Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction

(Auckland Insight Meditation) A brief introduction to the commitment to non-harming as a support for retreat practice, finishing with taking the five ethical precepts together

(Auckland Insight Meditation) Very short intro talk, orienting to online retreat practice

(Auckland Insight Meditation) A short meditation to bring awareness to our relationship to technology, then to each other, then to the breath, orienting to steadiness and ease

(Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)) Let us hone our expertise to witness the charade of gain and loss arising each moment. Seeing the eight worldly winds, impermanent, not giving in when the mind perches in 'self', purify wrong view, empty the basket, and begin here where we are, balanced, the Middle Way.

(Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)) Let us hone our expertise to witness the charade of gain and loss arising each moment. Seeing the eight worldly winds, impermanent, not giving in when the mind perches in 'self', purify wrong view, empty the basket, and begin here where we are, balanced, the Middle Way.

(Sati Saraniya Hermitage) The contemplative path of purification of mind is the most important journey of all - inward. Just as the little quail that tricked the hawk, we no longer fall prey to the 'maras' of the world, safe in our proper ancestral domain of virtue. Therein, the heart of generosity is further refined into qualities of joy, selflesssness, compassion and wisdom, thus benefiting ourselves and all beings.

(Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)) The contemplative path of purifying the mind is the most important journey of all - inward. Just as the little quail that tricked a hawk, we no longer fall prey to the 'maras' of the world, safe in our proper ancestral domain of virtue. Therein, the heart of generosity is further refined into qualities of joy, selflessness, compassion and wisdom, thus benefiting ourselves and all beings.

(Sati Saraniya Hermitage) Wherever we go the mind does not remain happy - unless we fully awaken. How can end the restless tides and remain inwardly stable, content within ourselves like the well-hewn wheel that stood still when it stopped rolling and did not fall down? Purifying our bodily acts, speech, and mind in the Buddha's gradual training, we go beyond the eight worldly winds - to the Deathless.

(Satipanna Insight Meditation (SIMT)) Wherever we go the mind does not remain happy - unless we fully awaken. How can we end the restless tides and remain inwardly stable, content within ourselves like the well-hewn wheel that stood still when it stopped rolling and did not fall down? Purifying our bodily acts, speech, and mind in the Buddha's gradual training, we go beyond the eight worldly winds, coming to cessation, to the Deathless.

(Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC) This guided practice emphasizes bringing a gentle and kind attention to our bodies, and then including all experience with a receptive presence. We close by identifying a part of our being that is asking for a healing attention, and offering loving presence to ourself and then to others.