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.
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge: dharma talks and meditation instruction
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IMS’s Forest Refuge has hosted experienced meditators since 2003. Its program is specifically designed to encourage sustained, longer-term retreat practice – a key component in the transmission of Buddhism from Asia to the West. Within a harmonious and secluded environment, meditators can nurture the highest aspiration for liberation. In consultation with visiting insight meditation teachers, a program of training in one or more Early Buddhist practices is created for each participant, allow ...
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Pascal Auclair has been immersed in Buddhist practice and study since 1997, sitting retreats in Asia and America with revered monastics and lay teachers. He has been mentored by Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield at the Insight Meditation Society (IMS) in Massachusetts and Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, where he is now enjoying teaching retreats. Pascal teaches in North America and in Europe. His depth of insight, classical training, and creative expression all combine in a wi ...
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Donald Rothberg, PhD, has practiced Insight Meditation since 1976, and has also received training in Tibetan Dzogchen and Mahamudra practice and the Hakomi approach to body-based psychotherapy. Formerly on the faculties of the University of Kentucky, Kenyon College, and Saybrook Graduate School, he currently writes and teaches classes, groups and retreats on meditation, daily life practice, spirituality and psychology, and socially engaged Buddhism. An organizer, teacher, and former board me ...
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Gaia House is a meditation retreat centre offering silent meditation retreats in the Buddhist tradition. We warmly welcome people of every age, ethnicity, cultural heritage and religious background, socio-economic group, sexual orientation and gender identity, and we are actively working to investigate and remove barriers to inclusion. Join us in to explore the teachings of the Buddha, guided by experienced Dharma teachers from all over the world.
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The teachings of the Buddha (Dharma) and the practices of Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and loving-kindness meditation (metta) are at the heart of all the programs we offer at Spirit Rock. Practicing Insight Meditation develops mindfulness, the capacity to pay attention to each moment of life and to see clearly the truth of our experience. Studying the Dharma provides insights into the conditions that define and limit our experience of life. And cultivating an attitude of loving-kindness al ...
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I try to convey that the wisdom and compassion we are looking for is already inside of us. I see practice as learning how to purify our mind and heart so we can hear the Buddha inside. In doing so, we naturally embody the dharma and help awaken that understanding and love in others we meet. I try to use the formal teachings as a doorway for people to see the truth in themselves. I feel I'm doing my job when people look into themselves to come to their own deep understandings of the truth, ac ...
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Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center: dharma talks and meditation instruction
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IMS’s Retreat Center first opened its doors in 1976. It offers a yearly schedule of meditation courses, lasting from a weekend to three months. Most retreats are designed for both new and experienced meditators. Recognized insight meditation teachers from all over the world offer daily instruction and guidance in Buddhist meditations known as vipassana (insight) and metta (lovingkindness). While the context is the Buddha’s teachings, these practices are universal and help us to deepen awaren ...
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As a monk, I bring a strong commitment, along with the renunciate flavor, to the classic Buddhist teachings. I play with ideas, with humor and a current way of expressing the teachings, but I don't dilute them. Sitting in a field of fifty to eighty people really starts my mind sparking. Since I don't prepare my talks ahead of time, I find myself listening to what I'm saying along with everyone else. This leaves a lot of room for the Dhamma to come up. Just having eighty people listening to m ...
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Bonnie met the Dharma in 1982 at Kopan Monastery and in Bodh Gaya India. Since then she has practiced long and short retreats with Joseph Goldstein and other eastern and western monastics and lay teachers. She is a graduate of the IMS/SRMC teacher training programs and is also involved with Indigenous ceremonies and practices. She is currently a core teacher of the IMS teacher training program and the SRMC Dedicated Practitioners Program. Dr. Duran is a Professor of Social Work and Public He ...
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Welcome to the Daily Dharma, a podcast where we draw inspiration from Buddhist philosophy on how to fix and better our lives. Join us as we dig through the archives of Buddhist texts, great teachers and real life to grab an extra hit of wisdom to lift us up from the daily grind and find much-needed peace.
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Phillip Moffitt is co-guiding teacher of Spirit Rock Meditation Center and the founder of the Life Balance Institute. He teaches vipassana (insight) meditation and is the author of two books: "Dancing with Life," which explores the Four Noble Truths, and "Emotional Chaos to Clarity." More information can be found at: www.dharmawisdom.org.
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I have two main aims in teaching. The first is to spread the dharma as widely as possible, offering it to as many different people as I can. The second is to teach a smaller number of people over sustained periods of time. This in-depth teaching engages my tremendous love for intensive, long-term meditation practice, where people can immerse themselves in the retreat experience and see how it transforms their understanding. Although deeply rooted in the Vipassana tradition of Theravada Buddh ...
