(Cittaviveka) Within the world of praise and blame gain and loss, one’s balance grows. This plane of accomplishment neither binds to, nor rejects social and personal systems and customs, but uses them with kindness and integrity. As the heart sustains this, layers of one’s unconscious grasping are revealed and released.

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Ajahn Sucitto: A steady plane in a see-saw world

Jill Shepherd: 11 talk: First Noble Truth and relating more wisely to dukkha

Jill Shepherd: 10 meditation: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samadhi p2

(Te Moata Retreat Center) 09 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati samadhi p2

Jill Shepherd: 09 instructions: mindfulness of breathing to develop sati and samadhi p2

Jill Shepherd: 08 meditation: cultivating sati and samadhi through mindfulness of breathing

Jill Shepherd: 07 instructions: cultivating sati and samadhi through mindfulness of breathing

Jill Shepherd: 05 short instructions: continuity of mindfulness

Jill Shepherd: 04 meditation: mindfulness of breathing

Jill Shepherd: 03 instructions: mindfulness of breathing

(Te Moata Retreat Center) A body scan inviting ease, then resting the awareness on the rhythm of breathing

Jill Shepherd: 02 meditation: Mindfulness of the body and breathing

(Te Moata Retreat Center) An introduction to the First Establishment of Mindfulness, mindfulness of the body

Jill Shepherd: 01 instructions: Mindfulness of the Body

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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.