Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction
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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 48 minutes
- Episodes
- 203
- Years Active
- 2025
Ayya Santacitta: Widening the Arc of the Crash of Modernity
(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a benediction by Master Eckhart | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Mornings
Donald Rothberg: The Big Picture 2: Nine Ways of Deepening Daily Life Practice
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We continue our series of meditations and talks exploring the foundations of contemporary Buddhist practice. We begin by reviewing last week's talk on the basic model …
Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation: Developing Concentration, Mindfulness, and Insight into Impermanence and Reactivity
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Jeanne Corrigal: Joy as a Brahma Vihara: Abiding and Radiating
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk offers a way of abiding in joy and other wholesome qualities through an acronym of CARE - Connect, abide, release/refresh, enjoy. A short talk…
Jeanne Corrigal: Love and Joy as Pathways to Liberation
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk reflects on joy and metta as central to the practice, and as supports for non-clinging. It explores this theme through the suttas, in everyday…
Gullu Singh: Instructions + Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Shinmu Tamori Gibson: Morning Instructions: The Un-United Mental States of Emotions
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) 2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 5 (4th full day): mental states, emotions, sati (to remember), body, breath, hindrances, vedana (feeling tone), train rides.
Shinmu Tamori Gibson: Karuna: Compassion for the Heart-Body-Mind (Centering You)
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) 2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 5 (4th full day): guided meditation centering One’s heart-body-mind. suggested for experienced meditators only.
Dawn Mauricio: Instructions + Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Jeanne Corrigal: Vedana: dharmette and guided meditation
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk overviews the four foundations of mindfulness, and then explores the second foundation of vedana, feeling tone, as a doorway to freedom.
Dawn Mauricio: Guided Positive Emotions Sitting (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Ajahn Sucitto: How do I establish and know sati sampajañña?
(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions) Ajahn responds to several questions around the themes: Is it necessary to have an attitude of sanctity or divinity when one is mindful in the sati sampajanna way? Is i…
Dawn Mauricio: Afternoon Teaching (Retreat at Spirit Rock)
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Tara Mulay: Empowering Ourselves Together in the Dhamma
(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
Shinmu Tamori Gibson: Morning Instructions: Empty Nature of Hindrances
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) 2025 E-BIPOC Retreat, day 4 (3rd full day): part 2 of the dharma talk titled: “ The Body of Emptiness, The Wings of Compassion and Wisdom”
Ayya Anandabodhi: The Three Characteristics
(Barre Center for Buddhist Studies)
Ayya Santussika: What the Practice is For: Equanimity in All Situations | Ayya Santussikā
(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on June 21, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - Intro 02:07 - Guided Meditation 24:48 - DHAMMA T…
Jeanne Corrigal: The Liberating Wisdom of Equanimity: Dharmette and Guided Meditation
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores two qualities of equanimity - balance, and balance in the midst of change. It also explores the wisdom that builds on these qualities…
Nolitha Tsengiwe: Wisdom of compassion
(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The essence of compassion is honesty about suffering. Compassion is what naturally arises when we turn towards hurts, pain, suffering with love.