Dhamma talkShwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Retreat28 Mar 2016
Day 1 instructions — Cultivating Continuous Awareness and Right View
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 29 min
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Meditation instructions explain practicing with right view and appropriate effort. The teacher emphasizes continuous awareness without force, viewing all experiences as natural processes.
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Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Retreat · 25 talks
- Viewing129 minDay 1 instructions — Cultivating Continuous Awareness and Right View28 Mar 2016
- 242 minDay 2 morning guided — Yogi Responsibility and Right View29 Mar 2016
- 325 minDay 3 morning guided — Object and Knowing Mind30 Mar 2016
- 41 hr 15 minDay 3 Dhamma discussion group A — Checking Attitude, Quality of Awareness, and Nature of Defilements30 Mar 2016
- 51 hr 14 minDay 3 Dhamma discussion group B — Perception, Intention and Watching the Mind in Daily Life30 Mar 2016
- 630 minDay 4 morning guided — Experience as Object and Checking the Mind31 Mar 2016
- 71 hr 19 minDay 4 Dhamma discussion group C — Nature and Concept, Object and Awareness, and Cause and Effect31 Mar 2016
- 81 hr 9 minDay 4 Dhamma discussion group D — Object Versus Concept, Working with Reactions, and Mind Nature31 Mar 2016
- 938 minDay 5 morning guided — Observing Mental Processes and the Value of Awareness1 Apr 2016
- 101 hr 26 minDay 5 Dhamma discussion group A — Investigating Unpleasant Objects and Neutral Mind1 Apr 2016
Transcript
EnglishOkay, and now I try to tell you about
Englishhow to practice
Englishmindfulness meditation.
EnglishIt's better to do it like this, huh?
EnglishSo,
Englishnow I try to tell you about the medit— how to practice mindfulness meditation. First of all,
Englishmeaning of meditation mean is cultivation.
EnglishMeditation mean is the mind works. You must know there's two
Englishparts: one is the object and the mind. Meditation is the mind work, not object work.
EnglishSo,
Englishnature of the mind is, if you allow this quality of the— if you allow the mind happen again and again and again, this quality of mind is
Englishincreasing. This is the nature of the mind. So meditation is a cultivation. We are trying to cultivate a good quality of mind is main meditation. So we need to cultivate, we need to allow to happen the awareness. So,
Englishso
Englishfirst we need to know about the mindfulness awareness. Concentration, what is meaning?
EnglishSo awareness mean is not focus too much. We don't use concentrate too much, we don't use penetrate or we don't use too much energy. First we need to know about the meaning of awareness. Awareness mean is we try to know our
Englishbody and mind. We have only six object, six sense organs. We need to know our six object. We just recognize these six object mean is awareness.
EnglishSo we can know where our self is knowing too much energy. For example, now,
Englishdo you know about your sipping?
EnglishCan you know, right? Yes. So how much energy we need to know about where our sensation?
EnglishSo knowing too much energy, right? So,
Englishbecause we need to practice all the time. So meditation time is the morning wake-up and the sleep time, this is the meditation time. We need to practice continuously, the whole day, moment to moment. So if you use a lot of energy, the mind is very tired and body and mind become tired. So the mind is more difficult to practice.
EnglishSo that's why we need to, we must don't use too much energy. This is a very important first important point is energy. Don't focus too much, don't concentrate too much.
EnglishBut important thing is be awareness mean awareness continuously. This is more important.
EnglishSo every time we are mindful or we are aware, there's a five faculty is five
Englishquality of mind is working. Awareness, stability of mind, we call concentration also. So awareness, stability of mind, and effort, and faith, and wisdom. This quality of mind must be work together. So meditation mean is cultivation.
EnglishEvery time we are mindful, this quality of mind must be
Englishapply. So if we allow awareness moment to moment
Englishto growing this quality of mind, then this quality of mind become stronger and stronger.
EnglishSo
Englishthe meaning of meditation mean is cultivation. So we need to practice all the time. Morning wake-up and this sleep time, we need to allow
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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.…