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- Ajahn Sucitto: Wiser than we think(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The graduated ripening of conditions that support Awakening is to be studied – but it is led by an intelligence that is subtler than reason.59 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Firming up confidence(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The actions of body, voice and heart can align to one’s aspiration. This gives rise to the inner strength of faith. This is knowable through aware intelligence.15 min
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- Ajahn Sucitto: Breaking through the web(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Existence is an ongoing arising of dynamic and interdependent factors. We both arouse and support skilful ones and break through the obsessive and deluded ones.1 hr 4 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Keeping it fresh(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Beginning a day, beginning anything, requires openness, letting go of the known. Reorient the mind through deep attention.27 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: A firm foothold(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Dhamma is a wheel of factors that incline towards awakening. ‘World’ is a wheeling of factors that go nowhere useful. Place a firm footing on the Dhamma through the five indriya.46 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Puja as practice.(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) The use of chanting, ritual and devotional practice to attune the citta to the field of shared aspiration12 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Fields and forms – the play of consciousness(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) From awareness in the field of sense data, consciousness selects an object. That process generates a subject. In the split between subject and object, demons arise. The true subject has no object, and cannot be tracked. This is presence, awareness.44 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Chanting: the movement into harmony(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Chanting is trans-rational - it’s not just what it means but what it does. By incorporating the body’s emotionally sensitive energies, and by attuning to others, it brings us to harmony.11 min
About Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Gaia House)
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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.
Sitting in a field of fifty to eighty people really starts my mind sparking. Since I don't prepare my talks ahead of time, I find myself listening to what I'm saying along with everyone else. This leaves a lot of room for the Dhamma to come up. Just having eighty people listening to me is enough to engage me, stimulate me, and create a nice flow of energy. The actual process of teaching evokes ideas that even I did not realize were being held somewhere in my mind.
Different teaching situations offer their own unique value. In retreat, you are able to build a cohesive and comprehensive body of the teachings. When people are not on retreat and come for one session, it opens a different window. They are more spontaneous and I'm given the chance to contact them in ways that are closer to their "daily-life mind." This brings up surprises and interesting opportunities for me to learn even more.
I'm continually struck by how important it is to establish a foundation of morality, commitment, and a sense of personal values for the Vipassana teachings to rest upon. Personal values have to be more than ideas. They have to actually work for us, to be genuinely felt in our lives. We can't bluff our way into insight. The investigative path is an intimate experience that empowers our individuality in a way that is not egocentric. Vipassana encourages transpersonal individuality rather than ego enhancement. It allow for a spacious authenticity to replace a defended personality.
I normally incorporate Qi Gong instruction in my retreats. They are not suitable as audio files but you can watch the nine videos here: https://tinyurl.com/Sucitto-qigong