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The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
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Dharma Talks
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2019-12-18
Pick Up the Thread
30:41
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Ajahn Sucitto
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In meditation we practice to find the balance of both focused and open awareness. We place the mind on a concept, and linger there letting the meaning run through the heart. Mind finds it difficult, but body does it naturally. The body can teach us the right kind of attention that lifts the mind and makes it happy.
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Uttama Bodhi Vihara
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Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto
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2019-12-17
Ways to Awaken: Five Ways to Become An Arahant
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Shaila Catherine
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In this talk, Shaila Catherine explores five ways that one may become fully awakened—an arahant. The teaching is based on a discourse found in the Anguttara Nikaya (AN 5:26). These ways include awakening 1) by listening to someone teach the dhamma, 2) while teaching the dhamma, 3) by reciting the teachings in detail as one has learned them, 4) while pondering, examining and investigating the dhamma, and 5) through penetrative wisdom with an object of concentration. Study, reflection, and deep meditation create conducive conditions for awakening. Study informs and inspires our meditation practice; meditation produces depth and clarity in understanding. We can balance our engagement with both study and meditation to optimize the cultivation of this liberating path.
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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2019-12-11
Q&A
58:59
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Ajahn Sucitto
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1) What is citta? 2) Regrets, how to forgive oneself 3) How to practice appamano states in everyday life (mudita, equanimity) 4) How to work with obstructive mind-states (judgmental, not good enough, lonely, regretful, hopelessness) 5) How to practice reclining meditation 6) Headaches in certain mind-states
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Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand
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6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto
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2019-12-10
Power Of Balance
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Shaila Catherine
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In this talk, Shaila Catherine suggests that everyone is responsible for their own state of balance. She explores several practical areas for cultivating a balanced approach to practice including: aligning the body posture with the force of gravity, recognizing how mindfulness brings a balanced relationship to sensory experiences, and cultivating a non-reactive attitude toward both pleasant and unpleasant feelings. We learn to quickly restore our emotional balance whenever we find ourselves entangled in stories or personal dramas. We refine our ability to apply balanced effort in the way that we engage with meditation. And we continuously refine the powerful balance in the meditating mind by perceiving how the five spiritual faculties and the seven awakening factors are affecting our attention and understanding.
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Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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December 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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