{"podcast":{"title":"Dharma Seed: dharma talks and meditation instruction","slug":"dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230","podcast_index_feed_id":503230,"rss_url":"https://www.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":"2026-06-14T08:19:05.205487+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230"},"episode":{"title":"Donald Rothberg: Talk and Discussion: Developing Concentration (Samadhi) 1","slug":"donald-rothberg-talk-and-discussion-developing-concentration-samadhi-1","published_at":"2026-05-06T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230/donald-rothberg-talk-and-discussion-developing-concentration-samadhi-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230","url":"https://dharmaseed.org/talks/96929/","audio_url":"https://dharmaseed.org//talks/96929/20260506-Donald_Rothberg-SR-talk_and_discussion_developing_concentration_samadhi_1-96929.mp3?rss=","summary":"(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this overview about developing concentration (samadhi) in our practice, we examine (1) the nature of concentration (or samadhi), including the etymology of the term and how we often find a natural concentration in daily life; (2) its importance in our practice; (3) some ways to practice to develop concentration, and (4) five challenges of such practice and how to work with them. The talk is followed by discussion.","meta_description":"(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) In this overview about developing concentration (samadhi) in our practice, we examine (1) the nature of concentration (or…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3654,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharma-seed-dharma-talks-and-meditation-instruction-503230/episodes/donald-rothberg-talk-and-discussion-developing-concentration-samadhi-1/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-503230/donald-rothberg-talk-and-discussion-developing-concentration-samadhi-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}