Q&AShwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Retreat14 Sept 2017
Dhamma discussion — Right View and the Process of Mind
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 48 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
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This Q&A clarifies the process of the mind, right view, and natural awareness without forced focus. The teacher explains how small insights accumulate to mature wisdom, and how to maintain awareness amid daily work, speaking, and ordinary activities.
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Transcript
English
Right. Yeah. Okay, now to the finish.
English
How about your practice? You never talk about your practice. I don't know about you, uh, how you understand or not.
English
Huh? Yes, I don't know. I can't listen also. You are listening, but I don't know about your practice.
English
Okay, see you next. When I get to Naira, uh, the Pháp will arise and give me some— Pháp and emotion at the same time. You recognize? Pháp is, uh, it's not that it arises. It will arise. What? Pháp, it will arise.
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[Burmese speech]
English
Yes, start to arise. Start to arise. And emotion at the same time. Emotion at the same time. Yes. And how— Then you recognize at the same time. Yes. And— And? It's here. So? Think, uh, thought and emotion is here. So? But, uh, another term, uh, thought arise, and I recognize thought, and I recognize some kind of thought.
English
Huh? Some kind of— Content of thought. Yeah, you recognize thought. Recognize that content storyline and— Yes, and, uh, emotion. Emotion. Yeah. But, uh, so when I recognize the thought and content of thought, and I know what's wrong in my mind.
English
Mm-hmm. But, uh, what makes me suffer? What makes— Makes me suffer. Make me— make you suffer. Suffer, suffer. Uh-huh. Yeah, suffer. And so when I— when I understand the suffer, and so I overcome it. Overcome the suffering. Overcome the suffering. I understand overcome suffering. Yeah. Understand can overcome the suffering.
English
Yes. Yes. So, uh, my question is, uh, when, um, when I recognize the, the, the star of— Yeah? And so I don't— I don't understand my absence. I don't know what's wrong. This story is not, not important.
English
Problem is the process of mind. Process of mind. Before, your emotion not coming, right? Now emotion arising, we try to learn about the process, not from the storyline. If you are more attention to the storyline, the emotion comes, right? Yes. So your mind need to change direction to the nature.
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Not go— not, not too much pay attention to the storyline. Storyline is concept. So define object is concept.
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Which time object is nature.
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But, uh, when I— when I recognize the content, I know what is— Yes. If you can know, it's okay. If you cannot know, not cannot know, let it be.
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Right? Don't try to looking for it. If you can see, it's okay. If you cannot see, also okay.
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But, uh, only, only— Because of beginning of thought, so you cannot see the concept of the thought, right? No, beginning, no, no, no. You cannot see the meaning, right? You cannot know the meaning, right? Because of soul, there is sutta, soul. Let it be. Yeah. Okay? And when another time it— And another time, yeah.
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Many stories, principle is the same. But story is concept is different of different story, but the defining happening is principle is the same. Okay? Yes. We need more learning about the process of mind. Yes. Huh? Yes. And, uh, another question, is, uh, one you prepare, uh, when you, uh, start, when you— of you, what's the mean of how you— When I— When you— When you were beginning— When I— When I— Yes.
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When you beginning— Yes. When you were young, huh? When you started meditating, when you were a beginner,
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back— When you were young. When, when I start meditating, what, what happened? Yeah, yeah. Uh, uh, what's the best way for you to relax? To relax. To relax, yes. Because my teacher told me to relax.
English
My teacher all the time remind me, you should not practice with the crazy person. Every morning he come to remind. So when we are here, we already know we cannot practice with the crazy. So we are not focus too much. Then he, he, he just tell me just know, just know enough. So then I start to meditate, not focus too much.
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But, but crazy come, then I focus too much. Right?
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So information, for me, is information is very earlier. For you, information is late, very late.
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Right? Yes. For me, it's information is very young. I know already this how to practice without tension. Yes. Right? Yes. Uh, sometimes.
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But also, I also many, many time learn from my define practice. Also, I crazy practice, I follow the crazy a lot, many times. I learn from the define practice and
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I can see stuff, a lot of tension. So that's why I more relax. Okay? Uh, my mind, uh, needs me, uh, follow object. Huh? My mind needs me follow object. Yeah, follow object. Yeah. Beginning everybody start to practice with the follow the object. Yeah. Right? Yeah. And I have a lot of pain.
English
Yes. And so— Yes, yes. I don't know how to deal with that. How much I, I know the right information, but I'm not understand very well yet. Yes. So I practice also, I practice starting with the wrong little bit focus. Yes. So long time later, later I more re-realize you should not practice with the focus.
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One time I,
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I learn from the experience that is I try, I when I'm young, I like concentration, peace, calmness. Then I like very much. So I practice very hard for peacefulness. For peacefulness, huh? So I try practice very hard the whole day.
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The mor- morning, the whole day, continuously. Even the night time also, I'm not try to sleep. I try to meditate because if you sleep, I cannot enjoy the peacefulness.
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I want to enjoy it. So night time, I'm not sleep. Try to meditate. Standing, walking, sitting, lying down, many postures. I continue practice. One time,
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2:00 AM, I, I, I remember 2:00 AM, I'm meditating with the chair. Suddenly the back part tightly, huh? A little bit pain. So I very
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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.…