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2020-04-02 Evening Lockdown Meditation 59:03
Bhante Bodhidhamma
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Starts with Taking Refuges and Precepts and a contemplation. Ends with practices of Compassion, Joy and Goodwill (Metta)
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2020-03-05 Day 5 Morning Instructions (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 62:17
Phillip Moffitt
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With Refuges and Precepts
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  March Monthlong

2020-02-18 Meaning and Use of Refuges and Precepts 19:49
Ajahn Sucitto
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The end of retreat brings the occasion to recollect our good actions and results. This is both in terms of what we do and what we refrain from. We also take the opportunity to align to refuges and precepts as a reminder to stay awake.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-13 Hold the Heart Steady against the Push of Ill-Will 43:56
Ajahn Sucitto
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The general mode is to change the outside world to please the heart, but this can never satisfy. We practice instead to change the heart, to make it strong enough to withstand the push of ill-will. Refuges include the Triple Gem, brahmavihāras, mindfulness of body and precepts.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-12 Firm Center Open Heart 42:52
Ajahn Sucitto
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On this retreat, practices for establishing a firm center and open heart will be presented. Openness can be too vulnerable, we need to know what to filter and what to linger in. Precepts offer a firm center of integrity. The body can be a source of steady and calm. We bring to heart and mind that which is beautiful and aspirational to shift agitated energies. These are our refuges.
Buddhist Retreat Centre, Ixopo, South Africa :  Ajahn Sucitto, Firm Centre Open Heart Retreat

2020-02-09 Refuges, Precepts and Reflections 61:57
Ajahn Sucitto
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We can establish Firm Centre Open Heart as a core way of being. Refuges and precepts offer support as we train to remain awake and attentive outside of retreat. Vows of virtue and morality, when held with firm flexibility, allow wholesome qualities to be transmitted through the open heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-04 Precepts –Fundamental Principles for Purification 37:20
Ajahn Sucitto
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The heart has tremendous potential for good or bad. We practice to clean up unfortunate effects that get established on it. Principles of respect, restraint and compassion are not only foundations for heart cultivation, but offerings to the world.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-02 Understanding the Five Precepts - Meditation 31:15
Mark Nunberg
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Common Ground Meditation Center :  Weekly Dharma Series

2020-01-30 talk: taking refuges and precepts 31:56
Jill Shepherd
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Some reflections on taking the three refuges and five ethical precepts, as a way of aligning with our deeper intentions for the New Year
Auckland Insight Meditation

2019-12-13 Sīla – A Vehicle for Happiness 33:39
Ajahn Sucitto
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When we make the intention to keep the precepts, we give ourselves the possibility to steer our own lives rather than being swept up in it. The basic principle is not fear and law but sensitivity and concern. We have the intention to live in an atmosphere of goodwill and respect for all sentient beings.
Wongsanit Ashram, Thailand :  6-Day Residential Retreat with Ajahn Sucitto

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