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Dharma Talks
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2009-03-28
Boundaries and Space
35:07
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Space seems like the opposite of boundaries, but space is there because of boundaries. So in order to give yourself some space internally you have to create boundaries in the mind. Know what to set aside, and moderate what you pick up in terms of future, past, self and other people. Those are the four areas that turbulences occur around. You don’t have to be trapped and meshed up with this.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-03-27
Unsupporting Consciousness
24:42
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Ajahn Sucitto
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In meditation we can come to recognize what the mind leans upon and why – and how everything it leans on falls apart. The most stable and secure abiding is unsupported consciousness – the removal of all props – ‘this is peaceful, this is sublime.’ It leads to cessation, a place of rest.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-03-26
Kind Awareness
54:44
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James Baraz
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This is a three part series of talks on James’ basic meditation instructions: “Receive the moment with a relaxed, interested and kind awareness.
What does a kind awareness mean? How can we meet each moment—including moments of fear or physical discomfort—with this attitude? This is a key issue for deepening our practice.
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Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
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IMCB Regular Talks
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2009-03-24
Getting Impermanence
29:37
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The Buddha’s last words were: ‘All sankhārā are impermanent; make an effort with diligence.’ Is there a place where self, other, past, future don’t happen? That’s what we meditate for. It takes us under the froth to the root of where the turbulence is coming from. These formative patterns have energy, but through bearing presence, they gradually lose their intensity and dissolve.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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