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Dharma Talks given at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
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2025-06-11 Body Meditation and Chi Gong 44:41
Ayya Santussika
Chi Gong to "shake off" tension in the body and ground the body with a mindful body scan that ends in sitting meditation.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-11 You Can Do It 16:20
Ayya Santussika
There comes a point when we don't need more information, we just need to practice and to come to the practice with a willingness to work our way through whatever challenges arise. This includes the doubt that we can awaken, that we can do it. In the story of Culapanthaka, a monk who seemed unlikely to absorb the Buddha's teachings, awakens. It is a reminder that we can, too.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-10 Building up the Awakening Factors 38:29
Ayya Santussika
The Buddha's instructions on how to develop the 7 awakening factors all the way to realization of Nibbāna.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-10 Energy without Striving 21:33
Ayya Santussika
How can we develop the awakening factor of energy without trying to accomplish something, without coming from the personality view and our long conditioning to achieve?
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-09 Fueling and Starving the Hindrances and Awakening Factors 53:53
Ayya Santussika
The arising, persisting, non-arising and vanishing of the 5 hindrances and 7 awakening factors are based on causes. What are they? And, how can we use them to starve the hindrances and fuel the awakening factors? (SN 46.51)
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-09 Meditation on Loving-Kindness 21:30
Ayya Santussika
Infusing our investigation with an atmosphere of loving-kindness.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-09 Letting Go of Resentment - Bringing in Loving-Kindness 5:38
Ayya Santussika
A short reflection on letting go of resentment through investigation and bringing in metta.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-08 Breakthrough Defilement Killers 33:45
Ayya Santussika
Wearing away the defilements using the Buddha's method for effacement MN 8, including the 5 hindrances.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-08 Body Contemplation (33 Parts!?) 23:58
Ayya Santussika
Mindfully and kindly bringing attention to the body parts on the traditional list plus.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

2025-06-08 Dropping in for Contemplation 25:14
Ayya Santussika
Establishing mindfulness and turning to investigation of whatever is present in this moment.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Cultivating the Seven Awakening Factors – the Sambojjhaṅga

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