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Retreat Dharma Talks

Cultivating the Heart (online meditation day)

The heart – or citta in Pali, the language of early Buddhist texts – is the place of our subjectivity, our inner world that determines much of our joy and sadness. Constantly sensing, thinking and reacting, the citta can get entangled in its own fabrications and experience suffering.

That is the reason why all Buddhist practices aim at cultivating and freeing the citta. In this daylong we will deepen our understanding of citta and of how to cultivate it.

The day offers periods of sitting and walking meditation as well as teaching and opportunities to ask questions.

2025-10-19 (1 day) Gaia House

  
2025-10-19 Talk - Citta: The Creator of Heaven and Hell 38:17
Yuka Nakamura
Citta, the heartmind, lies at the center of our Dharma practice. Understanding how the state of the citta determines our happiness or unhappiness, we are motivated to take good care of it and cultivate it. This process begins with bringing mindfulness and interest to our mindstates.
2025-10-19 Talk - Cultivating the Citta 30:01
Yuka Nakamura
The transformation of our heartmind, citta, depends on the patient, gradual cultivation of wholesome qualities. The Buddha distinguished three areas of cultivation - the area of ethical living, the development of the mind and the cultivation of wisdom.
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