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Suryacitta - the happy buddha
This session course was designed by five time author and international teacher and ordained Buddhist Suryacitta, also known as the happy buddha.
The series contains ten sessions
Suryacitta begins with a short story about a farmer and goes on to show that life is king and that to be at peace we need to realise this.
Suryacitta talks about what each of us really wants, and its not what you may think it is. #bankei#suryacitta
We all want to 'go with the flow of life', but how do we get out of our own way and let go. Suryacitta in his won unique style tells us just that. Trust, let go and flow.
It only takes a moment to come back home out of your head and back to sanity. Suryacitta talks about this and guides you through a simple back to sanity exercise.
We treat life as if it were a relay race, hurrying for the finish line. When we do this we miss life itself and wonder why we are bored, frustrated but most of all dissatisfied.
Suryacitta begins with a delightful story about his own grandmother and then talks about what acceptance really is and how to do it.
Suryacitta talks about how Bankei took control of a difficult situation by maintaining his own boundaries with another dog, and then goes onto speak about how we need those very some healthy boundaries.#bankei #suryacitta# personalboundaries
Instead of almost constantly thinking, judging, criticising and evaluating, Suryacitta talks about resting in the heart and short circuiting this tendency. #bankei #restingintheheart #suryacitta
Suryacitta talks about ego and what it actually is. Ego is not a thing, but an activity of mind, a resistance to life.#whatisego#bankei#suryacitta
Suryacitta tells us how to be a little happier right now and there is only one thing we need to stop doing and that it...#bankei#suryacitta
"My cup has a crack in it." My teacher said. I looked at it but could see no crack. "It's invisible now but it's there." Listen to find out more. #bankei #suryacitta #brokencup
This is Suryacitta's Monday Reminder and it is a grounding meditation.
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We all have core beliefs, and these core beliefs often run our lives, and in some case even ruin our lives. Suryacitta talks about how to discover your core belief and how to dissolve it.
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Suryacitta guides members of Walking into Wisdom through a live Mountain Meditation flowing very smoothly into a Self Compassion meditation.
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A lovely story about a wise farmer who is able to so I don't know.
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Instead of spending our lives being fixated on thought and the drama that brings with it, Suryacitta talks about falling in love with presence. The world of no drama = joy. #bankei #presence #suryacitta
We all so often get lost in a haze of activity. Here Suryacitta shows and encourages you to pause get out of your head and into the present moment.
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Suryacitta encourages you to come home to only place that really safe the present moment, he also shows you how to do it.
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We all move from pain to suffering and we don't even know we are doing it. We believe pain and suffering and the same or at best they are both inevitable. Are they? Here Suryacitta shows you in a practical way how we make this shift and how to stop it.
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Through and intriguing metaphor of a cobweb Suryacitta shows how there is only one problem in life
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Many of us get lost in what we can call a haze of activity during the day. We lose connection with the body and our very being and end up listening to the chattering, worrying mind all day long. Suryacitta reminds you it only takes a moment to breathe.
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Suryacitta explains via an intriguing metaphor just how life can become increasingly dull and what to do about it.
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Suryacitta talks about how life isn't a relay race and that you will cross the finish line eventually so slow down and enjoy life. #bankei #suryacitta
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Suryacitta invites you to be still and to dwell in the five senses rather than the story telling mind.
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We often lose ourselves in a haze of activity. Here Suryacitta reminds to be still at certain periods during the day.
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Suryacitta guides you through a shore meditation on soothing strong feelings and emotions.
Suryacitta tells the story of an old friend who suffered from what he calls Shouldism. Shouldism in the way he describes it is so very common in our lives often leaves us feeling guilty and exhausted.
Suryacitta talks about the ten Buddhist precepts in a way that is relatable and grounded in common sense. He refers to them as guidelines and as reflections for ourselves.
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A beautiful story about Zen master and his vase. Suryacitta asks you to ponder on how the Zen master was able to respond in the way he did.
Suryacitta in less than five minutes explains how we keep getting lost in thought and what to do about it.
(Please note: All these audios are recorded live over WhatsApp whilst Suryacitta walks his blind dog Bankei)
Suryacitta talks about the difference between thinking and sensing with a delightful metaphor about the ocean. #bankei #suryacitta
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Walking into Wisdom - Reflections of a Buddhist Dog Walker
(Please note: All these audios are recorded live over WhatsApp whilst Suryacitta walks his blind dog Bankei)
Nature doesn't resist. Night doesn't resist the coming of daytime and winter doesn't resent the coming of spring. Humans however, can live in resistance most of the time. #Suryacitta whilst walking his dog #Bankei talks about how to end resistance and flow like nature. #flowlikenature #endresistance
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Suryacitta talks about how we cannot have insight into, or understanding of all that is said here and that's ok. We grow in wisdom, the truth of what is said here dawns on us if we hang around. #bankei #suryacitta
Suryacitta, in his own unique way shows us how with an intriguing metaphor just how we all get caught up in forever striving for what will NOT being happiness.
Many of us can meditate for decades and not really get very far with meditation. Suryacitta explains in very simple terms how to make it effective., and it's not complicated. #bankei #suryacitta
Suryacitta talks about how we spend a lot of our time, thinking about what other people are thinking about us. Not only that, but then we change our behavior on the basis of that thinking...Madness! #bankei #suryacitta #judging.