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Common Ground is a community meditation center based in Minneapolis, Minnesota dedicated to the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation is the practice of waking up to the present moment and learning to be open and at ease with the unfolding conditions of life. With practice, mindfulness reveals deep wisdom, compassion, and intimacy with all things. More info about Common Ground at commongroundmeditation.org
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ROB BURBEA (1965-2020) was Gaia House’s much-loved resident teacher for 10 years from 2005 - 2015, when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During his time at Gaia House, Rob wrote Seeing that Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising – an important and influential work that continues to shape and open the meditative exploration of many. Emerging from this deep experiential understanding of emptiness, Rob dedicated much of his time and energy during the last years of his lif ...
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Mark Coleman has been engaged in meditation practice since 1981, primarily within the Insight meditation tradition. He has been teaching meditation retreats since 1997. His teaching is also influenced by his studies with Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan teachers in Asia and the West, and through his teacher training with Jack Kornfield. Mark primarily teaches at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California, though he also teaches nationally, in Europe and India. He leads backpacking retreats, natu ...
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My greatest joy is giving the gift of love and hope through the dharma, knowing it is possible for humans to transform their hearts. These dharma gifts include paying attention, practicing clarity and kindness and addressing the suffering of the world--which, of course, includes ourselves. Right now I'm most enthusiastic about the first gift, paying attention, because it makes every part of our lives better. Paying attention allows us to become more clear, and each moment of clarity is a gif ...
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A pervasive but often invisible source of suffering in our culture is self-aversion. We are a busy culture, and we move through our life feeling anxious and dissatisfied, but not fully conscious of how we neglect or judge our inner experience. We suffer from a lack of belonging: to our own bodies, to each other and to the earth. When we practice Buddhist meditation, we learn how to listen deeply and hold our life tenderly. The open space of compassion allows us to realize that our thoughts a ...
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Dhamma talks of the Buddhist Nun Ayya Khema. Content from Dharma Seed https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/334/ Shared under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Welcome to the Fan The Spark channel where you will find encouragement and support for expanding your book distribution, sadhana, and understanding of sastra.
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Zephyr Wildman offers words of inspiration to guide you through your Yoga Practice, Meditation or even your daily commute. In her own words, Zephyr blends Yogic philosophy, psychology and personal insight into the victories and struggles of daily life. Her informative introductions to the practice of Yoga provides you with more meaning, intention and focus. Stories and observations from time-to-time are a welcome bit of uplifting and encouraging motivation to continue to follow a path of bal ...
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We dialogue with some of today's leading spiritual teachers and thinkers on all aspects of the contemplative life, with a special focus on interspirituality and new monasticism. Amid continuing changes to our spiritual and religious landscape, we explore the tenets of living a life dedicated to spiritual development and truth.
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Nathan Glyde: Symphony of Breath and Thought
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(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.By Nathan Glyde
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(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 …
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(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 …
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James Baraz: For Goodness Sake:
Consciously Cultivating the Wholesome
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(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…
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Pascal Auclair: Le partage du Bouddha au retour de sa retraite 💎
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(True North Insight)By Pascal Auclair
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The Seeds We Plant Determine Our Future | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 15 Dec 2025
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In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda made a down payment on the land in Juhu beach, Bombay, intending to build Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, a beautiful temple there. Even though Śrīla Prabhupāda had made a down payment on the land, the owner, who had a past history of shady dealings, had not yet handed over the land deed to ISKCON as he had promised he would do.Śrīla…
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In this episode, we reflect on what it means to have rituals of grieving and how they help us to live our daily lives more fully. Thoughts or questions? Email me at [email protected]. I would love to hear from you.By Daily Dharma Podcast
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Know Where You Are Going | Success Sadhana | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 12 Dec 2025
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Priorities determine what comes first when things compete. I don't know about all of you, but I've noticed there are a lot of competing philosophies. There are a lot of competing activities, different kinds of attitudes. So, when there's a confluence of all these things, we can feel overwhelmed. But if you have decided ahead of time what's most imp…
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Knowledge is a Gift, Not a Conquest | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 13 Dec 2025
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I was reading about a scientist named George Washington Carver, and was struck by his observations about science and how to realize the deeper levels of material phenomena. He said, "Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough." And I am paraphrasing what he said, "Attention and love reveal understanding." So he presented that love is a…
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Vimalasara: 7 Awakening Factors through the lens of oppression
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Meditation & Dharma TalkBy Vimalasara
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Nathan Glyde: Symphony of Breath and Thought
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(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.By Nathan Glyde
