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Dharma Talks
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2021-10-20
Returning to the source
41:08
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The protocols for cultivation of citta differ from those that operate in the sense world. Step back from the object and notice how it’s affecting you; notice how the subject is being affected. This leads to a purification in terms of engagement with phenomena, and draws away from clinging and passion. From this place of solidity and strength, turn back to the wisdom of your own heart and act from there.
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Cittaviveka
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Closing Group Practice
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2021-10-19
Signs, distorted or uplifting
38:14
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Ajahn Sucitto
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In cultivation we’re learning to experience things directly as they really are. We come to understand that we are moved and triggered by signs, not things. A lot of practice is about turning attention away from unskillful signs and cultivating skillful ones – cooperation, generosity, goodness. Then you’ve got something precious that takes you through difficult places and makes you feel comfortable when you’re in a bleak state.
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Cittaviveka
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Closing Group Practice
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2021-10-14
Web of goodness
36:43
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Ajahn Sucitto
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We live in a human context with its mixture of bright and discordant energies. Our individual internal contexts are no different. We cultivate to potentize Dhamma factors for our own benefit and the benefit of the world. Grounding in wholesome qualities and steadiness of body, we find a raft in this very flooded swampy saṁsāra from which we can meet and review the flood of emotions and impulses.
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Cittaviveka
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Closing Group Practice
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2021-10-06
Gathering allies for liberation
52:03
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Ajahn Sucitto
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As we practice, there can be an urge to get out of this world. Rather than follow that instinct, find a way to move through the world in a way that’s harmonious. By being heedful, lifting attention, disengaging and seeing the world clearly, there is the possibility to act rather than get swept up. The 5 indriya are our allies, protecting the heart as we put the teachings into practice in our lives.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-08-31
Measureless heart
49:06
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The results of our actions – physical, mental and verbal – make the person. If we are generous or selfish, condemning or forgiving, the results wrap around the heart and shape the person. This is kamma – it’s not personal, it’s a law. Kamma isn’t locked, it can be turned. Turn towards the measureless states – abundant, exalted, free from ill-will.
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Cittaviveka
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