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Dharma Talks given at Cittaviveka
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2019-10-12 Approach to Samadhi and Its Benefits 38:53
Ajahn Sucitto
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Intention is conditioned to move forward, to move to the next thing. But the encouragement here is to moderate one’s citta – volitional tendencies. Recollect the skillful, linger and deepen into the feeling of it until the mind is gladdened, settled, brought to singularity. There is always more to do on the conditioned level – taking time to store up the good in this way should not be neglected.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-11 Sweeping the Path 29:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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Like dust, defilements creep into the mind and build up. We live in a dusty world, it’s not a personal failing. The normal response is to be vigilant about sweeping – sustain mindfulness. Persistence, energy, and right attitude are required.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-10 The Way Out of the Jungle 32:50
Ajahn Sucitto
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We can do better than just getting by. We can feel fulfilled in a deep way, released from our confusion and blind spots. We use meditation to cultivate qualities of non-suffering, comfort and steadiness and extend them. The resulting inner harmony becomes our vehicle for walking through the jungle of the heart.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-09 Meeting the Wild Stuff 36:10
Ajahn Sucitto
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The way of the world is linked up to the five hindrances, so we can’t often see them. Automatic attention takes you straight into them. Train attention to be broad and dispassionate. Recognize sense objects for what they are, a secondary reality. Primary reality is contact impression, how citta is affected.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-08 Cultivating Factors for Release 30:10
Ajahn Sucitto
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The mind requires both calm and energy for release. Then abandonment comes through investigation. The investigation is calm and sympathetic; thinking is minimal, mostly feeling and sensing how it is. A return to forest dwellers’ practice is recommended.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-07 Forest Awareness 54:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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With reference to MN19, this teaching addresses the two kinds of thought – ones that lead to my welfare, the welfare of others and the welfare of both, and ones that don’t. But rather than giving attention to the particular thoughts, encouragement is given to tune into the underlying mind stream. Get the feel of it. This requires holistic attention – for one to be alert, sensitive and receptive.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-10-06 Guided Meditation: Introduction to Forest Awareness 49:39
Ajahn Sucitto
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This guided meditation is an invitation to return to the kind of awareness standard of a forest dweller. Defocus and dislodge attention from particular points and details, and tune in to the overall sense of being here. Present, alert, attentive, knowing – not aware of anything, aware of everything.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2019 Closing Group Practice Retreat, Cittaviveka Monastery

2019-07-31 Clearing World from the Mind 49:02
Ajahn Sucitto
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We look for certainty in things that can ever be certain. Constantly pulled out by the world, we leave the only thing that can ever be certain – citta. Rather than attempt to get away from unpleasant feeling, we can review it, soothe and release some of its tangles. We might find it’s possible to be with discomfort, yet free and deeply secure.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Vassa 2019, Opening Group Practice Retreat

2019-07-29 Transmission of Dhamma to Cittaviveka 43:40
Ajahn Sucitto
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Reflecting on the beginnings of Cittaviveka, there’s something to recognize beyond just the history. There’s the transmission, what’s happened in mind, heart and spirit. It can be tracked all the way to the Buddha and the first Noble Truth – a sign of inadequacy, suffering, stress and the wish to realize something further than that. A certain nobility of intention came out of that, and is the same thread of continuity that runs through the monastery today.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Vassa 2019, Opening Group Practice Retreat

2019-07-23 Relevant Mindfulness 40:45
Ajahn Sucitto
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Mindfulness is the ability to bear things in mind with a steady intention. Like the sides of the hand, there is a hard side with its ability to bar and repel corrupting influences, and a soft side that lingers and takes in the qualities. Select an object of meditation based on what’s needed, and give attention to the careful holding.
Cittaviveka :  Cittaviveka Vassa 2019, Opening Group Practice Retreat

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