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Ajahn Sucitto's Dharma Talks
Ajahn Sucitto
As a monk, I bring a strong commitment, along with the renunciate flavor, to the classic Buddhist teachings. I play with ideas, with humor and a current way of expressing the teachings, but I don't dilute them.
2018-10-10 01 Day 1 Opening: An Attitude of Practice Rather than a System 47:16
Rather than rely on a system, cultivate an attitude towards practice. Systems have uses, but can eventually curtail what we’re trying to drop into. Part of the theme of this retreat is about recognizing some of the stressful systems that get built into our minds around speed and progress – and awakening out of them. [24:06 Begin Guided Meditation] Establishing Ground and Space through Breathing: We can use the body as a channel to settle the mind. Use the out-breath to ground, use the in-breath to lift. These two together give you a form with a distinct foundation and uprightness to it.
New York Insight Meditation Center Entering the Dhamma Fields: A Five Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto
2018-12-04 44 Morning Chanting Pali 13:09
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-04 45 Morning Chanting English 10:22
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-04 46 Evening Chanting Pali 12:14
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-04 47 Refuge Mantra Chant 5:34
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-03 41 Brahmavihāra Follow Up 21:15
Following up from the brahmavihāra guided meditation, the powerful potential of the practice is described. Taken in depth, these qualities offer a means for feeling steady and comfortable, a home base from which to clear fear mistrust and loss of heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-03 42 Closing: This Is Going to Hurt – Get Used to It 27:44
Time on retreat can be intense, but strength and skills are gained when we can meet the difficulties of our lives. The encouragement is to sustain regular occasions of sitting with the Buddha. Prompts for review and reflection are offered.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-04 43 Dedication of Offerings and Vipassanabhumi chant 20:06
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-03 40 Guided Meditation: Brahmavihāras 56:09
Cultivation of the brahmavihāras is based upon generating perceptions and felt senses through various bases. This guided meditation refers to the bodily and mental bases, in addition to primary sympathy – anukampa – as the underlying basis, to bring these boundless qualities into fullness. They then can serve as soothing orientations within the tribulations of this human realm.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
2018-12-01 37 Passing of Difficult Feeling 54:54
The inability to feel difficult emotions causes closure of heart and body. If things haven’t been allowed to arise, they don’t pass. Using the practice of calming and insight, we calm just enough to make difficult feeling manageable and let it move through the body, then apply the skill of insight to look into just this experience without proliferation. Dispassion, clarity, and a wide attentive heart remain.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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