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Dharma Talks given at Barre Center for Buddhist Studies
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2021-11-07 Afternoon Session 64:04
Elizabeth Monson
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2021-08-15 Entering the Sacred 38:43
Ajahn Sucitto
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The quality of the sacred is missing from our lives, that which is totally true and is always there. We can open to it every day, from that stable place of embodiment. From that open center, we form a relational entity that can carry our values and virtues forward.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-15 Q&A 3 32:36
Ajahn Sucitto
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Impact of other people; over-reliance on others; staying open with the unknown; responding to others’ sense of entitlement; innate truth of the cosmos; citta and the sense world; fear and constriction in the energy body.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-15 It’s the Wholeness that Does the Work 31:41
Ajahn Sucitto
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Mostly we operate from a fragment, excluding the whole of experience because it doesn’t fit our model of what should be. Return to wholeness, first in your own heart and mind, then extending it to society. Maintain a wide focus and receptivity, an open state where citta remains attuned, and you’ll find your inner security, having plugged into the life force as it manifests in this body.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 Q&A 2 30:38
Ajahn Sucitto
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Subject-object division of the senses; hardening in the face of trauma; greed, hatred and delusion; caring for others; broad vs. specific attention; harmonious relationships; experience of subjectivity; relationship of verbal formation (vacī saṇkhāra) to ānāpānasati.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 Kamma – Leaving Pain and Misery for a Divine Abiding 48:47
Ajahn Sucitto
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There is such a thing as good and evil and they give rise to fortunate or unfortunate consequences. Good and evil not as value judgments, but as particular energies that have consequences. The heart opens as a consequence of skillful energies, like generosity and love. This is the key to the celestial domains of the Sacred Cosmos, where gods are void of judgment and keen on Dhamma as a way to happiness.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 Guided Meditation – Subtleties of Breathing 22:17
Ajahn Sucitto
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Supporting the heart with embodiment, with steady ground and safe space, allow breathing to happen naturally. Releasing what’s not needed, the subtle shielding around the body, open to what’s around with goodwill and love. Whatever arises, breathing it in, breathing it out.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 Standing Meditation: Openness – the Sacred Quality 43:19
Ajahn Sucitto
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Standing can help adjust you physically, anatomically and psychologically. Establish balance, connection, openness and ease. Let breathing flow through you. Aim for what’s harmonious in all that – open, allowing. This is the birthplace of wisdom and compassion.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 Q&A 1 31:43
Ajahn Sucitto
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Separation and interconnectedness; citta doesn’t fit in this world; destruction of the environment; fear of letting go; energy of body vs. sensations; healing divisiveness in my community.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

2021-08-14 The Search for Safe Ground 54:18
Ajahn Sucitto
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There are many kinds of world – biological, political, and so on. Their common source of discord is selfishness, the separatist, supremacist view. The common intention of all worlds is the search for safe ground. We might start with a safe human environment, then establish safe embodiment. When there is safety, security and truthfulness, by itself citta opens and brings forth its own qualities – love, wisdom and morality. These are our unique offerings to heal the discord in any world.
Barre Center for Buddhist Studies :  The Sacred Cosmos

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