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Retreat Dharma Talks
at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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2019-05-01 (31 days)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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2019-05-26
Guided Meditation: Begin with Intention
60:02
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Wherever intention is, there is citta. So we begin formal meditation practice there, establishing intentions based on goodwill, sensitivity and relinquishment. With these themes resonating in one’s heart, what can be put aside now?
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2019-05-27
Learning to Linger and Appreciate (Muditā)
59:27
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Liberation begins with appreciation of one’s own heart, one’s sensitivity. Learn to linger in it, and speak to it with kindness. Gladness and ease naturally arise, and the mind becomes concentrated. This is the natural Dhamma process.
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2019-05-28
The Unbiased and Unwavering Heart (Upekkhā)
61:00
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Cultivating equanimity (upekkhā) begins with touching into primal sympathy. As this develops, we are more able to meet experience without shrinking from it or becoming feverish for it. This paves the way for insight and release.
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2019-05-30
Associating with Good People
54:35
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Ajahn Sucitto
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Associating with good people is the nutriment that leads to true knowledge and liberation. We learn what’s most important from other people, not from books and ideas. To find good people, start by being one.
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2019-05-30
Guided Meditation: Sharing the Blessing
50:51
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Ajahn Sucitto
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The Offering of Truth: After making the dedication of offerings, a guided meditation that invites the qualities of generosity is provided. Through this, we recall what we’ve received from teachers, parents, the earth – and the challenges that have caused us to grows. As we recollect, we offer our ongoing aspiration.
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2019-05-31
Closing: Keeping Citta Fit for Practice
34:22
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Ajahn Sucitto
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There are places where the mind slips and slides into injurious patterns, subtle points of misconduct that do harm. Develop qualities of sīla to guard and protect the citta, shaping it according to Dhamma rather than to worldliness or old kamma.
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