Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

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  Tim Geil: Exploring Anatta: Non-Self 23.09.2026 46min

  (Cambridge Insight Meditation Center) Anatta, or non-self, is a core teaching of the Buddha, and yet can be confusing and bewildering. Sometimes the sense of self loves trying to get rid of itself, all the while maintaining itself on subtle levels. Yet, anatta is our true nature, and we release and relax into non-separation and unity. Qualities of compassion and the heart often support this understanding more than our intellect. This talk will explore anatta from a practical and experiential perspective.
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  Renate Seifarth: Dankbarkeit als Resultat und Praxis 23.09.2026 38min

  (Buddha-Haus) Einsicht führt uns zu einer inneren Freiheit. Sobald wir sie erleben, entsteht ein tiefes Gefühl der Dankbarkeit für den Weg. Andererseits ist Dankbarkeit eine herzöffnende Qualität, die viele Tugenden nach sich zieht. Sie können wir kultivieren.
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  Renate Seifarth: Ursachen von dukkha 22.09.2026 45min

  (Buddha-Haus) Die Ursachen von Leiden, dukkha, sind manigfach. Zum einen werden Formen des Verlangens und des Ablehnens, die Triebe, die Ausflüsse - asavas - genannt. Zum anderen die Unwissenheit, die Täuschung über das Wesen aller Personen und Erscheinungen. Unsere falschen Annahmen und unser greifendes Verhalten führt zu Verstrickung und Leid. Unsere Aufgabe besteht darin, die Täuschung zu durchschauen und unsere Triebe lenken zu können oder loslassen zu können.
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  Renate Seifarth: Liebe als Antwort auf Leiden 21.09.2026 43min

  (Buddha-Haus) Dukkha ist Teil der Welt. Es braucht eine Antwort darauf. Weisheit bringt uns Gelassenheit, Liebe - metta - und Mitgefühl - karuna - spenden Trost. Weisheit und Metta gehören wie zwei Seiten einer Münzen untrennbar zu unserer Praxis der inneren Befreiung. Lieben wird gehindert durch Erwartungen. Weisheit befreit uns von solchen.
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  Mark Ovland: Talk - Rubin's Vase & the Drama of Life 20.09.2026 41min

  (Gaia House)
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  Renate Seifarth: Warum wir meditieren und was uns daran hindert 20.09.2026 47min

  (Buddha-Haus) Meditation, Retreat kann weit von unserem Leben entfernt erscheinen. Doch hier können wir wichtige Fragen klären wie, was will ich, wie will ich leben. Achtsamkeit enthüllt wo wir stehen, die Lehre des Buddha verspricht eine Freiheit und Herzensöffenheit, in die wir uns hinein entwickeln können. Trotz aller guten Absichten sind wir dennoch immer wieder konfrontiert mit Hindernissen. Sie zu erkennen, ist notwendig, um mit ihnen umgehen zu lernen.
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  Renate Seifarth: Was praktizieren bedeutet 19.09.2026 45min

  (Buddha-Haus) Praktizieren bedeutet die erste Wahrheit des Buddhas, die Gegebenheit von dukkha, zu verstehen. Dukkha zieht Reaktivitäten nach sich, die weiteres Leid verursachen. Wir kreisen so endlos in dukkha, angeheizt durch die Reaktionen von Verlangen oder Abwehr, je nachdem ob das, was ist, angenehm oder unangenehm ist. Getrieben ist die Reaktivität von Täuschung, einer tief integrierten Verzerrung des Wahrgenommenen. Diese wollen erkennen, denn dann erkennen wir eine Möglichkeit, wie wir dem, was geschieht, in einer Weise begegnen können, die nicht zu weiterem Leiden, sondern zu Frieden führt.
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  Maura Sills: Our wellbeing can be recovered through relationship 19.09.2026 28min

  (London Insight Meditation)
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  Maura Sills: Guided Meditation 19.09.2026 18min

