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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.
2010-01-29 Talk 1 63:04
Sam Poh Temple
2010-01-29 Talk 2 1:25:27
Sam Poh Temple
2010-01-28 Talk 1 1:26:23
Sam Poh Temple
2010-01-28 Talk 2 1:22:47
Sam Poh Temple
2009-10-03 Integration Into Daily Death 36:28
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat
2009-10-02 Wisdom, Calm and Insight 36:46
In meditation we want to penetrate the depths of mind, to get the roots of our habits, attitudes, beliefs. We go through the body because it’s easier to discern as an object than mind. Steadying and calming the body energies, wisdom builds up, begins to know cause and effect, what leads to clarity, what leads to release.
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat
2009-10-01 Hindrances and Aggregates - The Right Response 28:18
We can use the suffering that arises from the hindrances as a means for clearing kamma. Rather than getting hooked by our habitual reactions, track the experience through the lens of the aggregates. Set aside the topic, get underneath it. Work with it on an energetic level, feel it in the body. It isn’t easy, but over time confidence builds that this is where it ceases. Then these hindrances have taught us a powerful lesson we won’t get anywhere else.
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat
2009-09-30 Attention, Intention, Energy and Awareness 22:16
Two factors play a part in the way the mind operates – attention and intention. Both are conditioned, and both carry energy. Attention limits the span of awareness, intention defines the quality of it. A lot of the problems in meditation can be resolved through attention, intention and bringing the right kind of energy to them.
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat
2009-09-29 Establishing Thoughtfulness and Reflection (vitakka-vicara) 36:43
To meditate refers to placing the mind on a conducive object. There are functions that support meditation: vitakka –applied thoughtfulness/consideration; and, vicara – reflective evaluating, taking in the effects of what we apply ourselves to. Various applications of vitakka-vicara are reviewed, from the 5 indriya to mindfulness of body and breathing.
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat
2009-09-26 The One Thing You Can Do 49:52
Cittaviveka Vassa Retreat

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