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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.
2008-08-16 Kamma Junkies And Dhamma Heroes 53:56
A certain quality of heroism is called for in this practice. Not just as an act of bravado, but where one comes into their full potential for awakening; and not in a way of becoming anything – it’s overcoming any wish to become anything. Through overcoming this powerful drive, we shake the addiction of becoming.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-08-12 G.M - Centering On Goodness 48:57
One of our most important resources in mediation is basic well-being. We get distracted away from it. Mindfulness of body supports us to stay in touch with this sense of goodness.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-08-10 G.M. 41:36
An invitation to relax, feel welcome, and meet what arises with ongoing interest, curiosity and goodwill.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-08-02 Vinaya-A Universal Training 47:58
Vinaya isn’t just monastic rules. It is a set of teachings and guidelines that help check our actions so we can live according to our deeply held values – generosity, mutual respect, simplicity of needs. These values act as Path factors, to support the release into freedom.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-07-26 Pinning Down The Shapeshifter 45:05
Meeting and transmuting the hindrances requires appropriate attention, knowing how one is affected. Referring to where body and mind meet as a base for investigation, come to know what starves the hindrances and what feeds the enlightenment factors.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-07-21 The Five Hindrances 42:22
Use samatha – that which dispels passion – and vipassana – that which dispels ignorance – as practices that help overcome the hindrances. These themes of calming and inquiry are more than just techniques, they are a way to live all of life.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-07-20 Come Into The Body 44:34
When the cascade of thoughts and feelings come rushing in, rather than, ‘What am I going to do about it?’ ask, ‘Where am I right now?’ It doesn’t seem relevant, but it brings us out of the scenario and into the body. Steadied in the flow of feeling, we can then learn the particular skill of being with rather than being in them.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-07-19 Sitting And Walking Basics 28:01
Descriptions for supportive postures and attitudes in walking and sitting meditation. In all postures, body offers the sense of ground and strengthens presence through the pull of stories and feelings.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-07-17 Embracing Suffering 50:05
(Given on Asalha Puja, commemorating the occasion when the Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths.) A lot of our practice is about squaring up to the first noble truth of suffering rather than wriggling away from it. Mindfulness of body provides a channel to open up to suffering, where it can be experienced in terms of energies rather than thoughts and emotions.
Cittaviveka 2008 Cittaviveka Vassa Group Retreat
2008-06-15 Guided Meditation - Cultivating Appreciation 39:30
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