Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

(Uncontrived)

(Parayana Vihara)

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Gaia House)

(Gaia House) Meditation instructions.

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Practicing with wise view and effort.

(Gaia House) Dharma Talk

(Dassanāya Buddhist Community)

(Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa)

(Gaia House)

(Gaia House) Meditation instructions.

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, comments, questions and responses was offered on March 7, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:05 - GUIDED MEDITATION 20:56 - DHAMMA TALK 51:40 - 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

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center)

(Gaia House) Dharma Talk

(Gaia House) Meditation instructions.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) When strong experiences such as fear, grief, shame or desire become predominate in our awareness, we can meet them with mindfulness and interest. Asking “what is happening?” rather than “why is it happening?”. With mindfulness we can feel emotions as ripples of sensations within the body that arise, peak and fade when we dont feed the story in the mind. At times we need to fortify mindfulness by turning to other parts of the body such as feet or hands to allow for more space around intense sensations. This helps us not get caught in aversive tightening in response to the emotion.

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Exploring the practices of gratitude-gathering and joy-savouring as supports for staying balanced amidst life's challenges

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Dhamma as nature and learning to align ourself with what is true. Taking refuge and our path to liberation.

(Seminarhaus Engl) Anhaften raubt uns den Frieden. Wir haften in viererlei Hinsicht an, nämlich an Sinneswahrnehmungen, an Ansichten und Meinungen, an Ritualen und Gepflogenheiten, an unserem Selbstbild.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Describing the Relationship Between Metta, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity.

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) We often need something to be special to catch our attention. It takes practice to be mindful of ordinary experiences like the breath, a sound or a sensation. When we practice looking at reality through the lens of Sacred Perception, however, everything becomes holy and worthy of our attention. This talk explores Sacred Perception as a practice that makes even the mundane come alive.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Insight Santa Cruz)

(Seminarhaus Engl) In MN28 führt der Buddha uns Schritt für Schritt hin zum Erkennen des bedingten Entstehens, dem Kern seiner Lehre. Er beginnt bei den vier Wahrheiten, zerlegt die Persönlichkeit in die fünf Greifhaufen, khandha, greift die vier Elemente, Erde, Wasser, Feuer, Wind auf bis er beim bedingten Entstehen von Erfahrung landet, bei der ein entsprechendes Objekt, Organ und Bewusstsein zusammentreffen.

(Insight Santa Cruz)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A practical exploration of wise effort as a balanced, sustainable path: “not too tight and not too loose.” Gullu looks at the effort it takes to begin practice (and the conditions that can support and inspire that effort, including nibbidā and saṁvega), as well as how to cultivate the mind over time through the Four Wise Efforts, offered here with the acronym PACE: P — Preventing unwholesome states from arising A — Abandoning unwholesome states that have arisen C — Cultivating wholesome states E — Extending (sustaining) wholesome states

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Deep Welcome, Reflections on Retreat and Metta Practice

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Guided meditation with an emphasis on simplicity, relaxation, and continuity of awareness. Additional reflections on walking meditation and practicing in all postures and during all daily activities

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Establishing mindfulness in the body with gentle continuity. Finding an anchor for attention to support the development of collectedness.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) How does loving-kindness infuse every dimension of the path? Drawing from a sweat-drenched pilgrimage around Shikoku's 88 temples, Devon explores metta not as a single technique but as a way of life woven through the Eightfold Path — from wise intention and ethical attunement, through generosity and letting go, to the boundless radiance of the brahmaviharas. Along the way, we discover how metta practice can open into concentration, healing, and even emptiness itself, and how the original instructions invite us simply to fill our bodies and the whole world with a field of care.

(Seminarhaus Engl) In MN1 führt der Buddha all unsere Reaktionen von Verlangen, Abneigung und Täuschung zurück zu den Erfahrungen, wo alles beginnt, den Erfahrungen des Körpers und über die Sinne. Die Erfahrungen über den Körper wiederum reduziert er auf die Erfahrung der vier großen Elemente Erd-, Feuer-, Wasser- und Windelement. Von den reinen Erfahrungen aus konstruieren wir durch ausufernde Gedanken und haften an den so geschaffenen Illusionen, mehr oder minder weit weg von der Wirklichkeit.

(Seminarhaus Engl) Geduld und Dulden können sind wichtige Qualitäten. Was wird darunter verstanden wird, mögliche Missverständnisse und wie wir sie entwickeln können.

(Uncontrived) Samadhi is related to a variety of supportive mindstates, as seen in the lists that include samadhi.

(Emoyeni Retreat Centre)

(Terre d'Éveil Vipassana)

(London Insight Meditation)

(London Insight Meditation)

(London Insight Meditation)

(Saskatoon Insight Meditation Community) Dharma Talk: Stillness helps us to see patterns of the mind and heart so that we can work wisely with them. This talk explores how to meet unpleasant, pleasant, and neither strongly unpleasant or pleasant experiences with wisdom with the intention to support peace.

(London Insight Meditation)

(London Insight Meditation)

(London Insight Meditation)