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2022-05-27 The Kindness of Wisdom 51:51
Ajahn Sucitto
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Discernment is easily biased by the five aggregates, especially mental constructions such as uncertainty and ‘not quite right yet’. Contemplating citta we can understand suffering rather than adopt a notion of solving it.
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2022-05-26 Orientation Towards Completion and Ease 60:02
Ajahn Sucitto
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Developing facility with the indriya – faith, energy, mindfulness, collectedness and discernment – supports awareness of skilful states flowing and fulfilling themselves within a mindful embodiment.
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2022-05-26 Guided Standing Meditation 42:28
Ajahn Sucitto
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Self massage helps body awareness arise. With mental intention, alternately directing and releasing activation energy around the body, we increase connectivity and provide a broad basis for mindfulness.
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2022-05-25 Q&A 23:45
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
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Questions are précised and some are read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity. 00:00 Q1 Please say more about sankara and their physiological / psychosomatic body links; 18:06 Q2 I have a question about tears borne from love and grieving. How does this fit with equanimity?
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2022-05-25 Sati with other faculties 25:27
Laura Bridgman
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The mind is a delicate and responsive instrument. Balancing faith and effort, sati uses gentleness and patience and we learn what is peaceful and natural.
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2022-05-25 Sati-sampajañña - Clearing Hindrances 60:12
Ajahn Sucitto
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Hindrances can be cleared through ‘mindful direct awareness’ – sati sampajañña. Such working through what blocks the potential of citta, demands humility, since it is not one’s personal self doing the work. Body is a key and potent resource.
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2022-05-24 Q&A 38:32
Ajahn Sucitto, Laura Bridgman
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Questions are précised and some are read later into the file to protect participants’ anonymity. 00:00 Your explanation of sati as putting a ring around proliferation makes sense to me. How best to do the ring-fencing? 12:46 Q2 Does the Buddha say what the purpose of human life is? 17:39 Q3 What happens when you die? 22:37 Q4 Could you speak more about citta resting in itself. 27:24 Q5 Am I trying to do too much when holding a sense of ground and releasing boundaries for myself? 30:20 Q6 Boundaries in relationships when caring for elderly parents.
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2022-05-24 Composure and Equanimity 46:54
Laura Bridgman
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Composure is an inner experience of what's arising, not dependent on our normal preferences and reactions. Sometimes called vipassana we’re aware subtle or strong currents, noticing and not reacting.
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2022-05-24 Currents in the Citta - Sati 54:00
Ajahn Sucitto
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Considering the structures of the day we can release those that are not useful and direct them to discover citta and an inner balance, not just 'the next thing'.
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2022-05-24 Guided Standing Meditation 50:40
Ajahn Sucitto
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Standing form is a powerful way to bring one into the realities of embodiment which can be taken then to sitting or walking.
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