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(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 …
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Ajahn Sucitto: Forgiveness gives release
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Ajahn Sucitto: Forgiveness gives release
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Set You Dharma For 2026 | Success Sadhana | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 05 Dec 2025
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This is one of the first exercises for developing your constitution for 2026. You could take some time to examine what values means, and look at some of the values. This is a nice list from Brené Brown of values that we may look forward to developing. It's not necessarily values we have now, but it just means what we consider worthwhile, where we'd…
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Ajahn Sucitto: An occasion for the hearth's growth
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Ajahn Sucitto: An occasion for the hearth's growth
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Hearing is More Powerful Than Thinking | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 06 Dec 2025
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I brought a quote with me this morning that I found Śrīla Prabhupāda speaking about chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. He says, "In this age, hearing is more important than thinking, because one's thinking may be disturbed by mental agitation, but if one concentrates on hearing, he will be forced to associate with the sound vibration of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa and the soun…
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Kevin Griffin: Step 12: Spiritual Awakening
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Kevin Griffin: Step 12: Spiritual Awakening
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Krishna Krishna Krishna He | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 07 Dec 2025
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Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! heKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! Kṛṣṇa! pāhi māmThat is, “O Lord Kṛṣṇa, please protect Me and maintain Me.” He also chanted:Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! Rāma! Rāghava! rakṣa māmKṛṣṇa! Keśava! Kṛ…
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Jaya Radha Madhava | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 06 Dec 2025
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(1) jaya rādhā-mādhava kuñja-bihārīgopī-jana-vallabha giri-vara-dhārī(2) yaśodā-nandana braja-jana-rañjanayāmuna-tīra-vana-cārī TRANSLATION1) Krsna is the lover of Radha. He displays many amorous pastimes in the groves of Vrndavana, He is the lover of the cowherd maidens of Vraja, and the holder of the great hill named Govardhana. 2) He is the belo…
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Sri Guru Puja | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 06 Dec 2025
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My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words emanating from his lotus mouth. Attachment to his lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires. (Translation, Sri Guru Vandana Verse 2)------------------------------------------------------------To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com…
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Continue Devotional Service Amidst All Your Obligations | HG Vaisesika Dasa | Pune | 28 Oct 2025
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During our lives, we'll go through various eras, and in some of the eras we're required to work. It's not going to be possible to dedicate the same amount of time that others can at different periods in their life. Let's use Śrīla Prabhupāda as an example. He had a family, children, and he was also working as an employee in a chemical company in hi…
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Break Maya’s Stranglehold by Chanting The Mahamantra | Japa Jolt | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 10 Dec 2025
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I had to drive to an early morning appointment, and here in my area, on the 101 freeway, which is the main thoroughfare, they have put up this system where the fast lane has signs above it that tell how much it's going to cost you to drive in the fast lane, and it's constantly changing according to how much traffic is there. It's become very sophis…
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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) Begins with a 30m meditation & includes a dharma talk. (Group discussion has been omitted.)By Grace Fisher
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Ayya Santacitta: Reframing Perception II and The Unforgotten Wisdom at the Core of the Psyche
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(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-MorningBy Ayya Santacitta
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Radha Krishna Bol Bol | Youth Jam | HG Vaisesika Dasa | 07 Dec 2025
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1)'rādhā-kṛṣṇa' bol bol bolo re sobāi(ei) śikṣā diyā, sab nadīyāphirche nece' gaura-nitāi(miche) māyār bośe, jāccho bhese',khāccho hābuḍubu, bhāi(2)(jīv) kṛṣṇa-dās, e biśwās,korle to' ār duḥkho nāi(kṛṣṇa) bolbe jabe, pulak ha'bejhorbe āńkhi, boli tāi(3)('rādhā) kṛṣṇa' bolo, sańge calo,ei-mātra bhikhā cāi(jāy) sakal' bipod bhaktivinod…
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Parama Karuna Pahu Dui Jana | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 06 Dec 2025
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(1)parama karuṇa, pahū dui jananitāi gauracandrasaba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇikevala ānanda-kanda(2)bhajo bhajo bhāi, caitanya nitāisudṛḍha biśwāsa koriviṣaya chāḍiyā, se rase majiyā,mukhe bolo hari hari(3)dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi,emona doyāla dātāpaśu pākhī jhure, pāṣāṇa vidare,śuni' jāńra guṇa-gāthā(4)saḿsāre majiyā, rohili poriyā,se…
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Param Karuna Pahu Dui Jana (with translation) | HG Vaisesika Dasa | ISV | 06 Dec 2025
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(1)parama karuṇa, pahū dui jananitāi gauracandrasaba avatāra-sāra śiromaṇikevala ānanda-kanda(2)bhajo bhajo bhāi, caitanya nitāisudṛḍha biśwāsa koriviṣaya chāḍiyā, se rase majiyā,mukhe bolo hari hari(3)dekho ore bhāi, tri-bhuvane nāi,emona doyāla dātāpaśu pākhī jhure, pāṣāṇa vidare,śuni' jāńra guṇa-gāthā(4)saḿsāre majiyā, rohili poriyā,se…
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Initiation: A New Lease on Life | HG Vaisesika Dasa | UK | 08 Nov 2025
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You receive the mantra from a spiritual master who is in disciplic succession, who has a spiritual master, who has a spiritual master, etc. And from that process, he (Lord Caitanya) says that anyone can become a brāhmaṇa and become purified. And I already quoted earlier Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu's acceptance of this principle.He said, "dīkṣā-kāle bh…
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(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 …
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