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Retreat Dharma Talks

Entering the Sacred: Monastic Retreat

Western nuns and monks from the Thai Buddhist monastic tradition offer an insight meditation retreat each year at IMS. The 2008 course will focus on "Entering the Sacred"- accessing an awareness that supports and balances the body, heart and mind. Retreatants are asked to observe the eight monastic precepts, which include abstaining from eating after noon each day, and to participate fully in the daily routine of sitting, standing and walking meditations. Group practice will begin every day with an offering of flowers, light (in the form of candles) and fragrance (incense), as well as chanting to the Triple Gem.

2008-05-02 (10 days) Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center

  
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2008-05-02 Introduction To The Sacred 44:09
Ajahn Sucitto
The sacred as the “deathless”: the path as how we enter it. The vision of mutuality which includes morality and compassion.
2008-05-03 Attention, Meeting And Including It All - Morning Meditation 8:30 AM 41:43
Ajahn Sucitto
Explanation of the meditative process in three modes – attending, meeting what arises, including one’s karma.
2008-05-03 Balancing The Indriya - Evening Dharma Talk 53:52
Ajahn Sucitto
The five indriya: faith, persistence, mindfulness, concentration, and discernment merge in the Deathless where they correctly balance each other.
2008-05-03 Meditation On Body Alignment And Energy - 5:30 AM 67:25
Ajahn Sucitto
A guided meditation on centering in the body, cultivating attention, and awareness.
2008-05-04 Being And Behavior - Morning Meditation 8:30 AM 51:48
Ajahn Sucitto
2008-05-04 Meditation On Purifying Attention - Morning Meditation 5:30 AM 58:46
Ajahn Sucitto
2008-05-05 Questions And Answers #1 - Evening Dharma Talk 7:30 PM 66:58
Ajahn Sucitto
On self-aversion, on the distinction between mindfulness and insight and on the development of samadi.
2008-05-05 Include It All, The Development Of Love - Morning Meditation 8:30 AM 58:43
Ajahn Sucitto
On the need to include all of one’s kamma in the practice. This is a form of sacred love.
2008-05-05 Early Morning Guided Meditation 5:30 AM 62:49
Ajahn Sucitto
2008-05-06 Morning Instructions 8:30 AM 61:25
Ajahn Sucitto
Personality view and suffering
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