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- Ajahn Sucitto: The Indestructible Heart - Sunday morning session(New York Insight Meditation Center) Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? The Buddha’s Dhamma gives us a way to develop the inner strength and space to meet what arises in our lives. The weekend will offer ways to cultivate the ‘inner authority’ of the five indriya, and the capacity to bring forth good will. It will require commitment to a weekend schedule of sitting and standing in meditation, with extended periods of silence.1 hr 33 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Indestructible Heart, Saturday, afternoon session(New York Insight Meditation Center) Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? The Buddha’s Dhamma gives us a way to develop the inner strength and space to meet what arises in our lives. The weekend will offer ways to cultivate the ‘inner authority’ of the five indriya, and the capacity to bring forth good will. It will require commitment to a weekend schedule of sitting and standing in meditation, with extended periods of silence.2 hr 1 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Indestructible Heart - Saturday - AM(New York Insight Meditation Center) Feeling stressed or overwhelmed? The Buddha’s Dhamma gives us a way to develop the inner strength and space to meet what arises in our lives. The weekend will offer ways to cultivate the ‘inner authority’ of the five indriya, and the capacity to bring forth good will. It will require commitment to a weekend schedule of sitting and standing in meditation, with extended periods of silence.1 hr 38 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Indestructible Heart - Friday Evening Talk -(New York Insight Meditation Center) The Buddha’s Dhamma gives us a way to develop the inner strength and space to meet what arises in our lives. The weekend will offer ways to cultivate the ‘inner authority’ of the five indriya, and the capacity to bring forth good will. It will require commitment to a weekend schedule of sitting and standing in meditation, with extended periods of silence.1 hr 53 min
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- Ajahn Sucitto: Reflections On The Triple Gem(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Themes for daily reflection to set up Dharma practice everyday46 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Way Out Of Suffering, Stress(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) There are emotions that support the way out of dukkha. These can be summarized as basic clarity, basic heart and basic strength1 hr 6 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Out Of the Orphanage(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) Citta (awareness, mind psyche) needs skillful "attachment" to be healthy - upright-the basis for liberation. To be motivated towards this - is healthy motivation - not craving1 hr 5 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Thermals Of Awakening(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The supportive factors of meditation build up to a rising current that carries the mind to greater clarity, confidence and collected samadi54 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Guided Meditation On Standing(Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center) The session deals with subtle bodywork - moving breath through the abdomen, chest and head31 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