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File12_(AM)_Contemplating_citta.mp3Contemplating Citta888 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
This morning we are looking at how we can track the state of our citta. Citta is a key technical term used by the Buddha. It could be translated as “mind,†“heart,†“heart-mind,†or even “soul,†in the non-theological sense of that word. In the context of our practice, citta represents our inner state; how we are, at this time. It is intimately connected to the body, and is in a state of constant change. While the state of our citta may be quite subtle, often we are moved to contemplate it when we find ourselves disturbed by emotion. Here we discuss using emotion as a meditation object.  
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File10_(AM)_Contemplating_the_thought-stream.mp3Contemplating the Thought-stream1151 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
Our addiction to thinking creates a major barrier to settling into Samadhi, “unification†or “concentration.†Often we try to push thought away, or simply endure it as an unpleasant fact of life. But the essence of this practice, according to Mahasi Sayadaw, is to note, or be deliberately aware of, whatever is predominant in any of the six sense fields, now. If thinking is currently predominant, then thinking should be our meditation
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File08_(AM)_Contemplating_feeling.mp3Contemplatingt Feeling1037 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
This morning we move onto the third satipatthana, that of vedana, usually translated “feeling.†We explore what we mean by feeling, and try to come to an understanding of what the Buddha means by “vedana.†Vedana can be seen as the affective aspect of experience, the capacity of any given experience to move us in some way — to provoke a response. For the Buddha, feeling and response are inextricably linked. To understand what we do, we must understand what — and how — we feel.
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File06_(AM)_Contemplating_breathing.mp3Contemplating Breathing1057 viewsPatrick Kearney's Vipassana Retreat Talk at Bodhi Tree Monastery (2009)
This morning we experiment with breathing as our meditation object. We learn to experience breathing as air element (vayo dhatu) — the movements within the body associated with inhalation and exhalation — and cultivate a sense of detail and precision in tracking these movements.
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huxter__body_scan.mp3Body Scan 021469 viewsBody Scan gives instructions on bringing awareness to bodily sensations. For the most part this exercise is relaxing. Occasionally practitioners initially feel uncomfortable with this exercise. If it becomes overwhelmingly distressing, merely distract or direct attention to something outside your body until you are more comfortable with the exercise at another time.
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07metta_sutta_english.mp3Metta Sutta (English)1548 viewsThe Metta Sutta chanted in English
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05chanmyay_sayadaw_chant_burmese.mp3Chanmyay Sayadaw Chant (Burmese)1293 viewsChanmyay Sayadaw Chant (Burmese)
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vandana.mp3Vandana: Devotional Chanting1779 viewsHomage to the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha or the Triple Gem.
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sarana.mp3Ti-Sarana1467 viewsTaking The Three Refuges and The Five Precepts.
Lay Buddhist take The Three Refuges and The Five Precepts.
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cdpray1_157.mp3Homage to the Sangha Chant944 viewsHomage to the Sangha
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