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Ajahn Sucitto's Dharma Talks at Cittaviveka
Ajahn Sucitto
As a monk, I bring a strong commitment, along with the renunciate flavor, to the classic Buddhist teachings. I play with ideas, with humor and a current way of expressing the teachings, but I don't dilute them.
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2021-06-01 Suffusion with the Divine Abidings Chanting (Pāli) 3:55
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Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 Day 3 Q&A2 47:34
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Relationship between manas and citta; excessive sexual images; what is the subtle body; breath as prana/breath of life; heart qualities that shift perception to vitality; opening energy centers; does energy discharge in standing meditation; working with psychological and emotional pain; resentment and anger arise when practicing at home; unlearning addiction to the clock.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 Guided Meditation - Clearing the Body 15:43
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Beginning at the abdomen – the center of the body, the energy center – use a combination of awareness and breathing to open, relax and release areas of the body.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 The Three-fold Flood 53:02
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The floods that wash over citta – floods of sensuality, kamma and unknowing – make it unstable, causing it to constantly search outside of itself for an anchor. The training is for citta to sit back in itself – remain embodied and use the tools within its range to gain strength and weaken the underlying programs.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 Puja - The Sacred 30:09
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In puja we align ourselves to the sacred. It gives our hearts a sense of purpose. Recollection of values and virtues are uplifted and sustained, giving rise to sappurisa – a person of integrity whose actions are for the welfare of all.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 Morning Chanting, 5 Subjects for Frequent Recollection 8:16
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Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-06-01 Day 3 Q&A1 42:27
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How do I know if I have stream entry; how is fasting a benefit for practice; is body contemplation needed, how often; how to live with someone who lacks integrity; sāti and samādhi; experience of rapture during meditation; difficult to see dukkha in sense pleasures; observing eight precepts; keeping ‘not eating after noon’ based on which time zone; issue of entitlement; receiving guidance from a teacher; understanding causes and conditions for clarity.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-05-31 Feeling Creates the Person 24:23
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The effect of feeling, agreeable or disagreeable, touches the citta. The practice is not to contract around the resonance, don’t grab the feeling. It’s the clinging reflex that creates the person. Maintain open stable presence – go bigger and wider than the activations – and the grasping lessens.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-05-31 Steering Thought 24:32
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We need to train and tame thought so we can use it carefully for inquiry and investigation. Steering away from the conceived, find out how citta is being affected. Supported by embodiment and qualities of goodwill and compassion, the tamed, trained thinking mind gives rise to insight – it’s a liberator.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload
2021-05-31 Day 2 Q&A 48:50
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What is practicing directly; differences between sāti sampajañña and sātipañña; meandering/curious attention when practicing; how important is jhāna; help working with our habits and blind spots; how to work with the inner critic; when to address things internally or externally with regards to other people.
Cittaviveka :  Clearing the Floods - Dealing with Internal and External Overload

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