Dhamma talkSasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Retreat22 Jun 2013
Concluding talk — Practicing in Daily Life and Family
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 24 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−24:34
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The Dhamma talk advises yogis to maintain continuous practice in daily life after a retreat ends. The teacher explains how being aware of the mind reduces anger and attachment in family interactions. He emphasizes sustaining peacefulness so that understanding and wisdom can naturally grow throughout life.
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- Viewing1225 minConcluding talk — Practicing in Daily Life and Family22 Jun 2013
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Transcript
EnglishBecause in your daily life you met these people, this job, all the time, day by day. Why you then cannot learn anything about this experience, right? So when you are mindful, and when you start to maintain your awareness in the daily life, slowly you can learn something about this. Actually, it's very important to meet your family in life,
Englishright? Why your family, every day you're angry or not?
EnglishEvery day about the family, do you angry or not?
EnglishYou don't love your family?
EnglishWhy you all the time, every day you're angry to the family,
Englishright? It's easy. Huh? Because you love them, it's easy to get angry. Huh? It's easier to get angry with the person you're not familiar with. Yeah, your family. And because of a lot of attachment, and a lot of, uh, because every day you meet these people, and also belong to the you, right?
EnglishMe. Now after retreat, you go back, whose home?
EnglishNobody's. Where you go back? Your home, right? Your side think it's my home. I go back my home. So that is already have a wrong view. It's already there.
EnglishRight. So my home, my family start to think this way, that wrong view is already there. That's why in your family life it's more easy to angry, right? Family is also they have a human being, right? But your, a lot of opinion, your idea must be you want to be follow them to be your, your idea.
EnglishThat is also, this is nonsense. But they have their idea, right? You need to negotiate, you need to talk. But people is, um, if you love once, whatever you love, you must be, they must be follow your idea. It is so much attachment, ego, ego very strong, right? So whatever
Englishthe, the ludic,
Englishthe ludic like the one words.
EnglishAfter the retreat, he like one words,
Englishmeditation is finished.
EnglishThis is a, the ludic is a lot happy, very happy. When you are thinking this way, the ludic start to coming. You stop the meditation, then the ludic is coming, then all defilement can open. Easy to come. So retreat is finished. But meditation is, should not be finished.
EnglishThis is for life. Until you die, you need to apply this, become natural, right? So no need to hurry, but try to practice again every moment. And beginning is a little bit difficult because the surrounding very different. But you need to patient, try again and again, and learn. You use your energy, your awareness, your effort, your wisdom must be applying wholeheartedly.
EnglishThen your quality of mind become more stronger and stronger. Because a lot of challenging, a lot of difficulty. When you meet the difficulty, you need to use your energy, right? Your, as much as you have. Day by day you need to think about practice.
EnglishWithout practice, your life is become chaos or suffering a lot. No controlling everything. All the times angry, anxiety, worry, the mind is a lot of suffering. If you can maintain your practice, then you less suffering, and you can, how to say,
Englishyou can live your life peacefully or meaningfully. And also you can help other people also. So
Englishlike this, in the sun that also day by day wake up, start you watch yourself, to know your mind first, then to look the outside world, right? Understand? You know your mind first, then you look the outside world.
EnglishThen you can awareness, blessing, and wisdom can come, and you can learn something.
EnglishBeginning is maybe difficult.
EnglishBut try again and again.
EnglishSomeone I saw, beginning also very difficult, my experience also. But I try because for me is, I have no choice. Myself is, this is myself, my experience is, I have no choice to stop meditating. Because a lot of suffering. I cannot bear about this. No more. So I need to do something.
EnglishI try many thing to do and try to overcome this suffering, but no way to be go out. Then I last time I used meditation.
EnglishI don't believe that type of meditation can overcome this suffering. Because I have no experience. I have no faith. And then start to meditate, but slowly, slowly I notice one things, very sure. When I meditate, I less suffering. I understand only this much.
EnglishAt that time, I don't want to be enlightenment or very far. You cannot think about it. When I have practiced sunder, nearly I want, I can get the enlightenment nearly. Now, maybe a few minutes I can get the enlightenment. A lot of expectation and practice went before. That time I practice in daily life, I cannot expect this, right?
EnglishJust how to practice, maintain the practice, that's all. So mind also more simple.
EnglishI always understand the only thing is, if you meditate, you are less suffering. That much I understand, but very understand very well. If you are not meditate, immediately the suffering is overwhelming.
EnglishSo this situation is, for me is no choice. So I try again and again and again, long time.
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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.…