{"podcast":{"title":"Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction","slug":"dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215","podcast_index_feed_id":435215,"rss_url":"https://dharmaseed.org/feeds/recordings/","website_url":"https://dharmaseed.org","image_url":"https://media.dharmaseed.org/images/DS-rss-logo.jpg","author":"Dharma Seed","episode_count":144,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-14T18:20:10.973107+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215"},"episode":{"title":"Ayya Santussika: The Joy of Having Faced Down Suffering","slug":"ayya-santussika-the-joy-of-having-faced-down-suffering","published_at":"2026-06-11T08:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215/ayya-santussika-the-joy-of-having-faced-down-suffering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215","url":"https://dharmaseed.org/talks/97641/","audio_url":"https://dharmaseed.org//talks/97641/20260611-Ayya_Santussika-CMRC-the_joy_of_having_faced_down_suffering-97641.mp3?rss=","summary":"(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) In the First Noble Truth the Buddha encourages us to turn towards dukkha, acknowledge it and understand it. This is essential for awakening, for freeing ourselves from bondage. This talk contains stories about how one might do this, ending with a brief intro to the process \"Feeding Your Demons.\"","meta_description":"(Cloud Mountain Retreat Center) In the First Noble Truth the Buddha encourages us to turn towards dukkha, acknowledge it and understand it. This is essent…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2536,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215/episodes/ayya-santussika-the-joy-of-having-faced-down-suffering/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215/ayya-santussika-the-joy-of-having-faced-down-suffering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}