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whole-life path 2

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto.Continued from last week:…don’t get fazed by the arising of old habits, but reflect on them to remind yourself to avoid old ways: don’t follow outdated maps and false guides. Of these, a good number will also crop up in one’s thinking mind. After all, this too is conditioned in terms of content (education, media) and in the…

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whole-life path (part 1)

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto.Continued from last week:“Like this, you relinquish. Can you mentally share whatever good has arisen, and release wherever dukkha has got stuck? Like this, you relinquish. Can you begin the day with a dedication towards bringing skilful qualities into being, commit to that and learn to not ask for results? If you develop a…

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is there an end?

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto … with the destruction of cravingcomes the destruction of kamma;with the destruction of kammacomes the destruction of suffering.S.46:26 – ‘The Destruction of Craving Do you ever wonder whether your practice is getting anywhere? Do you sometimes just step back from the fine details and consider: ‘Am I doing the right thing? Am…

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meeting space

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto. Standing Meditation Stand with your feet body’s width apart, feet parallel, and give the weight of your body over to the ground through the soles of your feet. As the body is accustomed to being propped up, or leaning on something, it often ‘forgets’ how to stand on its feet! Therefore, you may need to consciously relax the…

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kalyāṇamitta

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto Kalyāṇamitta is the Buddhist concept of “admirable friendship” within community life, applicable to both monastic and householder relationships. One involved in such a relationship is known as a “good friend”, “virtuous friend”, “noble friend” or “admirable friend” (kalyāṇa-mitta, -mitra) Kalyāṇamitta as a Practice The direct…

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the relational vortex

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto ‘Self and other’ is a divisive program, for sure. And it begins with birth. With the arising of consciousness (viññāṇa), our sense of being something is established on the sense of being within something: a womb, a family, a nation, a world-order and so on. This is how it happens: operating through the physical senses and the…

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the kamma of relationship

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto ‘And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting oneself one protects others? By the pursuit, development, and cultivation [of the four establishments of mindfulness]. It is in such a way that by protecting oneself one protects others. … ‘And how is it, bhikkhus, that by protecting others one protects oneself? By patience,…

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knowledge and action

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto [Note: This part of the text is the conclusion of the section on latent tendencies, leading to disturbing states of mind, and their release through guided meditation.] There are dependently-arisen states that lead to suffering, solidification of world and self; and there are dependently-arisen states that lead to release. The…

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factors of awakening: release

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto Note: this section of the book places ‘Release’ in the context of the Seven Factors for Awakening. For readers unfamiliar with this subject, click on the link below. https://www.spiritrock.org/practice-guides/the-seven-factors-of-awakening What is often most disturbing about latent tendencies, particularly when they rise up…

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four bases of clinging

‘Selected excepts from Kamma and the End of Kamma’ by Ajahn Sucitto This world, Kaccāna, for the most part depends upon a duality – upon the notion of existence and the notion of nonexistence. But for one who sees the origin of the world as it really is with correct wisdom, there is no notion of nonexistence in regard to the world. And for one who sees the cessation of the world as it really is…

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latent tendencies

Selected excerpts from Kamma and the End of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto Taken as a whole, the practice of pāramī sets up values that skilfully direct the mind. Attitudes and energies that go towards self-aggrandizement, manipulation or distraction are cut off. And, as intention gets free of those biases, we notice different things – because what we look for affects what we look at. With worldly…

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stable ground: the pāramī

Selected excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto. Many of the Buddha’s teachings are based on generating bright kamma in daily life. He taught the Eightfold Path to establish purity of intent. If you work with this with regard to people, duties and events, you can live with self-respect, gladness and equanimity. You don’t get caught up in the judgements of success/failure,…

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the process of clearing the past

Excerpts from Kamma and the end of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto With regard to what we can do to clear our inner world, the process of clearing the past as outlined by the Buddha is twofold: first, to acknowledge the results of action, and to determine not to act in such ways again; and secondly, to spread inclinations of goodwill through the whole system and towards anyone else connected to the…

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meditation on goodwill

Excerpts From “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto. Establish your presence in the place where you’re sitting, putting other concerns to one side. Then ask yourself, ‘How am I right now?’ Consider this, with a listening kind of attention. Even as bodily sensations or mind-states change, attend to the more continual overall feeling of how you are with any of this. If the mind starts…

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unseating perfectionism and living in balance

Excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto. A common pattern that forms around negative self-impressions is that of the ‘Inner Tyrant’. The Tyrant is the nagging voice that will always demand that you achieve impossible standards of perfection, never offers congratulation or appreciation, exaggerates shortcomings; and based on this, delivers a scolding. Sometimes the Tyrant…

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practising the great heart

Excerpts from “Kamma and the end of Kamma” by Ajahn Sucitto. [Note: We begin this excerpt with the final paragraph of the last piece on November 7, 2024. Then the text continues with the first paragraph of today’s text.] “In the world in general, there’s a huge inheritance of psychological programs based upon violence and deprivation – and who knows where all that began. Under the pressure of…

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clearing results from the past

Excerpts from Kamma and the end of Kamma by Ajahn Sucitto Unless we cultivate letting go, unless we can stop accepting heart-patterns as unbiased truth and ‘my self’, the issues of the past will be the basis for further kamma. The difficulty is that letting go requires the presence of an awareness that can receive these impressions, their tracks and residues. This takes a lot of grounded…