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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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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Tranquility 10.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) On the lighter side, tranquility and some stories.

Dawn Neal: Non-Contention 10.06.2026

(Insight Santa Cruz)

Sayadaw Vivekananda: The Two Fields 10.06.2026

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The field of mental defilements resembles a weed-infested piece of land, and the field of wisdom is likened to a beautiful garden.

Ayya Santacitta: Distortions of Perception III ~ Islands of Coherence in a Sea of Chaos 10.06.2026

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection on the 1st Vipallasa & Guided Meditation including parts of a poem by Naomi Shihab Nye| Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning

Mark Coleman: Nature Reveals the Dhamma 10.06.2026

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) Exploration of how nature practice is a doorway to understanding the 3 characteristics. The impermanent, uncertain, & selfless nature & self reality

Tuere Sala: Guided Meditation and Movement (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 10.06.2026

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Ayya Santussika: Tranquility and Nibbana 10.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) Relaxing into tranquility using the breath and instructions from the Buddha, followed by a short sutta, "About Nibbana" (4th) from the Udana 8.4

Donald Rothberg: Buddhist Practice and Transforming Social Conditioning 2 10.06.2026

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin by reviewing briefly last week's session, including how contemporary practice can expand the traditional focus on ignorance to include contemporary psychological and social perspectives on further dimensions of ignorance, including our initially unconscious social conditioning. We look again briefly at how the Buddha related both to caste and to women's rol...

Ayya Santussika: Appropriate for One on the Path 10.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) This talk is based on the verses of the Enlightened Monk called Gotama. He was in the Buddha's family, but a different Gotama. The verses are found in the "Verses of the Enlightened Monks," the Theragāthā 10.7

Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Enthusiasm 09.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center)

Mark Nunberg: The Buddha's Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions, First Tetrad - Meditation 09.06.2026

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Mark Nunberg: The Buddha's Mindfulness of Breathing Instructions, First Tetrad - Talk 09.06.2026

(Common Ground Meditation Center)

Tuere Sala: Renunciation and the Hindrances (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 09.06.2026

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

Brian Lesage: I am Here Because of Others 09.06.2026

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

Ayya Santussika: Energy Movement Meditation with Grace 09.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center)

Dawn Neal: Dharmette: Concept & Process, with Kitten simile 09.06.2026

(Insight Santa Cruz)

Gavin Milne: Instructions - Including the Citta (heart-mind) Within Our Awareness: Mind-states, Thoughts and Emotions 09.06.2026

(Gaia House)

Mark Coleman: Meditation in Nature Instructions-Exploring Vedana & Mindfulness of the Body 09.06.2026

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

Ayya Santussika: Well-being Cascade and a Personal Example 09.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) The Buddha taught that there are some qualities, such as virtue, that naturally lead to Samadhi and on to seeing reality as it is.

Ayya Santussika: First Q & A 08.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) Questions on devas, chanting and Dhamma in general.

Alex Haley: Exploring Awareness Utilizing the Naturally Arising Practice Method (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 08.06.2026

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This talk explores the Naturally Arising Practice Method (see dharmaground.org/teachings), which emphasizes softening into direct experience rather than forcing the mind. By establishing supportive conditions and maintaining curiosity, participants can learn to ground themselves in their own capacity for knowing, allowing insight and clarity to unfold more effortles...

Gavin Milne: Talk - From Mind to Heart-Mind - Freedom Through the Body 08.06.2026

(Gaia House)

Sayadaw Vivekananda: The Acquisition of Insight 08.06.2026

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Virtue, concentration, meditation, desire (chanda), striving, faith, approaching a teacher, and more.

Mark Coleman: Exploring the Foundations of Mindfulness through nature practice 08.06.2026

(Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

Ayya Santussika: Warm Oil Body Scan 08.06.2026

(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) Scanning the front, back and inside of the body with the image of warm oil flowing slowly over all its parts.

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