| |
|
Dharma Talks
|
2020-07-18
Tending to Body Energy
5:04
|
|
Ajahn Sucitto
|
|
|
Everything that affects us comes into our bodies, so a lot of stress can accumulate. Sympathize with what the body energy requires so it can come out of its pressurized jumbled state.
|
|
Sunyata Buddhist Centre
:
Unrestricted Awareness
|
|
|
2020-07-18
The Open and Unrestricted Heart
41:09
|
|
Ajahn Sucitto
|
|
|
Attention is generally driven by self-interest, to seek what is pleasant. The possibilities of what one receives are then restricted by the “self program”. Unrestricted means changing the baseline from that of the person to something impersonal that can yet be subjectively experienced – clarity, lovingkindness, letting go. Mindfulness of body acts as a platform for steady open awareness.
|
|
Sunyata Buddhist Centre
:
Unrestricted Awareness
|
|
|
2020-07-18
Secure Connection, Free Roaming
23:03
|
|
Ayya Medhanandi
|
|
|
Removing our harness to the world, we really detach and make the intention in the mind to stop. Having moved inwardly into this now moment, we pause and secure our internal connection to truth. This work requires our faith, vigilance, sustained attention, care and perseverance. We long for freedom and it will arise, releasing us to roam free in the vast space of the mind – empty and awake. A guided meditation and Dhamma talk.
|
|
Ottawa Buddhist Society
|
|
|
2020-07-18
Practise Like the Barley Reaper
25:32
|
|
Ayya Medhanandi
|
|
|
In a dialogue between King Milinda and Venerable Nagasena, we hear the Buddha’s instruction on mental training and how to apply our allies of mindfulness, restraint and wisdom. Devoted to the training, we can overcome ignorance, take hold of the mind and cut off the defilements just as the barley reaper cuts his barley. Our mission is to lean towards Nibbāna, not believing the self-making stories, and gradually, patiently, wrestle free from ignorance, waking up right in the middle of any storm we may face.
|
|
Ottawa Buddhist Society
|
|
|
2020-07-18
Unrestricted Awareness
37:48
|
|
Ajahn Sucitto
|
|
|
We try to maintain order in a chaotic world, but our attempts tend to constrict and isolate. Clear the obscurations and restrictions by recognizing what is really causing stress and pressure – it’s not the external conditions but what the mind is making of them.
|
|
Sunyata Buddhist Centre
:
Unrestricted Awareness
|
|
|
2020-07-17
We Are What we Think
54:12
|
|
James Baraz
|
|
|
The Buddha taught: "We are what we think. With our thoughts we make the world." We will explore mana or "the conceit of I am" and how we construct a sense of self with our mind. Based on how we see ourselves or how we compare with others, mana or the conceit of “I am” is born. This tendency leads to "The Three Conceits: I am superior, I am inferior, I am equal to." If we're not mindful, we then erroneously proceed to make a permanent, solid entity of self. We explore how not seeing this clearly creates suffering and how we can free ourselves of this self-constructed suffering.
|
|
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley
:
IMCB Regular Talks
|
|
|
2020-07-17
We’re Not Separate At All
32:43
|
|
Ayya Medhanandi
|
|
|
During times of global pandemic, it’s easier to see how deeply connected we are in our vulnerability to disease. Meditating and touching the silent space of the heart, we see how deeply connected we are at all times – connected in dis-ease – in fear, in sorrow, in suffering; and also in our potential for joy. And we discover the well-spring of goodness within us from which that joy arises. A guided meditation and Dhamma reflections.
|
|
Ottawa Buddhist Society
|
|
|
|
