Ayya Santacitta: "The Recollection of the Buddha and Touching the Earth" Dhamma-Talk 01.09.24

After a 5-minute sit to give participants the space to land, Ayya Santacitta gives an overview of four protective meditations that help protect against negative mind states by helping the meditator learn to relate more skillfully to obstacles: recollection of the Buddha, loving-kindness (metta), non-beauty of the body (asubha) and recollection of death, going into special detail on how to use contemplation of the Buddha’s wholesome qualities to elevate the mind and to see our own potential for awakening. During the 40-minute guided meditation she leads the participants through a recollection of the Buddha, then into perceiving a sense of spaciousness and a sense of being the observer or knower before regrounding the meditator in the body with reflections on the elements and the interconnectedness of the human body as part of the larger biosphere. In the last 20 minutes, she answers questions about using the elements as non-beauty (asubha) contemplation and the types of insights that can grow out of a sense of being “the one who knows”.
[0:00] Introduction and brief sit
[4:53] The four protective meditations
[12:32] Recollection of the Buddha
[21:40] Guided meditation
[1:00:40] Q1: The elements as “asubha” (non-beauty) practice
[1:08:20] Q2: Meditation experiences of “the knower” and associated insights
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