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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2009-01-27
Mindfulness of Movement
41:42
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The underlying bent of the mind is craving, that leaning of the mind to have, get, find, belong. In meditation we practise with loosening that craving energy, and introducing calming subjects for recollection. Walking meditation is a skilful means for loosening and gentling the mind.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-21
Gentling The Mind
36:42
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Cultivating a softer happier state of being is valuable in its own right, and also has a profound purpose – to release mental programs that bind us and restrict us, so we can experience a greater sense of ease and freedom.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-17
Transcendence Includes It All
59:55
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The process of liberation is sometimes referred to as ‘transcendence’. Transcendence means you meet feeling, and mind gets bigger than that, includes it all. It is a natural mode of the mind, to meet and include. Enlightenment factors enable this stepping back and non-involvement. We can then meet the results of kamma and realize liberation.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-15
Knowing Through Dispassion
37:24
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Mindfulness offers the ability to sustain, to notice, and therefore to be wise. Through this we can experience feelings that arise as energy in the body. Stepping back, there is a shift from being in these to a knowingness of them, with resultant dispassion. This is the liberating process of insight.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-14
Generating Skilful Feeling
34:30
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Mindfulness is about knowing how one is affected. We come to know where impulses and intentions/motivations come from, whether these are spiritual or worldly. With skilful intention, there is the possibility to generate pleasant feeling within ourselves. We can find joy in our own presence rather than through external means.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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2009-01-13
A Step Towards The Transcendant
43:01
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Ajahn Sucitto
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This teaching describes the running of psycho-somatic ‘programs’ (saṇkhārā ) – in terms of those that are default and those we can intentionally induce. In this way, in meditation, we develop skills that can change our psychological patterns. The method is: first step back from the torrent of mind; then, cultivate enlightenment factors.
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Cittaviveka
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Winter Retreat
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