Pali Sounds 3 – Review and Practice

Ajahn Sucitto

In a series of four workshops during Winter Retreat 2022, Ajahn Sucitto provides the technical and energetic background to the production of sound as a way of deliberate gathering and sending forth of energy through chanting.

Part 3: Noticing and reclaiming Pali phoneme differences from English and Thai; the effect of English and Thai language particularities; rhythm and consonant length

Pali Sounds 4 – Puja

Ajahn Sucitto

In a series of four workshops during Winter Retreat 2022, Ajahn Sucitto provides the technical and energetic background to the production of sound as a way of deliberate gathering and sending forth of energy through chanting.

Part 4: Honouring and offering creates the atmosphere; recalling the purpose of the event/ the moment; using the significance of the location and time; cultivating aspiration

Commitment to integrity

Ajahn Sucitto

Day 1 – Well Being is the Shape of the Heart – An Online Retreat

Shape 1 Commitment to integrity (38:37) 15 Jan 2022

Heart-mind will be shaped by whatever we put our attention into, so aim to shape it with supportive influences. A commitment to integrity will shape the mind to be steady, strong, confident, reliable. Shape it around refuges and precepts, for your own welfare and the welfare of others. 

Shape 2 – Psychology and Neurology

Ajahn Sucitto

Day 1 – Well Being is the Shape of the Heart – An Online Retreat

Shape 2 Psychology and Neurology (37:56) 15 Jan 2022

The theme of mindfulness of breathing is to regulate so our bodily system comes into a moderated state. When heart-mind tunes into that it naturally gives rise to beneficial psychologies – simplicity, generosity, sympathy, warmth. When we begin to take in the qualities of our good actions, we’re no longer tense, irritable, jumpy or feeling guilty – things shift.