25 excerpts, 1:38:52 total duration
{120} Appreciation for Ajahn Sucitto’s detailed descriptions of the maneuverings of the mind by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Sucitto ] [Teaching Dhamma]
Reference: Kamma and the End of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto.
Western Disciples of the Thai Forest Tradition [2016], Session 8, Excerpt 1
6. “Can you please remind me of some skillful ways to deal with anger?” Answered by Gloria Taraniya Ambrosia. [Aversion] // [Goodwill] [Mindfulness] [Ajahn Amaro] [Impermanence] [Kamma] [Ignorance] [Spiritual friendship] [Medicinal requisites] [Ajahn Sumedho] [Media] [Politics and society]
Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 58: Reflections on impermanence and kamma.
Quote: “Sometimes even mindfulness is no match for a full-blown mental hindrance.” — Ajahn Sucitto. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Hindrances]
7. Quote: “The art of the pause.” — Ajahn Sucitto. Quoted by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Pace of life ] // [Discernment] [Skillful qualities]
7. Ajahn Sucitto speaks of feeling water washing through you [as a way of releasing tension related to effort]. Comment by Debbie Stamp. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Elements] [Right Effort]
Story: Khun Kesari’s brother enters concentration by visualizing drinking a glass of water. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Concentration] [Visualization]
Story: Kesari’s mother walked into Wat Ban Tad before there was a road. Told by Ajahn Pasanno. [Wat Pah Ban Tat] [Relics]
7. Quote: “How do I get me some of that non-grasping stuff?” — Ajahn Sucitto. Quoted by Beth Steff. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Clinging] [Self-identity view] [Humor]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno. [Ajahn Sucitto]
Story: “Do I look macho?” Told by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Chithurst] [Ajahn Karuṇadhammo]
5. Examples of signs and secondary characteristics of sense objects? Answered by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Pasanno. [Sense bases] [Proliferation] [Perception] // [Ven. Anālayo] [Sensual desire] [Conditionality] [Food] [Appropriate attention]
Sutta: Thig 14.1: Subhā.
Comment about the feedback loop of perceptions looking for reinforcing perceptions. [Views] [Clinging]
Quote: “The underlying tendency to aversion is like a search engine.” — Ajahn Sucitto. Quoted by Beth Steff. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Aversion] [Similes]
1. Appreciation for Ajahn Sucitto’s detailed descriptions of the maneuverings of the mind by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Sucitto ] [Teaching Dhamma]
Reference: Kamma and the End of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto.
2. “Does Ajahn Sucitto describe sati as more a mind quality and sampajañña more a heart quality?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Mindfulness] [Clear comprehension] [Heart/mind]
Reference: Kamma and the End of Kamma, First Edition by Ajahn Sucitto, p. 30.
3. Ajahn Sucitto suggests cutting out habitual reaction patterns by bringing up the perception of not-self. Comment by Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Right Effort] [Habits] [Not-self] [Conditionality] [Relinquishment]
Reference: Kamma and the End of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto.
1. “Was your experience (in India) similar to what is described in Rude Awakenings by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott?” Answered by Ajahn Pesalo and Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Culture/India] [Ajahn Sucitto] // [Tudong] [Almsround]
4. Comment by Jeed Chaiboonruang: The part of Where Are You Going? where Ajahn Sucitto describes how he felt when his mother died is beautiful. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Parents] [Death] [Emotion]
Reference: Great Patient One by Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott, Chapter 21 “The First Goodbye” and onwards.
Response by Ajahn Pesalo.
5. Comment: I enjoyed the counterpoint between Ajahn Sucitto and Nick Scott in Rude Awakenings. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Nick Scott] [Personality]
Responses by Ajahn Jotipālo and Ajahn Pesalo.
3. Story: Ajahn Sucitto’s explanation of saṅghakamma redefines the focus of Saṅghapāla Foundation. Told by Debbie Stamp. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Vinaya] [Saṅghapāla] // [Ajahn Amaro]
5. “Can you say more about how disenchantment can be uplifting?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Disenchantment] [Gladdening the mind] [Politics and society] // [Translation] [Bhikkhu Bodhi] [Suffering] [Skillful qualities] [Progress of insight]
Quote: “There’s no known defense against cheesecake.” — Ajahn Sucitto. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Food] [Sensual desire]
7. “Is it possible that Pāramī: Ways to Cross Life’s Floods by Ajahn Sucitto will be reprinted?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Dhamma books] [Ajahn Sucitto] // [Free distribution]
8. Quote: “Patience isn’t a strategy; it’s an abiding place.” — Ajahn Sucitto. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Patience]
Response by Ajahn Pasanno.
Sutta: Dhp 184.
5. Reflection by Ajahn Pesalo: The balance between community and self-reliance. [Saṅgha] [Self-reliance ] [Abhayagiri] // [Faith] [Ajahn Chah] [Trust ] [Monastic life] [Present moment awareness]
Quote: “One’s attitude towards practice should be: ‘If he can do it, I can do it.’” — Ajahn Mahā Boowa. [Ajahn Mahā Boowa] [Meditation]
Quote: “You are the awareness. All of us are the awareness.” — Ajahn Sumedho. [Ajahn Sumedho] [Knowing itself]
Quote: “Give it 40 years.” — Ajahn Sucitto. [Ajahn Sucitto] [Determination] [Patience]