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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.
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2022-12-01 Formative Energies 31:48
Body awareness notices the energy that creates form, of the body and the mind/citta. It creates a "me", a blueprint for suffering. Wisdom is an observer that is not taken over by it.
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2022-12-01 GM - Establishing inner outer bodily sense 32:47
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2022-11-29 Understanding and release from programs 53:36
The citta is open and gets formed and filled with whatever the input is and forms a me.
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2022-11-28 Right food 57:16
Practicing to experience energies which are subtle and supple, physically and mentally. Goodwill allows the citta to flow and release stuck states.
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2022-11-27 Inclining the citta towards goodwilll 23:39
Practicing to experience energies which are subtle and supple, physically and mentally. Goodwill allows the citta to flow and release stuck states.
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2022-11-27 The nutriment of passion 51:39
There is unaware nutriment/ input and awakened input involving deep attention and the enlightenment factors. Practice helps us to spot how unawareness leads to tunnel vision.
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2022-11-26 Tips on Walking 2:57
Remember, your head doesn’t walk.
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2022-11-26 Nutriments and liberation 41:17
Aspects of the sutta (SN12.064) describing the four kinds of nutriment or inputs to the senses. The full sutta is here: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn12/sn12.064.than.html (24 words)
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2022-11-25 Q&A 58:05
00:33 Can you please explain the significance of the phrase “the four pairs, the eight kinds of noble beings”; 03:11 The suttas talk of a body witness. What does this mean?; 05:10 Are consciousness, awareness and citta the same thing?; 15:13 Can you speak more about the aggregates please – rupa, vedena, sanya, sankara, vinnyana? 24:03 Could you explain context and purpose in relation to sampajañña / clear comprehension? 29:52 What is meant by “mindfulness preceding the object”. Does this precede the knowing of a specific phenomenon? 32:12 Why does the mind often feel it needs to be comfortable in order to settle? Do we need to relinquish this need? 37:51 Sometimes I get the feel g the breath doesn’t want me following it; 41:22 Some teachers suggest experiencing the breath as a concept rather than a physical sensation. Did the Buddha emphasize one over another? 46:45 I have a lot of fear arising and I send it metta-karuna but samadhi seems to make it stronger; 50:27 Pease speak about the hindrance of doubt, particularly self-doubt; 55:25 Can you speak about compassion and emptiness of self.
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2022-11-25 Bare knowing and release 42:39
Aspects from the sutta on contemplating the body (MN.10). The full sutta is here: https://accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.010.nysa.html
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2022-11-24 GM - Standing 32:29
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2022-11-24 Exploring mindfulness of body 50:40
The four establishments of mindfulness and its sutta history - as well as the Bhikkhunupassaya Sutta - Directed and Undirected Meditation (SN: 47:10). Suttas available here: https://a-buddha-ujja.hu/sn-47.3/en/bodhi) and here https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn47/sn47.010.olen.html
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2022-11-23 Open into Awareness 24:45
Humans have an inner quality consciousness, an awareness that is subjective. This awareness is heart or citta and it is a refuge that can be entered for liberation.
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2022-11-23 GM - Open into Awareness 19:58
Cittaviveka 2022 Online Teaching
2022-11-22 Survey the landscape-with sympathy 40:05
Steady the heart by not picking up the signs of crisis or anxiety. Instead use the simple and steady body rhythms and signs that hold the heart. Make the heart the priority.
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2022-11-22 Recollection of kindness and compassion 13:30
In the sensory world, boundaries, signs of separation and comparisons must be experienced. But entering the heart realm, we can experience the boundlessness of the brahma vihara.
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2022-11-21 Hindrances 60:53
Detecting and clearing the hindrances. (References: SN46.55 available here: https://suttacentral.net/sn46.55/en/bodhi?reference=none&highlight=false)
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2022-11-20 The unity of the fine-material realm 48:10
In meditation we open an energy domain with discernable material and immaterial aspects. We meet, widen and soften to this experience, providing a pragmatic healing and protection against life's vicissitudes.
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2022-11-20 Happiness 38:17
How to bring happiness to the heart and find the balance of allowing unhappiness to be known.
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2022-11-20 Suffusion With the Divine Abidings 9:54
Includes a 6 min introduction of its significance. A video version is available here: https://youtu.be/GkFvLoQhB8g
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2022-11-20 Understanding puja 21:08
Puja is a form of praising and honouring. It is the nimitta of the citta, flavoured with a sense of lineage and gratitude.
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2022-11-19 Q&A 55:14
00:00 Can you speak more about compassion / karuna?; 05:06 How does equanimity support compassion?; 15:32 Is there such a thing as displaced compassion?; 22:26 Please say more about walking meditation and the breath; 23:36 Please speak more about the internal process of sila and dana; 39:40 What is the role of kamma in the interplay of right view and right intention? 48:34 Are nimittas important?
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2022-11-19 The heart is a circle 43:15
As a metaphor, a circle provides a necessary sense of coherence and boundary where you can enter and establish an abiding place for practice in all body postures.
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2022-11-19 Significance of puja 12:15
Puja and retreat structure allow energy to settle, be contained and the heart can bring forth what is meaningful in the present moment. Lingering there, sati allows access to the power of the heart.
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2022-11-18 Ignorance 25:15
Our ignorance of citta's nature allows craving for objects to arise, diverting the citta towards sense objects, rather than finding and resting in itself. Awareness is key to noticing and understanding this.
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