Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center)

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Ajahn Sucitto's most recent Dharma talks (Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center) episodes

  • Ajahn Sucitto: A vehicle for liberation
    (Chicago Theosophical Society) We can reach into that which is bigger than our personal form, where we don’t feel the separation, we feel held by something that never leaves us – the boundless heart. We’re never totally closed, we just have scar tissue, and it can be brought back to life. This is the medium – lovingkindness, compassion, measureless, unrestricted. This is a vehicle for transformation and liberation from being identified from the world of circumstance.
    39 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A
    (Chicago Theosophical Society) (1:20) Returning to the unfettered after restriction; (6:22) romantic love; (8:50) holding in between breathing in and out; (13:31) feelings of restriction; (16:37) where emotions tend to arise in the body; (19:20) mind is easily distracted.
    23 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Let the heart express itself
    (Chicago Theosophical Society) Love can come to be seen as a reward for good boys and girls. But it’s not a reward, and it’s not a social courtesy. It’s unfettered receptivity to the felt experience of being human. Gently removing barriers and setting aside distortions, stay steady with the natural trembling of being touched and let the heart express itself.
    24 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Guided Meditation: Heartfulness – a natural quality
    (Chicago Theosophical Society) As you come into presence, feeling body and breathing, mind naturally wants to wander off. Return because there’s something enjoyable and essential to nourish yourself with. Open up to the capacity for enjoyment of the qualities and energies that begin to be felt. Enjoy the present moment as it is – a gift.
    21 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Natural flowing of goodwill
    (Chicago Theosophical Society) The brahmaviharā are often referred to as sublime abiding places. This is the realm of heart, not a sensory realm but a spiritual one. The heart is often troubled in daily life. With the removal of obstacles and the sense of separation, the natural flowing of heartful qualities is restored. These are part of our nature, treasures of the gone forth person.
    19 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Gathering allies for liberation
    (Cittaviveka) As we practice, there can be an urge to get out of this world. Rather than follow that instinct, find a way to move through the world in a way that’s harmonious. By being heedful, lifting attention, disengaging and seeing the world clearly, there is the possibility to act rather than get swept up. The 5 indriya are our allies, protecting the heart as we put the teachings into practice in our lives.
    53 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Measureless heart
    (Cittaviveka) The results of our actions – physical, mental and verbal – make the person. If we are generous or selfish, condemning or forgiving, the results wrap around the heart and shape the person. This is kamma – it’s not personal, it’s a law. Kamma isn’t locked, it can be turned. Turn towards the measureless states – abundant, exalted, free from ill-will.
    50 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: The Energy of Release
    (Amaravati Monastery) Unless you find your stable ground, you’re not equipped to deal with your problems. The fundamental reaction to problems will be ill will – resentment, fear, blaming, guilt. Withdraw energy from the world of mind and come back into presence. There’s a sense of inner spaciousness, an energy of releasing, softening, letting go. It’s like a return. This is how we purify our own hearts.
    56 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Entering the Sacred
    (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies) The quality of the sacred is missing from our lives, that which is totally true and is always there. We can open to it every day, from that stable place of embodiment. From that open center, we form a relational entity that can carry our values and virtues forward.
    39 min
  • Ajahn Sucitto: Q&A 3
    (Barre Center for Buddhist Studies) Impact of other people; over-reliance on others; staying open with the unknown; responding to others’ sense of entitlement; innate truth of the cosmos; citta and the sense world; fear and constriction in the energy body.
    33 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.