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Dharma Talks given at Dharmagiri
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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

2020-02-09 Opening and Soothing the Causal Field 57:04
Ajahn Sucitto
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The theme of the retreat, Firm Centre Open Heart, is a reminder of what the work is. Remaining steady in the “here-ness” of body, and opening the energetic field supports the releasing of kamma. In return you receive the natural beauty of your heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-09 Turning Attention Back to the Source 36:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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Rather than asking why things arise, ask where. Turn attention towards the field of body, behind where phenomena arise. This is a quiet and stable place.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 How to Sustain an Open Heart 66:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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We can notice where we add stress to an already painful, difficult situation. The cause is tanhā and upādāna, craving and clinging. Use meditation to review the craving mind and feel the feeling without closing around it. The duty of the heart is to allow phenomena to arise and pass away.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 The Calming Effects of Puja 24:54
Ajahn Sucitto
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The devotional practices of pūjā can be used to steady the energetic field. Resonate simple sounds, images and meanings in the body to steady thought energy and open the heart.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-08 The Healing of an Opened Heart 58:02
Ajahn Sucitto
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An open heart is a transmitter of good qualities. Unsettled energies cause intentions and actions to lack clarity and steadiness. Relate to the energies of body, speech and mind with receptivity, compassion and goodwill. It’s the tonality that matters.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-07 Q&A 52:06
Ajahn Sucitto
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Can non-monastics in the west reach enlightenment? Attachment in relationships; How to encourage care for the environment; Qualities that free us from world of senses; Freedom from rage resulting from abusive relationships; Compassionate response to racist remarks
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-07 The Liberating View 13:53
Ajahn Sucitto
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A good part of our practice is adjustment in view. The divided view always leads to stirring and agitation. Deal with the rippling of energy directly in the wide overall field of body.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-07 Transformation of Consciousness 64:06
Ajahn Sucitto
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There can be a fundamental shifting of intention, of the source of kamma. Rather than following habitual reactions, hold them with a heart of goodwill and restraint. Through the expanding of relational intent is the cessation of suffering and stress.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

2020-02-06 Mindfulness of Breathing 65:12
Ajahn Sucitto
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Rather than being about the inhalation and exhalation of breath, mindfulness of breathing is about soothing the life force energy. As energy settles in the body, many disruptive emotive tendencies are cleared, leaving the heart available to meet experience in a balanced and sensitive way.
Dharmagiri :  Firm Center, Open Heart

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