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Dharma Talks
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2020-12-10
Q&A 2
52:56
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Relationship between citta, mano and viññāna; why doesn’t citta appear in the chain of dependent co-arising; what is samudayo; the nature of contact and perception conditioning feeling; how can one prepare for death; skills and developments of the mano function and how that mixes in with citta; helping other people; bubbling energy in meditation; limiting external impingements on citta in householder life.
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Bodhi College
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Citta: Mind, Heart, Spirit
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2020-12-10
Q&A 1
22:18
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Equanimity as a brahmavihara and equanimity as a factor of awakening; latent tendencies (anusaya); uprooting hindrances; role of the formless realms in developing insight and freedom;; when is the mind is ready to go to the formless realm; where does vedanā fit in with manas/ mano; quality of self-respect in removing the need to prove oneself.
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Bodhi College
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Citta: Mind, Heart, Spirit
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2020-12-10
Boundariless Citta
26:41
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The boundless nature of citta can make us feel too vulnerable, so we put up boundaries that end up constricting us. Cultivation of the brahmaviharā, the measureless states, is a removal of those boundaries. An abiding place results that can act as a foundation for complete liberation.
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Bodhi College
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Citta: Mind, Heart, Spirit
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2020-12-09
Q&A 2
47:53
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Questions about involuntary movements in practice; please you comment on the third tetrad of ānāpānasati; please review the potential value of jhāna experiences; say more about how ignorance sucks energy from citta; deep fears and primal memories.
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Bodhi College
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Citta: Mind, Heart, Spirit
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2020-12-09
Practicing with Views 3
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Donald Rothberg
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We review some of what we've covered in previous sessions, including the Buddha's teachings on views, the core of the problem being reactivity (grasping and pushing away) in relationship to views--not views themselves, and three ways of practicing with views. We then introduce one of the three forms of deeper inquiry into views mentioned, the approach of Nagjarjuna (c. 150-250 C.E.), the "second Buddha." Nagarjuna demonstrated a method of showing how any reactively-held views, including Buddhist views, leads to contradictions and absurdity.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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Monday and Wednesday Talks
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Attached Files:
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Nagarjuna Slides Draft 3
by Donald Rothberg
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