Ajahn Sucitto
Abiding in the world as it is.
Category: Audio Talks
Guided Meditation – Aspects of Puja
Ajahn Sucitto
The use of puja (chanting, devotion) to generate a supportive atmosphere and perspective for Dhamma practice.
Body, Heart, and Awareness
Ajahn Sucitto
Direct experience comes through three bodies: the flesh body, the emotional body and the body of awareness. Energy runs through these and by moderating it, our awareness extends beyond the limitations of the person and even language.
How a Buddhist Teaching Opened the Way for a Woman to Ordain as a Nun
Ajahn Cittapala
The habit of identifying with our experience and views is distressing because experiences and views change. This is the story of a woman who happened to find the good Dhamma: a teaching about the “Five Khandhas” (Groups of Clinging) which opened her eyes about the nature of our suffering and prepared the way for her to be ordained as a Buddhist Nun.
Four Keys to a Meaningful Life
Ajahn Sucitto
Four themes for a reflection that turn the mind inwards towards Dhamma.
The Buddha in Dialogue
Ajahn Kaccana
Drawing on the Kālāma Sutta (AN 3.65), the Caṅkī Sutta (MN 95), and the Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta Sutta (MN 140), Ajahn Kaccāna explains how the Buddha teaches truth to the level of his listeners.
Sanghamitta’s Aspiration
Ajahn Cittapala
Given on the occasion of an anagarikā going-forth ceremony at Cittaviveka on Sanghamitta Day in December 2022. Sanghamitta’s aspiration is still alive!
The Floods of Self
Ajahn Pasanno
During a brief visit to Cittaviveka, Luang Por Pasanno recounts a meeting he had many years past with Ajahn Buddhadasa in Thailand. Luang Por draws on this encounter and his own experiences to show how the floods of greed, hatred and delusion can be skilfully met and transformed through the power of selflessness and gratitude.
The Gradual Training
Tan Anejo
Tan Anejo speaks on the Buddha’s gradual training, in which the Buddha stressed the qualities of sincerity, honesty and a willingness for one to learn and to be trained.