{"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":"2026-09-20T08:20:23.150464+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215"},"episode":{"title":"James Baraz: Letting in Love: The Secret to Metta for Ourselves","slug":"james-baraz-letting-in-love-the-secret-to-metta-for-ourselves","published_at":"2026-09-10T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215/james-baraz-letting-in-love-the-secret-to-metta-for-ourselves","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-435215","url":"https://dharmaseed.org/talks/99398/","audio_url":"https://dharmaseed.org//talks/99398/20260910-James_Baraz-IMCB-letting_in_love_the_secret_to_metta_for_ourselves-99398.mp3?rss=","summary":"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) For many, wishing well and extending metta to others can come relatively naturally. The hard part is not sending out love, but letting it in. This is one of the most supportive practices for counteracting self-judgment and developing kindness and metta for ourselves. This talk will explore this topic and practice together.","meta_description":"(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) For many, wishing well and extending metta to others can come relatively naturally. The hard part is not sendin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2775,"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/james-baraz-letting-in-love-the-secret-to-metta-for-ourselves/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/james-baraz-letting-in-love-the-secret-to-metta-for-ourselves.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}