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Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) episodes
- Ajahn Sucitto: Roots of felt body - sensing the field(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Touch sense establishes relationship and presence within the shared field. When this is safe, citta can unfold, and we re-form.51 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Roots of Felt Body Sensing the Field(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Touch sense establishes relationship and presence within the shared field.. when this is safe, citta can unfold, and we re-form.55 min
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- Ajahn Sucitto: Handling Feeling, Releasing Emotion, Shifting the Me Position(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge)56 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Q and A(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions) 01 06 Q1 I don't have any particular devotional practice. Is this like a Brahmavihara practice? 01:41 Q2 Regarding the relationship between citta and yoni as in yoniso manasikara, I relate to citta on a moment to moment basis. Yoni seems to be a seat of integrated wisdom. 20:15 Q3 Can you explain about metta practice. 27:31 Q4 Someone said resentment and aversion are natural conditions of the mind. They're not self and when seen as not self, they disappear. Can you comment please? 34:17 Q5 I would like to know if the inner tyrant is considered wrong view.44 min
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- Ajahn Sucitto: A simple short refuge mantra is offered(Dhamma Stream Online Sessions) Buddhaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāmiDhammaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāmiSanghaṃ me jīvitaṃ yāva nibbānaṃ saranaṃ gacchāami{To the Buddha I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbanaTo the Dhamma I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbanaTo the Sangha I go for refuge living my life to realize nibbana}4 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Regulating Inner with Outer(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Through consciousness, boundaries form between subject and object; thus, me and the world. Through the stress of that, the me closes into a bag. Defense and acquisition strategies. Heart (citta) is not consciousness and can turn away from creating the same me bag. This is through regulating inner-outer sensitivities to a harmonious whole.1 hr 1 min
- Ajahn Sucitto: Regulating inner with outer(Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge) Through consciousness, boundaries form between subject and object; thus, me and the world. Through the stress of that, the me closes into a bag. Defense and acquisition strategies. Heart (citta) is not consciousness and can turn away from creating the same me bag. This is through regulating inner-outer sensitivities to a harmonious whole.57 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