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Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge
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2019-05-24 The Lucidity of Careful Attention 51:05
Ajahn Sucitto
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We use careful attention – yoniso manasikāra – to steward the meditative process. It helps us know the appropriate technique to use and to discern what is skillful to give attention to and what is not. Without it, clinging coopts experience and makes an ‘I’ out of it. With it, there is non-clinging – lucidity – and the cessation of dukkha.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-23 Dismantle the Do-er 61:06
Ajahn Sucitto
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Contemplation of how form manifests as the 4 great elements – earth, air, fire, water. When sensed externally and internally, materially and mentally, the biases that create separateness, and hence identity, begin to soften.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-21 Nibbāna Here and Now 57:35
Ajahn Sucitto
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The 5 aggregates represent the sum total of our conditioned experience. When the direct experience of them is penetrated, and the activations of body and mind calmed, one gains insight into the momentary, concocted, selfless nature of experience itself.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-20 Purifying Posture 11:15
Ajahn Sucitto
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Guidance on clearing the posture of compressions and strain.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-20 Relationship – The Core of Our Practice 61:27
Ajahn Sucitto
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The I/me sense arises within a field of kamma. This requires consistent relational practice as we respond to both phenomena (object-experience) and activations (subject-experience) in the field. Mindfulness and a good somatic sense are the keys to relate to experience without clinging or proliferation.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-18 Q&A 60:15
Ajahn Sucitto
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1) The difference between tanhā and upādāna – which is more important to address? 2) Stream entry – what is it, what helps get to the next level, different definitions of the ‘noble disciple’. 3) Questions about citta – difference between citta and citta saṅkhāra, between mano and citta. 4) Jealously, loneliness, lack of love. 5) Ānāpānasati sutta – is it sequential, do we develop each step in every sitting? 6) Ajahn’s one word of advice. 7) Questions on identity and anattā.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-18 Commitment Is Necessary 57:03
Ajahn Sucitto
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On the occasion of Vesak we are encouraged to make a commitment to training the heart. Then to steer the world of space and time we live in around that commitment. This is how actions (kamma) can build up helpful results and lead to the end of kamma.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-17 A Peaceful Abiding Is Possible 59:41
Ajahn Sucitto
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We put energy into territory that can’t be under our sway, seeking security in systems and customs. What we do have sway over is this embodied mind. It can be trained to orient around wholesome qualities, and to realize that it’s most secure when clinging is released.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-17 Standing Meditation: Balance Is Conducive to Release 17:55
Ajahn Sucitto
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The balance required in standing supports an uncontracted body. Lengthening, widening and deepening the somatic field, discordant energies, which may manifest as troubled moods, thoughts or impressions, can be ventilated and released.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-05-16 The Person Doesn’t Stop Clinging 59:04
Ajahn Sucitto
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Clinging can’t be dealt with by the person. Meet it instead in the body where it manifests as stuck or numb places. Appropriate attention and the rhythm of breathing encourage constricted places to release, smoothing out the entire bodily field.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  The Touch of Dhamma - May 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

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