The greatest gift is the
gift of the teachings
 
Dharma Talks given at Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center
2011-05-03 Merging In The Deathless 1:10:22
Ajahn Sucitto
The Buddha teaches the way to the deathless; this way is not through one thing, but through a balance, a mandala of spiritual factors.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-03 An Island Beyond Which We Cannot Go 29:47
Ayya Medhanandi
The Buddha gives us lessons in emptiness. We are compelled to trust so completely to be able to truly receive these teachings, surrendering to the Dhamma, offering everything. We bless each step, harvesting wisdom with a brave heart. And in this remarkable learning, we shall know the unexcelled fragrance of the Dhamma, the island beyond which we cannot go.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-02 Questions 1:42:37
Ajahn Sucitto
Questions included subjects such as bhava/becoming, reflecting on death, short cuts to enlightenment, right effort ...
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-02 No Carrot, No Stick: Opening to the Center 68:07
Ajahn Sucitto
Feeling attracts and motivates the mind - often heedlessly. The feeling that accompanies skillful intention steers the mind towards release.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-01 Sensation, Feeling and Energies 11:07
Ajahn Sucitto
We can establish mindfulness in the body by tracking sensations, feelings and energies.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-05-01 Coming Out Of The Trance 62:34
Ajahn Sucitto
Our energy gets dragged out and fixated by various outflows (asava). Through widening and softening we can stop constructing the alienated "places" of our dukkha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-04-30 Noble Friendship, Noble Warming 35:31
Ayya Medhanandi
As we grow in wisdom, our fear of death dissolves. The more we purify from within, the more we abide with a clarity of mind that bestows the ultimate seeing, our cosmic ordination, our unburdening from the sufferings of this realm. The veil of delusion collapses in the sacred footprint of the Dhamma. This will be our noble warming.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-04-30 Holistic practice - The Body 6:15
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-04-30 Standing Meditation 19:45
Ajahn Sucitto
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

2011-04-30 Elemental Wholeness 19:21
Ajahn Sucitto
Awareness is a wholistic but differentiated into thought, heart and body intelligences. Through accessing the five elements we begin to return to a unified field.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic Retreat

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