Suryacitta whilst walking his blind dog Bankei talks about how to quieten your anxious thinking by way of a very simple technique. #bankei #suryacitta #cantstopthinking
Suryacitta talks about a medicine which is fee and which many of us have forgotten to take. Listen and find out what it is. #bankei #suryacitta #forgottenmedicine
In this short audio Suryacitta talks about how to work with irritability and Frustration.
Suryacitta talks about the difference between a dog feeling sad and a human. He then goes onto illustrating the best and healthiest way to experience feeling sadness. #bankei #suryacitta #howtofeelsad
Suryacitta whilst walking his blind dog Bankei shares a mobile meditation to be used anywhere, anytime. He speaks about how to let go of stress.
We all have core beliefs and our main #corebelief is something like, I am not good enough, #Iamuseless, I am no good, I am...fill in the blanks. This however is only a story that we tell ourselves over and again. We can become free from the often debilitating effects of the core belief. #bankei #suryacitta #walkingintowisdom
Suryacitta talks about our fixation with thinking and what he calls the ME movie which we are all watching each and every day.
This is a short three minute introduction to Walking Into Wisdom - Reflections of a Dog Walker. Suryacitta talks about the inspiration behind these sharings, his precious blind dog Bankei.
DESCRIPTION DAY 10:
We only have this one life - as far as we know.However, we are rarely here to savour it. Instead of experiencing real life in the here and now, which is full of wonder and joy, we miss it because we are fixated on the mental world of the head. Which we can call our virtual reality.
In this session Suryacitta will explore why we feel the need to live in the head but also he will show you how to ‘wake up to each moment of your life. There will be a short talk and meditation.
DESCRIPTION DAY 9:
What we all want is to be in the present moment. We intuitively know that this is where peacefulness and fulfilment are. However, many of us are not sure how to be in the present moment but yearn deeply for it. Through a tantalisingly simple and everyday metaphor Suryacitta shows you why you seem not to be present and also what being present really means. There will be a short talk and a “getting off the thought bus” meditation.
DESCRIPTION DAY 8:
Each morning we wake up and blow into a balloon. After five minutes life comes along and bursts it. We reach for another balloon, then life comes along again and bursts that one. We do this all day long each and every day, and it’s exhausting. We can call this the art of non-acceptance, which just leads to distress. In this session Suryacitta shows you what you blow into the balloons and how to move to a life of complete acceptance.
A talk, and a meditation included here.
DESCRIPTION DAY 7:
Much or our over thinking is a way of protecting ourselves from feeling. When we live in our head in this way these feelings and emotions can become “lodged” in the body. What these feelings and emotions need is to be healed, and feeling them for just a moment can begin this glorious process. What we feel we heal is the theme for this session. In this session there will be a teaching and a meditation on feeling leads to healing.
DESCRIPTION DAY 6:
Most of us know that heaven and hell are not real places we go to, but that they are states of mind. But do we know how we create these states? Do we realise that the mind is a story teller and that heaven and hell depends on that story, and how it is received by the audience - YOU!
Suryacitta - the happy buddha will show you how this happens and what to do about it. There will be a talk and a meditation.
DESCRIPTION DAY 5:
If we are honest we will admit that we are self-obsessed. This is not a judgement, but a simple statement from years of observation. It’s like we are in a movie cinema and it’s playing a movie called ME. This “movie,” the thoughts in our head keep playing the same old repeats of past and of future hopes and fears, and our lives are often lost fluctuating between hope and fear.
Included in the session is a meditation, an exercise around the “ME” movie and a talk on how pay attention, not just to thoughts, but to life itself, right here and now.
DESCRIPTION DAY 4:
Ever been fishing or watched somebody do it? The person fishing puts some bait on the hook and unfortunately for the fish it bites not only into the bait but also onto the hook. It can’t get free no matter how much it struggles. Thoughts are like hooks, they come along and we “hook” into them, and not being able to get free we think even more.
During this session we are going to explore more deeply the wonderfully simple art of unhooking from unnecessary thinking. Included in the session is a meditation on unhooking along with a talk.
DESCRIPTION DAY 3:
How many conversations do you have each and everyday with people who are not actually with you nor are you on the phone with them? When you think about this you will realise you have lots of them. This is how many of us spend our time. We may be in a beautiful park but we are lost in our head “chatting” to people who are not with us. These conversations may be anything from disagreeing with the boss, chatting to your partner or planning a dream holiday/vacation with a good friend.
Included in the session is a talk and a meditation.
DESCRIPTION DAY 2:
In this session Suryacitta is going to show you in no uncertain terms just how you create your own suffering, and how to stop this. He also clarifies the difference between suffering and pain with the telling of one of the most simple and profound images called the parable of the two arrows. If you understand this parable you will understand how you create many problems.
The session will include a teaching, a meditation and suggestions for daily life.
DESCRIPTION DAY 1:
Mark Twain once said, “I’m an old man, I have had many problems, most of the never happened.”
Call it what you will but overthinking is the cause of much suffering and distress in our lives. The mind is a beautiful instrument creating many wonders in life, but it is out of control, and as a consequence it also creates suffering when not used wisely.
The session includes a short talk, a meditation and tools and techniques for life.