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Dharma Talks
given at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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2018-11-28
32 Ajahn’s Advice - Play More
51:12
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| The Buddha’s instructions for gladdening the mind are not to be skimmed over. Without qualities such as gladness and appreciation we approach practice through the highly conditioned, self-conscious personality. Gladdening must directly touch the citta which cannot be reached through the rational mind or personality. Ajahn suggests accessing citta through imagination and play. |
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November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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2018-11-25
30 Q&A
1:13:38
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| Translation of vipassana bhumi chant; clarificiation around sutta passage that asserts that a female could never become a Buddha; why we chant the Refuge Mantra 9 times; questions around working with perception; skillful contemplation of independence; taking pleasure from food; how to recognize and clear blocked energy in the body |
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November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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2018-11-24
28 The Luminous Citta
27:56
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Ajahn Sucitto
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| The aggregates themselves are not problematic, it’s our blind, desperate clinging to them that causes suffering. It’s possible for citta to radiate into the aggregates and into our lives. First what’s needed is the act of withdrawing into a place of refuge to collect and gather. Then the act of integration, bringing qualities of calm, kindness, resolve into our spee |
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November 6 - December 4 2018 at IMS - Forest Refuge
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