Dhamma talkBangkok Retreat9 Nov 2015
Day 3 instructions — Reality and Concepts in Meditation
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 12 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−12:12
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Meditation instructions explaining the distinction between reality and concepts, as well as the knowing and the known. Yogis learn to recognize the direct experience of body and mind rather than conceptual constructs. By connecting directly with reality, the mind depends less on thoughts and conceptual frameworks.
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Bangkok Retreat · 22 talks
- 21 hr 27 minDhamma discussion group A1 — Meditation Is Being Aware7 Nov 2015
- 317 minDay 2 instructions — Mind as Nature, Knowing and Object8 Nov 2015
- 41 hr 23 minDhamma discussion group B1 — Facing Emotions, Dropping Methods, and Knowing Without Labelling8 Nov 2015
- 52 hr 3 minDhamma discussion group C1 — Can We Really Make a Decision? / Resting in Awareness8 Nov 2015
- Viewing612 minDay 3 instructions — Reality and Concepts in Meditation9 Nov 2015
- 71 hr 55 minDhamma discussion group D1 — Knowing with Right View and Observing Reactions9 Nov 2015
- 81 hr 58 minDhamma discussion group A2 — Observing the Mind, Working with Greed and Fear9 Nov 2015
- 915 minDay 4 instructions — Knowing the Mind and Continuity of Awareness10 Nov 2015
- 101 hr 33 minDhamma discussion group B2 — Mind as Reality and Working with Pain and Attitude10 Nov 2015
- 111 hr 45 minDhamma discussion group C2 — Cause and Effect Process and Being Aware in Life10 Nov 2015
Transcript
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What does the mind know? What do you know of what is happening in the mind?
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There is
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the knowing,
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and there is the known. We must know these two different natures.
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We must understand these are two different natures.
[Burmese segment]
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If there's something
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to be known, we can know it.
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There's two types of objects.
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There are... there is reality, and there are concepts.
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Concepts are
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constructs of the mind. We can only know it because the mind thinks about it.
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U . For example,
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the hand. We can only know
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the hand in the sense of thinking about the shape of the hand, or thinking about the hand.
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We can't directly know the hand. We can only think about it.
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What we can directly know is reality, and that's what we can directly
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sense or experience. For example, we can experience heat. We can experience sensations. We can feel fear.
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But things like
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speed or space, distance, far, near, big, or small, these are constructs of the mind. We have to think about it. We have to imagine it.
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. Emptiness .
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Sometimes.
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Perceiving emptiness is also a construct of the mind.
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And in meditation,
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all the concepts are always there. We're not so interested in the concepts. We're interested in reality, in the experience of reality.
[Burmese segment]
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When it comes to the thinking mind itself, the reality is that
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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.…