhi Deepens
Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation on Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 2
Dawn Neal: Dharmette: Concept, Attention, & Intention
Carol Cano: Opening Further: A Deepening Session
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 2 of 4 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 2 of 4 - Meditation
Dawn Neal: In This Very Moment
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Ajahn Sucitto: To live meaningfully, explore and strengthen your meaning
Sharon Salzberg: Tranquil and Alert: Viriya and the Art of Balanced Effort
Ayya Santussika: Dhammapada Verses 129-145 Violence
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Effort of Effortlessness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Matthew Brensilver: Daily Life Practice, Love, and the World (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Mark Nunberg: Learning to Trust the Renunciation of Attachment - Part 2 - Meditation
James Baraz: When in Doubt, Relax!
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Equanimity as Love in the Face of Helplessness (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Donald Rothberg: Talk and Discussion: Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 1
Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation on Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 1
Marjolein Janssen: The Buddha's Life After Awakening
Kaira Jewel Lingo: Growing the Good, Cultivating Freedom
Kaira Jewel Lingo: A Guided Meditation on Freshness, Stability, Calm and Freedom (with intro)
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: The Urgency of Feeling and Proliferation (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 1 of 4 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Buddhist Studies: Mindfulness of Dhammas - Week 1 of 4 - Talk
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Love in the Face of Suffering (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Marcia Rose: Sitting Meditation / Equanimity Practice
Marcia Rose: Sitting Meditation with Instructions on Death Awareness Reflections
Ayya Anandabodhi: Radiating Kindness Over the Entire World
Marcia Rose: Chanting / Guided Meditation
Marcia Rose: Sitting Meditation with Brief Instruction
Marcia Rose: Dhamma Reflection
Marcia Rose: Walking Meditation Instructions
Matthew Brensilver: Guided Meditation: Letting Go into the Breath (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
Matthew Brensilver: The Why of Practice: Three Possible Answers (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
James Baraz: Dhammapada Teaching: You Write Your Own Script
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Equanimity as a resource for navigating transitions
Marjolein Janssen: The Buddha’s Journey to Awakening
Ajahn Sucitto: Closing GM - Something heartful
Ajahn Sucitto: Some comments on Ajahnls book Khamma and the end of khamma
Ajahn Sucitto: Gathering skilful conditions
Ajahn Sucitto: GM Standing
Ajahn Sucitto: Focusing on skilful conditions
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Marjolein Janssen: The Buddha’s Way in a Challenging World
Marjolein Janssen: Meeting a Challenging World with Buddhist Wisdom
Dhammadīpā: Session w/ Dhammadipa + Teacher Panel
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - standing and sitting
Caroline Jones: The Four Brahma Viharas
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Joseph Goldstein: Session with Joseph Goldstein
Ajahn Sucitto: Reclining suggestions
Ajahn Sucitto: The nature of clinging
Ajahn Sucitto: GM Standing
Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
Ajahn Sucitto: Recollecting the epithets of the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha with GM
Ajahn Sucitto: Metta and right effort
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Seeing Self-Constructing
Ajahn Sucitto: It's a happening
Ajahn Sucitto: The path to the end of suffering
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - sitting
Ajahn Sucitto: GM - walking suggestions
Jill Shepherd: Wise Effort and Anatta
Ajahn Sucitto: Using the precepts to collect and preserve energy
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Exploring Effort and Ease
Ajahn Sucitto: Relationship, inner-outer dependency
Caroline Jones: Anicca/Impermanence
Caroline Jones: Morning Reflection
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Pleasant Feeling-Tones
Marjolein Janssen: Cutting the Chain of Mental Proliferation
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Faith and Doubt
Mark Nunberg: Releasing the Heavy Weight of Attachment - Part 2 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Releasing the Heavy Weight of Attachment - Part 2 - Talk
Jill Shepherd: Contemplation: Elemental Qualities
Jeanne Corrigal: Guided Meditation: Renunciation as a Kindness
Mark Nunberg: Releasing the Heavy Weight of Attachment - Part 1 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Releasing the Heavy Weight of Attachment - Part 1 - Talk
Jeanne Corrigal: Small Letting Goes
Jeanne Corrigal: The Wise Intentions of Renunciation and Kindness
Caroline Jones: Morning Reflection
Caroline Jones: Morning Reflection
Dawn Neal: Mudita & Other Forms of Joy
Jill Shepherd: Meditation: Connecting to Intention
Jill Shepherd: Talk: Wise Intention
Mark Nunberg: Learning to Trust the Renunciation of Attachment - Part 2 - Talk
Dawn Neal: Actions Cultivate Wholesome Qualities
Mark Nunberg: Learning to Trust the Renunciation of Attachment - Part 1 - Meditation
Mark Nunberg: Learning to Trust the Renunciation of Attachment - Part 1 - Talk
Ajahn Sucitto: Mindful relationship
Caroline Jones: Morning Reflection
Caroline Jones: A Path of Happiness
Caroline Jones: Morning Reflection
Dawn Scott: Spiritual Friendship & the Art of Situation Crafting
Dawn Neal: Compassion
Marjolein Janssen: The Gradual Path
Dawn Neal: In This Very Moment
Ariya B. Baumann: Gratitude