Q&AMeditationszentrum Beatenberg Retreat23 May 2016
B 2 Group interview — Recognizing Delusion and Appreciating Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 57 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−1:57:43
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In this group interview, the teacher addresses facing delusion, sluggishness, and unwholesome states through awareness without judgment. Guidance is also given on gentle effort, right view, and continuous awareness during daily activities.
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Transcript
English
Okay, I'm going to formulate the question. Um,
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I sometimes wonder how can we be aware and make plans for the future at the same time. Mm-hmm. The niṭṭhā rublo—look,
[Burmese segment]
English
You talk about concept in it, but it's also in a bit over there. Yeah. Although the, the, the future story is a concept, but the mind is planning in the present moment, right? So if you know the m—what the mind is doing, the mind is planning.
English
You're, you're aware. Memory ready, then. I think so. A bit, um, concept. Sacred thing, but it's over. It's the same with memory, right? Although the story in the memory is about the past, the memory is happening in the mind now. So the mind is thinking now. Memory mind, planning mind. The mind is present, right?
English
The mind is present.
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Thank you. Okay.
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Okay, next.
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Um,
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I have been investigating time with, uh, delusion yesterday. Time with illusion? Delusion, delusion. Time with delusion. Yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah. And, um, often
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when I investigate into the state of being deluded. Mm-hmm. It is connected with a feeling of dissatisfaction. Mm-hmm. And, uh, I wonder if they are connected, uh, delusion and, and, and dissatisfaction. Mm-hmm. Or,
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um,
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or, or maybe is it that I don't want to feel dissatisfaction, so then I get, uh, deluded. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. If you don't want to feel something, that's
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dosa also. Um,
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to. Delusion. And where does time come into this?
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You said you were investigating time with delusion.
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Uh, when I
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when I feel delusion. Yes. And, um,
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I just spend meditation time with this delusion. Oh, oh. This. I meant this. Okay. You were spending your time investigating delusion. Yeah.
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Um.
[Burmese segment]
English
All the, all the kilesas, all the defilements, all the unwholesome mental qualities, um, can arise because of delusion.
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They are all present because of delusion.
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. When there is no wisdom, delusion is always present.
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Even when we
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recognize delusion, if we have the wrong attitude, which is also a type of delusion, um, then we can get dissatisfied about knowing delusion. So that's why he, he mentioned in the hall just now, whatever we know, appreciate that, that we are knowing, that there is awareness.
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Yeah.
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Delusion is the godfather.
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What was that?
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. Even knowing something unwholesome, it's the knowing that is wholesome.
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Sayadaw U Tejaniya began his Buddhist training as a young teenager in Burma under the late Shwe Oo Min Sayadaw (1913–2002). After a career in business and life as a householder, he has become a permanent monk since 1996.…