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Dharma Talks
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2021-03-21
Opening into Consciousness
38:01
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Ajahn Sucitto
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In meditation we rest into what’s always here. Like dropping a net into the river and seeing what we catch, we simply take note with awareness, deep listening and open presence. Use structures and qualities as a skillful tetherings, to turn citta away from the complexity of stimulation, activity and abstraction. When energies are no longer running out, citta settles in itself. This is samādhi.
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Cittaviveka
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2021 Cittaviveka Winter Retreat Closing Group Practice
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2021-03-17
Guided Meditation – Filtering the Flood
52:55
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Ajahn Sucitto
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In meditation we practice viewing the stream of circumstance from the place of acknowledgement. Let the stream flow past without getting into the details. Centering practices of body, presence, ethics and heart strengthen the possibility to shift attention from the outflows to here.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-03-13
Desperately Seeking Non-desperation
56:31
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The tendency to keep running out into concepts eventually results in overload, insecurity, anxiety, collapse. We’re desperately looking for sanity. The steadiness and fulfillment we seek is already here, in the non-conceptual intelligence of body and heart. Rather than going out, return to where body, mind and heart energy come together. In this presence our real home appears.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-03-03
Guided Meditation – Whole Body Awareness
54:38
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Ajahn Sucitto
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We may assume, and learn, that meditation is about focusing on details, but the Buddha advocates whole body awareness. Make an exercise of it, extending your awareness. Maintaining attention on the whole body doesn’t allow the mind to fixate – it stays open so the tangles and storms have no place to take hold. Posture, breathing and a receptive mind state all act as supports.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-01-28
Dhammavicaya - Head and Heart
47:39
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Ajahn Sucitto
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There is fundamental puñña – value – in just being human. But citta doesn’t know its value, it gets lost in dreams, worries, passions, opinions. Collect oneself where body, thought and heart come together and investigate – where does the suffering end, where does fulfillment come from? Return to the place of innate value, stability, composure and clarity.
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Cittaviveka
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2021-01-21
Freshen Up through Integrity and Resolution
47:44
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Being affected by hindrances is a natural hurdle in Dhamma practice. Meet them by cultivating and suffusing wholesome heart qualities through the body. Application of integrity and resolution as we practice encourages citta to grow up and learn from the difficulties.
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Cittaviveka
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