Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

(Gaia House) A meditation, reflection, and (just the) responses to questions on the theme of breathing and thinking; and what playing with bodily fabrication reveals and opens about experience and freedom.

(Bandar Utama Buddhist Society) 00:23 Q1 How do we define a real state of meditation? Is it merely focus and concentration? Should we do samatha first or vipassana or both combined? 23:39 Q2 During walking meditation do we still observe breathing at the nostrils or radiating metta? 28:17 Q3 Is it okay to use the mantra Budho for walking meditation and during daily life activities? 29:32 Q4 I have committed some mistakes in the past, one which lost me a dear old friend and another one which causes me huge embarrassment every time I think about it. I feel a huge degree of sense...

(Bandar Utama Buddhist Society)

(Bandar Utama Buddhist Society)

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including 'Invocation of Beings of the Three Times' based on Joanna Macy's text | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Sometimes people interpret the Buddha's teachings as suggesting giving up all wanting of the pleasant and all not wanting the unpleasant, and that equanimity has no wanting or not wanting; there are some passages in the teachings which seem to suggest this approach. However, the Buddha in a number of ways pointed to what we might call "skillful desire." We explore this in several ways. First, we go back to the teaching on Dependent Origination and the sequence from contact to grasping. We can identify that sequence as illustrating unskillful desire (or wanting) followed by grasping...

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We start with settling for about 7-8 minutes followed by about the same time with basic mindfulness practice. Then we explore "moderate" experiences of pleasant or unpleasant when they occur, whether a bodily experience, an emotion, or a thought (or a mix), experiencing pleasant or unpleasant and seeing whether there follows wanting (or not wanting) and grasping (or pushing away). We close with some reflection on what we explored: Was some of the wanting or not wanting skillful? Unskillful. This exploration is related to the talk given a short time later.

(Flagstaff Insight Meditation Community)

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, questions and responses was offered on December 6, 2025 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 24:39 - QUESTIONS & RESPONSES 1:03:50 - GUIDED MEDITATION

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) The capacity to be touched by and love goodness is, in some sense, the heart of spiritual practice. Something in us loves the truth and is drawn to goodness around us. It makes us yearn to activate the good inside. It requires commitment to choosing wholesome qualities as our default instead of being drawn to the forces of attachment, aversion and ignorance within us.

(Gaia House)

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene III | Online Wednesday-Morning

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) This talk explores how spiritual friendship encompasses the entirety of Buddhist practice, examining how we become intimate with ourselves, others, and the world through connection and accompaniment. Drawing on suttas, poetry, and personal stories, it reveals how talking about the dharma, offering presence to one another, and cultivating tenderness through difficulty are essential paths to awakening.

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The Buddha's teachings on the three characteristics.

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center)

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Reflecting on the rewards of this retreat, using the framework of some of the ten pāramī, specifically generosity, ethics, and equanimity

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) This recording has a 10 minute bowing practice followed by all the chants and matras that were practiced over the retreat.