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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Nine Days of Joy
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| Each day of this retreat, we will put our attention on the cultivation and experience of a different source of joy in the practice. We will explore using these shades of joy to face and resolve the dukkha and challenges of life and also help us to awaken.
The joy of entering the sanctuary
The joy of seclusion
The joy of goodness
The joy of immersion
The joy of enthusiasm
The joy of tranquility
The joy of having faced down suffering
The joy of equanimity
The joy of letting go of everything
The Buddha taught about how different kinds of joy arise in succession towards samādhi and insight. As we practice together, we will rely on suttas from the Pali Canon as a basis for this exploration. |
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2026-06-05 (10 days)
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
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2026-06-05
The Joy of Entering the Sanctuary
1:15:50
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Ayya Santussika,
Ayya Cittananda
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The introduction to the retreat with introductions, descriptions, taking refuges and precepts, and calling the devas. The Dhamma talk starts at 34 minutes.
Tonight we are entering the sanctuary of this amazing forest and beautiful buildings where so many people have come to practice over these many years. We are also entering the sanctuary of physical safety and security to be here together with everyone keeping precepts and holding the intention to practice well. We can feel the presence of the devas. And, we are entering the internal sanctuary of the heart.
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2026-06-06
Technique Questions
53:58
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Ayya Santussika
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Techniques in the practice take many different forms. Some questions include how to work with grief after recent death of one's mother, how to deal with sloth and torpor, how to do walking meditation, etc.
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