Q&AMeditationszentrum Beatenberg Retreat27 May 2016
C 4 Group interview — Greed in Meditation and Understanding Strong Aversion
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 2 hr 55 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−2:55:39
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In this group interview, meditators discuss recognizing subtle greed and emotional reactions to intense sensations. The teacher explains that when defilements arise, the reacting mind becomes the primary object of awareness.
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Meditationszentrum Beatenberg Retreat · 22 talks
- 132 hr 29 minB 3 Group interview — Simple Awareness and Observing the Mind25 May 2016
- 142 hr 29 minC 3 Group interview — Natural Awareness, Checking the Attitude, and Facing Experiences25 May 2016
- 1517 minMeditation instructions — The Nature of Mind and Momentum of Awareness26 May 2016
- 162 hr 16 minD 3 Group interview — Appreciating Awareness and Watching Without Interference26 May 2016
- 1730 minMeditation instructions — Knowing the Mind and Being Mindful When Speaking27 May 2016
- 181 hr 46 minB 4 Group interview — Deciding with Defilement or Wisdom and Background Awareness27 May 2016
- Viewing192 hr 56 minC 4 Group interview — Greed in Meditation and Understanding Strong Aversion27 May 2016
- 2025 minMeditation instructions — Checking the Attitude and State of Mind28 May 2016
- 212 hr 17 minD 4 Group interview — Beyond Calmness and Being Aware in Daily Life28 May 2016
- 2229 minFinal meditation instructions — Making Home Your Meditation Center29 May 2016
Transcript
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Interview . He said, "Try your best while give it—while speaking during interview—to be mindful."
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Insofar as it doesn't interfere with your ability to speak. In a way, we—when we are talking about ourselves, we have to refer to our memory, we have to feel ourselves in our—like, yeah, to look into your mind so you can sort of notice that you're doing that as you speak.
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And that's awareness too, yeah.
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Okay.
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So what I wanted to tell is, yesterday,
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during the walking meditation,
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it was really the first time I had it like this, um,
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just very quiet, peaceful, and the thoughts were slow.
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Slow. So for me, this was the first time I had it like this.
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Then it went on the day, and in the evening
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it got tighter.
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I realized I wanted it in this way to go on. Also sitting. I thought, well, this is—is this it? And then, uh, this morning I woke up early, before 5 o'clock, with a very strong, um, feeling here and feeling of greed.
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Greed? Yeah. In my bed. It was just a feeling of greed. And it was painful. And, uh,
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I just
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was watchful
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and could see that it's, it's, um, the idea and the thoughts of going like that. Greed, and then came a feeling of, um, unworthiness, "I never get it," things like that. I also watched it.
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And I could see thoughts, and then it
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went down.
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Then
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other things, but the important thing is, um, I realized today,
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while walking, it's easier
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to calm, to be present, than while sitting. And I thought, why is it like that?
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And I realized that still I'm having my expectations, how it should be. I'm narrowing this, and so
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it gets tight. And I understood that, um, just opening up
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and just be watchful. What he tells all the time.
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I really understood, yeah, that's. Just be simple. That's simple. Yeah, it's simple, but it's all this old habit of wanting it this way. And it's many years I just had the idea that this has to be like this. Like this.
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And then it became okay? Better. Better. It's like a new beginning for me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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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.…