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Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) episodes
- Ajahn Sucitto: Acknowledgement of Fields(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Experience arises as ‘fields’ – for example the visual field. Skilful fields – ‘places’ to dwell in - are necessary and can be generated - for example the moral field, the devotional / sacred field and the embodied field.57 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Outline of structures for retreat(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) There is a need for healthy structures to replace the defective structures of the socially-generated self.15 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Dependent Origination(The Karuna Institute) Dependent origination offers another map to understand how sankhara is configured.1 hr 14 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Wellspring of Citta(The Karuna Institute) (Begins with 30 min guided meditation)With self view there is a tendency to meet experience with pre-formed responses of who I am, why they are, and what's needed. Orienting around citta allows a more natural and spontaneous response, one where empathy and preciousness are infused in intentions and actions.1 hr 33 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Kamma of Meditation(The Karuna Institute) Through the kamma of meditation we have the possibility to potentize agreeable and pleasant states in our own minds. Self tendencies can be relaxed so the beauty of the natural mind can come through.1 hr 1 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Floods of Contact(The Karuna Institute) Contact is not a small matter - it can trigger a flood of perceptions and unskillful responses. These triggers can be found and unplugged through a practice of grounded embodiment and skillful attention and engagement.44 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Guided Meditation: Held by Ground(The Karuna Institute) When we're on the move, ground can feel fragile and shaky. We can absorb into the ground beneath us that is given and welcomes us. Notice the sensations and mental tones as you relax and rest into being held.32 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: The Unbinding of Sankhara(The Karuna Institute) Reality gets constructed almost automatically, like magnetically being pulled into being. That pull comes from sankhara; it's the dynamic that binds, so it also unbinds.1 hr 16 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Calming the Body with Breathing(The Karuna Institute) In and out breathing has the potential to smooth out and calm the body's energy field. Use the thinking mind to point to and stay with the energy of the breath. The affective sense (citta) will respond by becoming more settled and bright. Unifying the mind, body and citta in this way is the samadhi process.34 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Natural Intelligence of the Body(The Karuna Institute) Tune into the natural intelligence of the body, starting with the hands, allowing them to "find" and "know" each other. In walking, notice how natural walking is more circular, like walking in a space bubble. Find the body's natural expression when walking within that bubble.27 min
About Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley)
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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