About Dharma Seed
Stream dharma talks from the Dharma Seed archive to your Android device. Dharma Seed is dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages. Features: • Stream dharma
Stream dharma talks from the Dharma Seed archive to your Android device.
Dharma Seed is dedicated to preserving and sharing the spoken teachings of Theravada Buddhism in modern languages.
Features:
• Stream dharma talks
• Find the most recent talks
• Search talk titles and descriptions by keyword
• Find talks by specific teachers
• Search a teacher's talks by keyword
• View teacher information
Notes:
• Access to retreatants only talks is not currently supported.
These talks are freely offered in the spirit of dana, or generosity. You may visit the Dharma Seed website if you would like to support our work. We are a small non-profit organization supported solely through donations and we deeply appreciate your help in making these priceless teachings available to all.
Operating since the early 1980's, Dharma Seed collects and distributes dharma talks by teachers transmitting the Vipassana or Insight practices of Theravada Buddhism, the oldest Buddhist tradition still actively pursued in the 21st century.
We hope you enjoy the app.
May all beings be happy.
Source code for this app is available at https://github.com/dharmaseed/dharmaseed-android. Bug reports and contributions are welcome!
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Dharma Seed since it was posted on our website on 2023-07-03 19:33:51.
The latest version is 1.9.0 and it was updated on 2026-06-11 22:00:05. See below the changes in each version.
Dharma Seed version 1.9.0
Updated At: 2026-05-25
Changes: * Add ability to import and export user data, including talk playback history and starred items.
Dharma Seed version 1.8.1
Updated At: 2025-07-25
Changes: Update to API level 35.
Dharma Seed version 1.8.0
Updated At: 2025-03-31
Changes: * Added app link support, which allows opening dharmaseed links directly in the app.
* Added new seek buttons to the media notification for skipping forward and backward in the talk. Special thanks to first time contributor @drassi for this feature!
* Added a fast-scrolling feature which allows for easier navigation when viewing a long list of talks.
Dharma Seed version 1.7.0
Updated At: 2024-07-17
Changes: - Added a new history view that shows a list of recently played talks
- Streamlined the user interface for filtering talks, teachers and centers
- Much faster startup for first time users
- Bug fixes (e.g. downloaded talks persist across all app updates)
Dharma Seed version 1.6.2
Updated At: 2024-04-11
Changes: Usability improvements for media playback when the app is in the background
Dharma Seed version 1.6.0
Updated At: 2023-12-28
Changes: Add support for multiple teachers in a single talk.
Dharma Seed version 1.5.5
Updated At: 2023-12-19
Changes: * Fix a problem with database synchronization that could lead to out of date talk or teacher information in some cases.
* Update android media library, which should help fix occasional crashes during talk playback on some devices.
Dharma Seed version 1.5.3
Updated At: 2023-11-03
Changes: This release brings several improvements to the talk playback experience:
* Talks can now be listened to in the background while browsing other talks.
* Talk playback can be controlled from a new media notification or by using external media controllers such as bluetooth headsets.
* Upgraded media player library may result in improved sound quality when streaming talks over the network.
Dharma Seed version 1.3.1
Updated At: 2023-09-13
Changes: Fix a bug where the new talk progress bar was also showing up in the teacher and center views.
Dharma Seed version 1.3.0
Updated At: 2023-09-10
Changes: Progress when listening to talks is now saved, so it's always easy to continue where you left off.
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