Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

(Refuge of Belonging) When we loosen our grip on being someone — the creator, the author, the one who did that thing — something opens. This talk explores renunciation not as deprivation but as the doorway to creativity, purpose, and an open heart.

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on March 14, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - WELCOME 01:09 - GUIDED MEDITATION 23:09 - DHAMMA TALK 47:31 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES From January 4th to April 2nd 2026 the regularly scheduled Saturday morning program taught by Ayya Santussika, will take many of the suttas referenced in "Mindfully Facing Disease and Death" by Bhikkhu Anālayo as their basis. For those who want to dive deeply into this material, you may want to read the book as we discuss the suttas, listed below. Jan 10 SN 22.1 Nakula’s Father Chapter 2 Jan 17 SN 36.6 An Arrow Chapter 3 Jan 24 SN 22.88 With Assaji Chapter 10 Jan 31 SN 22.89 With Khemaka Chapter 11 Feb 7 AN 10.60 With Girimānanda Chapter 12 Feb 14 SN 3.22 Grandmother and SN 47.13 With Cunda Chapters 13 & 14 Feb 21 MN 143 Advice to Anāthapiṇḍika Chapter 16 Feb 28 SN 55.3 With Dīghāvu and SN 55.54 Sick Chapters 17 & 18 Mar 7 SN 36.7 The Infirmary (1st) Chapter 19 Mar 14 AN 6.56 With Phagguna Chapter 20 Mar 21 SN 35.74 Sick (1st) and SN 41.10 Seeing the Sick Chapters 21 & 22 Mar 28 DN 16.31, 34-36 The Buddha’s Last Words Chapter 23

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Seminarhaus Engl) Gier und Hass führen nicht zu Frieden. Deren Ursprung ist Verblendung. Alle drei gilt es zu überwinden. Dazu entwickeln wir Gegenkräfte. Dana, Großzügigkeit, für die ÜBerwindung von Gier, Sila für die Überwindung von Hass, Weisheit für die Überwindung von Verblendung.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Four Great Efforts: Connecting with emotions in an onward leading way.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Instructions on letting go of the anchor in meditation on day 10 of monthlong retreat.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring Greg Kramer's time-based categories of over-arching intention, episodic intention and momentary intention

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) How to bring the energy of the mind and heart together in unification or concentration. What are the causes for samadhi. How we can live with nondistractedness and what are its benefits.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) This talk shares a teaching from the great 10th Century Tibetan master, Tilopa. Tilopa and his succession of Dharma heirs formed the core of the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. He passed his teachings on to Naropa, whose student Marpa transmitted them to Milarepa, who then gave transmission to Gampopa. Tilopa's teaching is summed up in his timeless "Six Words Of Advice" which are instructions on how to stay connected to the present moment. These instructions are explored in this talk.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation with an Icaro (medicine song) by Manari Ushigua | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning

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(Cambridge Insight Meditation Center)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this talk, Gullu reviews prior week's teachings on Wise Effort, including what supports initiating effort, the middle way between extremes, and the four wise efforts using the acronym PACE: (P)reventing unwholesome states from arising, (A)bandoning unwholesome states that have arisen, (C)ultivating wholesome states, and (E)xtending (sustaining) those wholesome states. He then briefly discusses the Seven Factors of Awakening (Satta Bojjhaṅgā)—mindfulness, investigation of dhammas, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity—emphasizing that energy naturally arises from Mindfulness and investigation. He concludes with a quick overview of the Four Bases of Power (Cattāro Iddhipādā): chanda, viriya, citta, and vīmaṃsā. Particular attention is given to viriya as the engine of awakening and to vīmaṃsā as the spirit of ongoing discernment and refinement in practice. NOTE: Group discussion has been removed.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Stories and humor from beloved teacher Ajahn Brahm.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

(Seminarhaus Engl) Durch Weisheit erreichen wir Nibbana, einen inneren Ort, an dem uns Mara nicht beeinflussen kann. Mara ist die Personifizierung allen Übels, des Bösen. Er verleitet zu verletzenden Handlungen, zu Verstrickung in Hochmut und Gier oder stellt unsere Fähigkeit zu erwachen infrage. Er provoziert, reizt, versteckt sich in anderen. Wir widerstehen indem wir unseren Geist zähmen und die Wirklichkeit durchdringen. Dann breitet sich eine wohltuende Stille und Weite in uns aus.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided practice for directly experiencing the four elements in the body, followed by reading of Mary Oliver's "Humpbacks."

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) In the receptive awareness style of practice taught by Sayadaw U Tejaniya, people often ask how the Brahma Viharas fit in to the practice. This talk describes several ways the BVs connect with this style of practice.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Buddha's contemplation of the four elements — earth, water, fire, and air — offers a gentle but radical path: from the conceit of "my body" to the felt sense of being nature itself. A guided exploration of elemental awareness, grounded in retreat experience, Satipatthana practice, and the luminous body-wisdom of beloved poets.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Gaia House)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Learning to discern pleasant, unpleasant, neutral in sense experience. Developing awareness of our habitual reactivity to each, which is unnecessary and stressful.

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(Gaia House) Dharma Talk

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(Seminarhaus Engl) In der MN 131 erläutert der Buddha, dass wir nicht hängen sollen an der Vergangenheit, noch auf eine bestimmte Zukunft hoffen. Das können wir erreichen, in dem wir lernen, uns nicht an den entsprechenden Gedanken zu ergötzen. Von dem, was in der Gegenwart geschieht, sollen wir nicht überwältigt werden. Dazu betrachten wir die fünf Khandha und untersuchen sie darauf, ob ein Selbst darin zu finden ist.

(Gaia House)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Santa Cruz)