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Retreat Dharma Talks

Finding Your True Ground - Awareness as a Refuge

A five day silent retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

2023-12-08 (5 days) Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand

  
2023-12-08 Some chanting basics 21:40
Ajahn Sucitto
Bringing up a sound through the body, we listen and harmonize with others. The citta seeks that harmony to feel comfortable in its environment.
2023-12-09 Standing Instructions 16:43
Ajahn Sucitto
2023-12-09 The nature of mind 57:18
Ajahn Sucitto
On retreat we experience the mental restlessness resulting from sense restraint. “Stopping my mind” is not an effective strategy to handle it. Instead, look for a place of harmony with what the mind is doing. Some standing meditation at the end
2023-12-09 The main theme of breath meditation 54:49
Ajahn Sucitto
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2023-12-10 Guided Sitting Meditation 16:42
Ajahn Sucitto
2023-12-10 Q&A 49:03
Ajahn Sucitto
00:00 Q1 When we're doing sitting meditation are we to be mindful of feelings inside the whole body as we breathe in and out? When anybody sensations or pain arises are we to contemplate them with loving kindness? 10:55 Q2 Is it okay to use the mantra Bhudo for sitting meditation? 11:58 Q3 Are there different realities of truth? For example historical, scientific, personal? Ultimate reality? Everything is what it should be, no good no bad. 17:07 Q4 How can the dhamma help two people in a relationship resolve an indiscretion of the moral code? How does the dhamma guide one to accept responsibility for actions that harm another? 20:23 Q5 Citta - is it a harmony between the brain and the heart? Does it include all levels of consciousness? 31:36 Q6 At the point of death what do we do when we're overwhelmed with pain? If the mind is too weak to maintain equanimity? What happens if one dies totally consumed by pain? 41:09 Q7 Could QiGong help me to be more balanced in body and mind?
2023-12-11 When does the day begin? 26:31
Ajahn Sucitto
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2023-12-11 Reflecting and recollecting 7:38
Ajahn Sucitto
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2023-12-12 The straight undeviated clear way 14:40
Ajahn Sucitto
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