Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction
By: dharmaseed.org
Language: en
Categories: Religion, Spirituality, Buddhism
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.
Episodes
Ayya Santacitta: Reframing Perception IV ~ Linear & Cyclical Time
Jan 07, 2026(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning
Duration: 00:54:27Donald Rothberg: Practicing with Intentions
Jan 07, 2026(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We explore the centrality of being skillful with intentions in our practice and a number of different ways of practicing to cultivate skillful intentions, in part related to the New Year. We look at the Buddha's account of karma (kamma in Pali) as intention, and his teaching on the importance of reflection in living with skillful intentions. Remembering the Chinese Chan (Zen) teacher Yunmen's speaking of the centrality of "appropriate response," we develop a simple model for developing skillful intentions leading to skillful or appropriate responses. We also explore the variety of types of intentions, and...
Duration: 01:00:13Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation Exploring Practicing with Intentions
Jan 07, 2026(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We start by tuning into our intentions, both our "larger" or "deeper" intentions for why we practice and a more specific intention for this practice session based on how we are in the moment (maybe really settled or maybe distracted by what happened yesterday). We then work to develop concentration (samadhi) in one of several ways, particularly setting an intention either to be more relaxed (if we tend to be "tight" and over-efforting) or to be more effortful (if we tend to be overly relaxed). We later tune in to how the practice is going and...
Duration: 00:35:36Phillip Moffitt: Letting Go Dharma Talk
Jan 05, 2026(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Duration: 00:48:45Phillip Moffitt: Naturally Arising Meditation
Jan 05, 2026(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Duration: 00:53:20Nathan Glyde: Well Well Well, How Mettā Changed The World
Jan 03, 2026(Gaia House) A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the theme of goodwill and world making; especially what playing with qualities like mettā (boundless benevolence) reveals and opens about experience and freedom.
Duration: 01:23:54Ayya Anandabodhi: Q&A Session
Jan 03, 2026(Parayana Vihara (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center))
Duration: 01:01:56Kim Allen: Dharmette and QandA: Anicca, Dukkha, and Liberation
Jan 03, 2026(Uncontrived)
Duration: 00:32:41Kim Allen: Guided Meditation: Resting in Awareness
Jan 03, 2026(Uncontrived)
Duration: 00:44:55Kim Allen: Intro and Guided Meditation: Faring Evenly Amidst the Uneven
Jan 03, 2026(Uncontrived)
Duration: 00:41:13Ayya Santussika: Finding Freedom through Friendship and Faith
Jan 03, 2026(Karuna Buddhist Vihara)
Duration: 01:25:58Ayya Anandabodhi: Feeling Tone Reflections and Meditation
Jan 03, 2026(Parayana Vihara (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center))
Duration: 00:53:44Yanai Postelnik: Deepening Practice
Jan 02, 2026(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)
Duration: 01:01:54Jill Shepherd: 27 talk: Overview of the Seven Factors of Awakening
Jan 02, 2026(Sydney Insight Meditators)
Duration: 00:39:51Ayya Anandabodhi: Upekkha
Jan 02, 2026(Parayana Vihara (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center))
Duration: 00:41:39Ayya Anandabodhi: Seven Factors of Awakening Meditation
Jan 02, 2026(Parayana Vihara (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center))
Duration: 00:14:15