  (London Insight Meditation)
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  Maura Sills: A shift from ‘me’ to ‘we’ 19.09.2026 29min

  (London Insight Meditation)
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  Maura Sills: Guided Meditation 19.09.2026 17min

  (London Insight Meditation)
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  Maura Sills: Introduction to the theme 19.09.2026 7min

  (London Insight Meditation)
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  Ayya Santussika: The Never Ending, Constant, Kaleidoscope of Change 19.09.2026 1h

  (Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This Dhamma talk, comments, questions and responses was offered on September 19, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00 - DHAMMA TALK 32:22 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES
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  Ayya Santacitta: Iddhipada IV: Integration ~ Not Relinquishing One's Seat In the Midst of Challenges 16.09.2026 55min

  (Aloka Earth Room) Short Reflection & Guided Meditation including a poem from the Sioux Nation | Earthworm Practice for the Anthropocene IV | Online Wednesday-Morning
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  Donald Rothberg: Practicing the Wise Speech Guideline of Truthfulness: Four Dimensions of Practice 2 16.09.2026 53min

  (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We review the importance of giving attention to ethical practice, and how it has often been marginalized in Western Buddhism, with meditation typically being at the center (as is evident in speaking of “meditation centers” and “meditation groups”). Wise Speech, as one of the three aspects of ethical practice named in the Noble Eightfold Path, is particularly important in contemporary Western practice; we can have an opportunity for many hours a day of spiritual practice if we bring Wise Speech practice into our lives! The Buddha’s four guidelines for Wise Speech were truthfulness, helpfulness, care and kindness, and appropriateness (especially good timing). We focus, in this second talk on the first guideline of truthfulness, on how we understand and practice being truthful in our relational and social lives, with reference also to how truthfulness is understood in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. We see how truthfulness is crucial in communities and societies, what the consequences are of a lack of truthfulness, and how one dimension of our Wise Speech practice is helping to develop more truthfulness in our communities and societies. The talk is followed by discussion.
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  Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation: Developing Concentration and Mindfulness, Ending with Three Reflections on Practicing Wise Speech 16.09.2026 36min

  (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) First, there are basic instructions in developing concentration offered, including the optional "three-part breath" technique which can help with avoiding controlling the breath and with developing more continuity. Then basic mindfulness instructions are given. The last minutes bring in reflection and inquiry questions related to our practice of wise speech, including the guideline of truthfulness, related to the talk that follows the guided practice. This is followed by discussion about different aspects of our practice.
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  Ayya Anandabodhi: Aligning One's Life with Virtue 13.09.2026 22min

  (Parayana Vihara) In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi explains how taking refuge in the Three Jewels and practicing ethical conduct creates the causes for happiness.
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  Mushim Ikeda: Great Rivers Flow Silently 13.09.2026 55min

  (Spirit Rock Meditation Center)
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  Devon Hase: Muditā: How to be a Backup Dancer (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 12.09.2026 44min

  (Spirit Rock Meditation Center) A talk on muditā, the joy that isn't ours alone. After days steadying the heart through warmth, tenderness, and spaciousness, we turn toward the brahma vihara most easily overlooked: the capacity to feel glad simply because someone else is. Through stories of borrowed delight, dancing tigers, and the quiet gladness of showing up to practice, we look at what gets in the way (envy, and its louder cousin, toxic cheer) and what it might mean to let another's happiness warm us too.
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  Ayya Santussika: Guilt: A Lightning Rod for the Sense of Self 12.09.2026 1h 31min

  (Karuna Buddhist Vihara) This guided meditation, dhamma talk, comments, questions and responses was offered on the 12th of September, 2026 for “How do I apply the Dhamma to THIS!?!” 00:00:19 - GUIDED MEDITATION 0:17:22 - DHAMMA TALK 0:59:24 - COMMENTS, QUESTIONS & RESPONSES