Dharma Talks
given at Cittaviveka
2022-01-10
Cracking the Shell Is Pleasant
39:29
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The process of cultivation is a pleasant one of cleaning away the dross and delusions that cause us suffering and stress. Drop by drop the bucket fills up with skillful actions and overflows into something more deep, steady, reliable. Be a stable presence rather than search for it, ‘out there’ – gradually the chaos will begin to still. There’s a process there, and the result is purification. |
Cittaviveka
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2022 Winter Retreat Opening Group Practice
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2022-01-08
Stream of Liberation
51:47
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Ajahn Sucitto
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There is the nutriment for ignorance and the nutriment for true knowledge and liberation. Both are dependently arising on other factors. What arises, whether skillful or unskillful, is based on how one places attention, moderates attitudes, and relinquishes self-view. This is a transpersonal process – keep filtering experience in these transpersonal terms. |
Cittaviveka
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2022 Winter Retreat Opening Group Practice
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2021-12-31
The Network of Liberation
46:13
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Notice the web of conditions we all share, connections we take for granted – we are not separate from that, we are that weave. The decent human response is to cultivate virtue and goodwill, develop wisdom; such skillful causes and conditions purify the heart. This is the kamma that leads to the end of kamma. Connection to Dhamma via spiritual friendship leads out of suffering. It’s important to recognize such connectivity as a skillful quality, not a bondage. |
Cittaviveka
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2021-12-19
Enjoying Presence
40:53
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Ajahn Sucitto
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We become entangled in the creations and reactions that arise based on ignorance. Mindfulness immersed in the body is where we can experience release from the powerful reflexes and currents. Translate the complexities of thoughts into the simplicity of emotional drives, and feel them in the body. Tune into what’s given – awareness, presence, stability – this is comfortable, this is pleasure, this is our basic ground. |
Cittaviveka
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2021-11-04
Noble Giving Means Giving Oneself
58:18
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The quality of dāna, giving, is not dependent on materiality or even a charitable obligation. It’s a Dhamma practice that makes you stronger than you thought you were – it brings up your nobility. It’s a privilege to give because it makes you glad, and so the enlightenment factors arise in the mind. For the one receiving, giving brings forth integrity – one wants to live up to the offering. This is the dāna principle; everybody wins. This dāna is a step on the Path to awakening. |
Cittaviveka
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