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Dharma Talks given at Cittaviveka
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2006-07-16 Guided Meditation On Energetics - Deepening Ground 47:57
Ajahn Sucitto
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In meditation the ground has to be both clear and enjoyable. Make a joyful kind of effort. Refer to breathing to give focus; refer to the physical when the mind spins out. Track energy along the chakras – expand it, spread it around. May this be well.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-16 The Whole Person - integrating bodily, emotive, rational patterns 56:14
Ajahn Sucitto
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A teaching on the faculties of body, speech and mind and their patterning, saṇkhāra. In meditation, we work with the energy of these patternings. Clear and soothe body energies with breathing, and heart energies open. Upright presence of body allows us to remain attuned with the madness of the mind.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-14 Hindrances & Entering The Place Of Presence 60:04
Ajahn Sucitto
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There’s a glow and energizing effect to the hindrances that we’re attracted to. But if we lose presence in their pursuit, we don’t notice how they burn us. Samadhi is the overcoming of this, the coming into presence. The stages of samadhi cultivation are described, grounding the heart in the body so doesn’t rush out with feeling.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-13 Guided Meditation - Opening To The Sense Of 'other' 21:04
Ajahn Sucitto
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The tendency is to conceive ourselves as being a separate entity; yet, we’re always in something. There is something around us without which we wouldn’t survive. Practice sensing into the ‘us-ness’, the sense of me and something else. Mindfulness of body and breathing support this practice.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-13 Steadying Presence - Breathing Where You Are 46:58
Ajahn Sucitto
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With breathing we are coming into different aspect of body, the energy body. Feel the internal body with reference to breathing. Use the thinking mind to keep pointing – where am I? Heart picks up feelings of space, gladness ease. Body, heart mind work together to clear kammic disturbances in the energy field. Walking instructions at the end.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-12 Guided Meditation - Posture 17:51
Ajahn Sucitto
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2006-07-12 Connecting Body To Mind In Terms Of Energy 44:39
Ajahn Sucitto
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The kind of effort energy that is often brought to ‘trying to meditate’ lacks balance. Guidance is given to establish a steady upright posture with the external frame of the body. Energy is sensed at chakra centers to support its free flow through the body.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-12 Guided Meditation – Posture 17:37
Ajahn Sucitto
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Guidance to use attention to set up a steady, relaxed frame. Breathing sustains a sense of flow throughout, clearing blocked areas.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-07-10 Selfless Persons 65:18
Ajahn Sucitto
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On this Path, there is release, and there is also awakening into something vaster. Wherever suffering occurs, that’s the place of release. Apply yourself to the restricted places, and effortlessly, the revelation arises.
Cittaviveka :  Vassa 2006 Group Retreat

2006-06-17 Glorious Failure 57:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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Over time we experience of the limitations of body and mind. What we rely on doesn’t actually work. Life is a failure, but we can make it a glorious failure. The practice of Dhamma-Vinaya helps keep the spirit bright and impeccable in what we do. Dhamma means to establish ethical clarity, mindfulness, lovingkindness; Vinaya is bringing these ideals and aspirations forth into a living context.
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