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Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction — 144 episodes · page 2 of 2
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