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Dharma Talks in English
2018-02-28 Reflection on kamma 22:36
Ajahn Sucitto
There is new kamma (action), and old kamma, the results of previous actions. The process of kamma embeds particular habits and perpetuates a sense of self, setting up the model for the future, ongoing becoming. There is also the ending of this kamma process. Ajahn Sucitto describes several skilful means for such cultivation.
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

2018-02-27 Q&A differentiation and discernment, tension, goodwill 46:30
Ajahn Sucitto
Questions are paraphrased: 1. Given the stressfulness of differentiation, is choosing what kind of meditation to practice stressful? 2. (11:30) Is the undifferentiated, the signlessness – the same as emptiness? 3. (24:02) Could you repeat what you were saying about relaxing tense muscles 4. (37:25) What does it mean to imbue the heart with loving kindness, “likewise the second, likewise the third and likewise the fourth”? What is the all encompassing world…?
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

2018-02-27 Savoring Our Ethical Integrity and Altruistic Intention (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 46:03
Brian Lesage
This talk offers two conditions that are helpful and support our meditation practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2018-02-27 Guided mindfulness of breathing 34:51
Ajahn Sucitto
Breathing itself trains you, you don’t train it. It trains you to be patient with it, open to it, sensitive to it, stay with it. Balance the doing and allowing, they both have their part to play.
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

2018-02-27 Day 3 Brahma Vihara Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 47:47
Andrea Fella
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2018-02-27 Day 3 Morning Sit with Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 37:51
Greg Scharf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2018-02-27 Careful Non-differentiation 57:52
Ajahn Sucitto
The process of meditation is one of reducing differentiation/proliferation, the movements of the mind towards the pleasant and away from the unpleasant. The body doesn’t proliferate and so can help calm the mind.
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

2018-02-26 The Buddha's Life Part I (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 58:24
Susie Harrington
The Buddha's life is an expression of the practice and the teachings and can offer inspiration and guidance on our journey. Part I: Early Life and Practice of the Bodhisattva
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation 1-Month Retreat

2018-02-26 Maturation of the liberated mind 49:16
Ajahn Sucitto
Reading from AN9.3, Ajahn Sucitto reviews the 5 things that lead to maturation of mind to becoming completely liberated. Receiving supportive company runs throughout. It’s not something we do but something we associate with. It involves not the active aspect of energy but the receptive aspect, so we can absorb the skilful, give it time to settle and ripen so wisdom can arise.
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

2018-02-26 Standing - Rest comes through balance 24:03
Ajahn Sucitto
By carefully establishing connecting with the ground, and lining up the body from the feet up, one begins to sense balance. Muscles can relax. This gives rise to rest and calm.
Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary :  Ajahn Sucitto Dhamma Retreat

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