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Dharma Talks
2018-02-06
Elements of the Imaginal (11 - 14)
26:18
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Catherine McGee
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The talks and exercises from this 'Tending the Holy Fire' retreat are intended for experienced practitioners who already have a working familiarity with this particular Soulmaking paradigm, as outlined, for example, in the following retreats: 'The Path of the Imaginal (Longer Course)'; 'Re-enchanting the Cosmos: The Poetry of Perception'; and 'Of Hermits and Lovers: The Alchemy of Desire'. Integrating that previous material and also taking the talks in this new set in their intended order will, for most, support a better and fuller understanding of the teachings from this course. Without this practice and knowledge base, the material from this retreat may be confusing and unhelpful.
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Freely Given Retreats
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Tending the Holy Fire
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2018-02-06
Summary - stewarding attention through the widening field of the inner and outer worlds
53:50
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Buddha’s last words were: All sankhāras are impermanent. Keep applying yourselves with vigilance. This closing talk offers a review of kāya-, citta- and vaci-sankhāra, and a simple 3 step process to moderate their energies: 1) Pay attention, 2) Soften, widen, 3) Include it all. These steps can be used in meditation practice as well as in interactions in the world. We will lose presence, but we don’t have to wait until the next retreat to work it out. When you notice the programs running, feel the body, come down into the feet, exhale, where am I?
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Bandar Utama Buddhist Society
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Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto
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2018-02-06
Checking and moderating thought - Guided meditation
61:38
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Settling into sitting meditation, tracing posture and energy up the back and down the front, spherical breathing from abdomen. [Bell at 38:17] [Instructions at 40:27] Invitation to loosen the intensity and congestion of thought - vaci-sankhāra, that which forms thought energy. Rather than not thinking, take time to formulate what to think about and bring heart qualities into that. This is a dhamma practice.
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Bandar Utama Buddhist Society
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Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto
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2018-02-05
Evening instructions - letting mindfulness clean the citta (with 35m silence)
6:13
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Before we know how we are or how we’re feeling, we have a sense of here. That’s the basis for whatever is felt and thought. Find what thoughts we are locking around, then opening, breathing - how is that? Is there acceptance of that? It doesn’t mean approving, but there is knowledge of it. This mood, this feeling, is not to be followed. Rather than opening oneself to critical mind, opening oneself through devotional gesture to awareness. This is keeping your citta clean from specks of kharma that can cause irritation and inflammations. [Instructions end 6:25]
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Bandar Utama Buddhist Society
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Meditation Retreat with Luang Por Sucitto
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