Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Gaia House)

Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Gaia House)

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Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Gaia House) episodes

  • Ajahn Sucitto: Right view
    (Unknown) Right view; qualities of the citta; recognizing awareness and attention; the mutual support of body and mind; difficult mind states /letting go; using the internal body sense to deal with “this”; tuning into incremental subtleties
    44 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: It’s Like This Now
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) This one slogan can be a reminder of how to sustain mindfulness as we leave the retreat. What we’ll notice is that most of the time, right now there is dukkha caused by the underlying ‘me’ sense. Meditation is an essential part of our spiritual training, but not the only part. Working in community is an invaluable aspect of spiritual training – it provided a context where we can get past the ‘me’ sense and get to the ‘we’ sense.
    59 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Swapping Out Clinging for Sati
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) Grasping occurs when the citta is not comfortable. It gets overwhelmed by feeling and experience. The difference between sati and clinging – they both apprehend things – is sati is very patient. It simply bears things in mind with no particular goal. Sati can spread and expand to include the grasping, clinging reflex when it arises in the experience of embodiment. This is the place for realization.
    30 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A: Tortuous Suffering of Sexual Desire
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) How to work with sexual desire/energy; self-guilt; what does ‘body in the body’ mean; mindfulness while sleeping; stepping back is a precursor to meditation; is inner chatter harmful; doing without tanha; what to do when mind becomes quiet; balancing doubt and faith
    50 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: The Ongoing Practice of Withdrawal
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) The retreat setting is structured to support our practice of restraint and withdrawal. As we re-enter our daily lives, we can consider what structures and practices to put into place to keep these going. Our ability to withdraw allows for the unification and strength needed for discernment, to know how to counteract the hindrances.
    52 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: The Good, The True, The Beautiful
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) Meditation can be thought of as a process of rewilding. The unnatural, toxic ‘me’ sense is removed so that what is natural – good, true and beautiful – can arise. Sometimes conventional life isn’t so beautiful, but we can find conventions and systems that help us practice – sila and recollection of death for example. Take the convention and feel it in the heart. Enjoy it, steady it, extend it.
    46 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Look Near, Look Far
    (Uttama Bodhi Vihara) [Begins 3:25] On this eve of New Year’s Day, Ajahn Sucitto recommends a Buddhist resolution: Look near, look far. We can use this to work with the hindrances. Look near: look right into your heart, into how the body and breathing are affected. Look far: consider the consequences, where contentment and happiness actually come from. The hindrances can help us adjust our lives, they tell us where we’re off track.
    [Ends58:45]
    1 hr 1 min

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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.