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: G.M.
    (Cittaviveka) Beneath the currents of underlying thoughts lie the mind states. Thoughts will never take us to the end, to release. Relate instead with the mind states, directly handling them with sensitivity, understanding, receptivity.
    41 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: The Drunken Buddha
    (Cittaviveka) As we cultivate and come to know citta more, we may find it to be like a drunken Buddha – partly still caught up in unskillful actions, partly with the clear potential for liberation. Using hiri (self respect) ottappa (concern for others) as a frame of reference, citta begins to discern skillful from unskillful. Continue to practice in accordance with Dhamma, and the Path will clear the defilements.
    44 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Kamma Junkies And Dhamma Heroes
    (Cittaviveka) A certain quality of heroism is called for in this practice. Not just as an act of bravado, but where one comes into their full potential for awakening; and not in a way of becoming anything – it’s overcoming any wish to become anything. Through overcoming this powerful drive, we shake the addiction of becoming.
    54 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Vinaya-A Universal Training
    (Cittaviveka) Vinaya isn’t just monastic rules. It is a set of teachings and guidelines that help check our actions so we can live according to our deeply held values – generosity, mutual respect, simplicity of needs. These values act as Path factors, to support the release into freedom.
    48 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Pinning Down The Shapeshifter
    (Cittaviveka) Meeting and transmuting the hindrances requires appropriate attention, knowing how one is affected. Referring to where body and mind meet as a base for investigation, come to know what starves the hindrances and what feeds the enlightenment factors.
    46 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: The Five Hindrances
    (Cittaviveka) Use samatha – that which dispels passion – and vipassana – that which dispels ignorance – as practices that help overcome the hindrances. These themes of calming and inquiry are more than just techniques, they are a way to live all of life.
    43 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Come Into The Body
    (Cittaviveka) When the cascade of thoughts and feelings come rushing in, rather than, ‘What am I going to do about it?’ ask, ‘Where am I right now?’ It doesn’t seem relevant, but it brings us out of the scenario and into the body. Steadied in the flow of feeling, we can then learn the particular skill of being with rather than being in them.
    45 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Sitting And Walking Basics
    (Cittaviveka) Descriptions for supportive postures and attitudes in walking and sitting meditation. In all postures, body offers the sense of ground and strengthens presence through the pull of stories and feelings.
    29 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.