Dhamma talkBangkok Retreat10 Nov 2015
Day 4 instructions — Knowing the Mind and Continuity of Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 14 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
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Meditation instructions reminding yogis to maintain right attitude and recognize awareness itself. The mind functions by knowing, and awareness becomes clear through continuity. Meditation is not merely sitting, but sustaining awareness throughout daily life to see things as they are without personal preconceptions.
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Transcript
Englishกูสี่กว่าระเดียว กูเปลี่ยนแต่พอทําไมล่ะ ตะกี้ฉีดแล้ว Check the quality of your mind.
EnglishDo you have the right attitude? Is there awareness?
Englishกูตะกี้ฉีดเองสละ ยังติดอยู่หรือยังล่ะ
EnglishYou can know that you are aware.
[Burmese segment]
EnglishWhatever you're aware of, just let it be. Let it happen. What you need to appreciate is that you are aware.
Englishติดดะๆๆ ตีหนีดดะๆๆ ซีบเลย
EnglishThat awareness, that knowing,
Englishthat is the mind.
EnglishThe function of knowing is the mind.
Englishซีดสละ ปรุงสละ มีชีวินี ยังมีชีวะ ยังมีชีวะ อยู่ในสามชีวะ เอาไปแมะดูโลกนี้ ดูโลกๆ นี่เอง ติดอยู่หรือยัง พี่ชินนี่ยังติดอยู่หรือยัง The mind has no
Englishsize, no shape, no color, no place.
EnglishBut you can know the mind. You can know
Englishthat it's working.
EnglishYou can know what it is doing.
EnglishYou can know that it is
Englishpresent, that it is. That it is.
EnglishThat it arises.
[Burmese segment]
Englishตะกี้ซะๆ หลามอ่ะ ติดแล้วพี่ซีดก็ถิ่นช้าเลยตอนนี้
EnglishAnd between the knowing and what you know, what you know is always more clear, is always more obvious.
EnglishAnd it's only when awareness becomes continuous that awareness becomes very obvious.
EnglishThat awareness comes into relief for you
Englishwhen awareness is continuous.
Englishตะกี้ซะๆ ละ ยี่จี๊ว่าแล้ว
Englishตะกี้ซะๆ หมัด ซีกอ้าลีปี๊ดละ ซีกอ้าปี๊ดแล้ว หมัด ตีมือดะ อายุนี่อยู่เมียไหนนะ
EnglishAnd continuity of awareness is important.
EnglishThe more consistent our awareness, and the more continuous it is, the stronger the mind gets.
EnglishAnd then more subtle
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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.…