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2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 2 of 9 14:22
Tempel Smith
2 of 9
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dependent Origination Daylong

2014-12-14 Dependent Origination 1 of 9 19:52
Tempel Smith
Part 1 of 9
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dependent Origination Daylong

2014-12-14 Evening - Finding rhythms and structures you need and taking them home with you - 3 characteristics 55:51
Ajahn Sucitto
What can you take with you from the retreat? Using the occasion of retreat to develop wisdom of understanding - the 4 satipatannas / foundations of mindfulness; the transient nature of satisfaction; the rich man and the Porche; things are never finished; this is “mine”; seeing how conditions give rise to certain kinds of thinking; the release of the citta from clinging generally happens a little bit at a time; training the wisdom element.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-14 Have you found a Place? 25:43
Ajahn Sucitto
A place to stay, a place to sit, a place to feel more comfortable in yourself; taking time and practicing with all four positions; the spider and the web of impressions, memories, sensations and feelings; what is it that compounds it and sticks it altogether? Seeing/ listening to the citta moving and the stirring up of thoughts; releasing the citta from being a someone; using samatha to calm and separate the citta from its endless spinning
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-14 Preparing and encouraging a place for the Chitta - Settling into Samatha - Emptying - Forgiving 52:22
Ajahn Sucitto
Finding a place to rest; preparing a nest to allow the citta to settle with the body; breathing through the body; releasing the past, cleaning the house; mindfulness of death; forgiveness of oneself and others
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-14 Taking Refuge - Guided Meditation through the Body 24:06
Ajahn Sucitto
Bring yourself into Sangha - the community who practice; staying present; the body as a symbol of the upright mind
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-13 Rick and Wes: Brama Vihara Exercises 58:25
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-13 Awakening, Inner Peace and Freedom 58:48
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-12-13 Instructions and Guided Meditation 59:31
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Insight Meditation Retreat

2014-12-13 Questions and Answers 58:35
Rodney Smith
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2014-12-13 Pay attention, soften and widen, include it all 1:11:08
Ajahn Sucitto
Three things to bear in mind: Pay attention, soften and widen, include it all
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-13 Remembering Four Kinds of Mutually Supporting Effort 20:49
Ajahn Sucitto
Bringing to mind, to recollect, to bring into your body what is good and upright every time; remembering things in the body; to sustain or protect attention with the breathing; keep pushing away whatever is unskillful or unhelpful; taking care of the baby;
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-13 Saturday Morning Guided Sit 60:05
Rick Hanson
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-13 Buddha-Dhamma is the direct way - subject and object 45:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Bring our understanding into line with the Dhamma; direct experience rather than what we think we experience; getting a feel for the citta; the experience of something happening to citta; how perceptions are seen as real and the clinging that results; sankhara/ the activities/ the reactions
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-13 Cultivating Samadhi - 26:55
Ajahn Sucitto
Open and Include ; Relaxing the Chitta
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Evening Puja -Coming to the Robe - The Citta - Finding and Cleaning the River 46:29
Ajahn Sucitto
A reference point for the day; coming back to the same place - Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha; acknowledging the citta
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Cultivating Sati 31:14
Ajahn Sucitto
Mindfulness is like a hand to hold things; how and why and want to hold? The need for correct application, correct object, correct way of holding. The breath and its vitality.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Guided Meditation (Walking) 11:54
Ajahn Sucitto
Moving from sitting to standing; feeling the whole body; walk so you feel the whole body walking; not just the legs - hips, body, shoulders, feet. Feeling the lift, feeling the weight transfer, the fluidity.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Guided Meditation 34:24
Ajahn Sucitto
Using sensation or impressions of the body; watching the energy begin to reveal itself; 30 minute meditation with bell
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Friday Morning Guided Big Sky Meditation 55:11
Wes Nisker
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-12 Reflection on the Satipatanna sutta and the Anapanasatta sutta 57:31
Ajahn Sucitto
Sati - the quality that allows remembering; different types of bodies we can experience inwardly through mindfulness of our physical senses and the mind; cultivating feelings from honesty, calm, patience and metta/ loving kindness - cultivating the citta/ heart; four places to live in a complete practice; wise attention; what do I feel/ feel like? Sankharas or energies / vitalities in the body; feeing oneself from the trap of the senses using the body of the breathing ; what knows how to breathe? Cultivating the experience of anapanasati - purifying through breathing. Discovering and working with tensions in the body - widen and soften. Breathing calm and patience into the body, nursing the body.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-12 Morning Reflection - How to practice 53:04
Ajahn Sucitto
The nature of praise; the nature of Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha. Filling the heart with faith and aspiration; cultivating uprightness of the body, the mind; being present in the river of our lives with all experiences. Mindful of the body - moving through the body and optimizing the posture. Mindful of attitude.
Young Buddhists Association of Thailand :  Ajahn Sucitto YBAT Silent Retreat

2014-12-11 Evolving Together 57:22
Wes Nisker
Evolutionary origin of aggregates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Evolving Together: Mindfulness Meditation and Modern Science

2014-12-11 Understanding States Of Mind 45:38
Rodney Smith
Using boredom as an example, this talk looks at the formation of states of mind and how to quiet their impact.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Heart

2014-12-11 Wise (or Right) Speech 63:45
Kate Munding
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

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