A Dhamma talk by Ajahn Sucitto to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Ajahn Chah. Ācariya means Teacher, Puja means Celebration.
Speaker: Ajahn Sucitto
Sweeping the Body
Ajahn Sucitto
Something in us – citta – searches for release from suffering. It struggles to rise out of old patterns, which means one has to enter them. Sweeping meditation is a skillful means. It’s not just a physical exercise but an opportunity to clear kamma.
Completing the Inner Conversation
Ajahn Sucitto
We come to Dhamma practice hoping for calm and quiet, but that may be down the track a while. Begin instead with dialogue, listening to the inner chatter with patience and steadiness. As agitated and troubling states are lovingly met, the passion around them fades. We can experience the nibbāna element here and now.
What Shape Is Your Mind
Ajahn Sucitto
Unskillful saṇkhāras can be undone in the same way they are formed – through perception. Skillful use of perception and attention can sooth and steady the body’s energy.
Practising with Ground, Space and Rhythm
Ajahn Sucitto
Contact with the world causes the Citta to lose its sense of ground, space and rhythm. Use of body is recommended as a meditation theme.
Sankhara – The Constructor of All
Ajahn Sucitto
We are encouraged to understand sankhāra, the programs that take hold of us and result in unskillful states. It is possible to not act on these programs, release some of their pressure, and turn the citta towards skillful states.
Direct Practice – Feeling, Perception and Sankhāra
Ajahn Sucitto
Citta is only touched by feeling and perception now. Through not seeing this, not feeling and directly handling it, the whole realm of dukkha gets fabricated. Meet experience directly, with mindfulness and wisdom, and suffering eases up.
Finding Reference in Ground, Space and Rhythm
Ajahn Sucitto
Citta only experiences perception and feeling. We can cultivate skilful perceptions of ground, space and rhythm that result in comfort and ease.