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Dharma Talks given at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center
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2023-06-10 Life Conditions Supporting Samadhi 31:49
Ayya Santussika
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AN 3.95 "Assemblies" and AN 5.26 "Opportunities for Freedom" provide some examples of supportive conditions for entering samadhi.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-10 Evening Chanting 7:54
Ayya Cittananda, Ayya Santussika
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-10 Appreciative Joy Guided Meditation 39:26
Ayya Santussika
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Mudita - Appreciative Joy
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-10 Encouragement from Ajahn Chah 4:06
Ayya Cittananda
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Excerpts from "Stillness Flowing," the biography of Ajahn Chah written by Ajahn Jayasaro, on merit, particularly emphasizing the merit of cleansing the mind of unwholesome mental states.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-09 Developing Immersion Further 43:25
Ayya Santussika
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AN 4.41 Developing Immersion Further
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-09 Loving-Kindness and Compassion Meditation 39:13
Ayya Santussika
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-09 Sati, Samadhi, Panna and Metta 15:16
Ayya Santussika
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Going deeper as we enter the 2nd half of this retreat, exploring the Buddha's words: ‘This is peaceful, this is sublime, that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna.’ How can we have sati, samadhi and panna continuously?
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-08 Guided Metta Meditation 32:07
Ayya Santussika
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Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-07 Sense Restraint, Moderation in Eating, Wakefulness 1:11:37
Ayya Santussika
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Two purposes for sense restraint - wise decisions about what to take in through the senses - using sense restraint to break the chain of dependent origination at the feeling-craving link - moderation in eating - working with drowsiness - using the SN 36:95 Malunkyaputta Sutta, SN 3:13 A Bucket Measure of Food and AN 7.61 Nodding Off.
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center :  The Buddha’s Gradual Path: Spiritual Progress in Lay Life

2023-06-07 Anapanasati Tetrad 3 and 4 -- Guided meditation 48:47
Ayya Santussika
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Brief instruction on Tetrad 3 and 4 of Anapanasati - Mindfulness of in and out breathing, followed by a guided meditation for the 16 instructions.
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