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Dharma Talks
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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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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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2021-08-03
Field of Blessings
42:15
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| Reflecting on the Mangala (Highest Blessings) sutta, we consider the field we’re in – what we associate with, who is in the field. The field itself generates a center – let it form out of what’s most beautiful and gives you aspiration. This is your keel in the midst of the storm so that even when living in the world, one is not acting in worldly ways. One is safe and secure. This is the highest blessing. |
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2021-08-02
Moving through the World
42:48
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| How we meet and move through our world determines our experience of it. If we can shift our volition, the world changes. Contemplate the proper intention for whatever you’re a part of – best thing to stop suffering is to be in harmony with it. Breathing in, breathing out, setting aside any hint of ill-will, open to your world with the gentle quality of suffusing goodwill. |
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice
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2021-08-01
Easing into Wholeness
45:02
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| We use the forms of everyday life to notice what the mind makes out of them, the accumulations that occur. The theme is stay with the whole, stay connected, let the details go. What’s behind the inclination to move out? The stable reassuring quality of attention over the whole form – without ill-will, closing down, or dismissal – results in the freedom and happiness we seek. |
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice
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2021-07-31
Skilful Signs Skilful Absorption
39:07
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| By its nature, mind is absorptive. In skilful cultivation we steer that towards internal qualities of contentment, unity, release. This is how we are gladdened – the nervous system steadies and cools, body gets happy, mind composes itself, then you begin to see things clearly – what’s causing the distortions, stress and struggle, and you stop doing it, stop throwing your heart away to your obsessions. Settle into the goodness, drink it in. Wisdom arises from here. |
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice
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2021-07-29
Upright Mind, Upright Body
46:18
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| Bring attention to where body and mind come together in the upright. Upright is not just anatomical, but energetic – where you feel balanced, poised, wakeful. Relax the stress in body and mind with the calming effects of breathing. As mental and bodily energies gather and steady around the center, citta can rest here, and begin to experience its collectedness. |
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice
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2021-07-28
Forgiveness and Gratitude
40:39
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| Suffering tends to isolate us into a small tight heap forming around a particular topic. In this narrow field we lose access to gladness, self-acceptance, and forgiveness. Breathing through the agitating energies, feel them as just that – it’s not personal, we can rise above. Willing to touch what’s difficult with gladness, we can meet the failing world without getting upset. |
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Cittaviveka 2021 Rains Retreat - Opening Group Practice
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