Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

Jeanne Corrigal: Friday afternoon metta

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Guided meditation on Sympathetic Joy, including self, dear one, and friend whom you are envious of.

Tim Geil: Sympathetic Joy

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Sympathetic Joy sometimes reveals its opposite, such as envy or jealousy. This can be a gift that grows into wisdom.

Tim Geil: The Challenges of Sympathetic Joy

Jill  Shepherd: talk: Exploring the third precept in relation to desire for intimacy

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Inviting this warmth in meeting all that we are and cultivating kindness

Roxanne Dault: Guided Metta for Self

(Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene II | Online Wednesday-Mornings.

Ayya Santacitta: Imagining Worlds Worth Working For

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) When we relax the thinking mind, a natural joy is revealed, independent of the conditions of our lives.

Tim Geil: Joy Outside of Conditions

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Compassion meditation with the body and breath.

Tim Geil: Compassion Meditation

(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Compassion can be freed of patterns of codependency. We learn to trust suffering as a teacher.

Tim Geil: Compassion vs. Codependency

(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Finding a home base to steady our heart.

Rebecca Bradshaw: Steadying The Heart

(Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This dhamma talk, guided meditation, and Q&A was offered on April 12, 2024 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!

Ayya Santussika: Inspring Teachers and Inspiring Students | Ayya Santussikā

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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.