Q&ASpirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat30 Apr 2015
Group A · session 2 — Nature of Thoughts and Feelings, Mindful Communication and Hidden Defilements
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 2 hr 6 min
Original audio: English
0:00−2:06:44
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In this group interview, the teacher explains how to recognize thoughts and feelings rather than getting caught in stories or manipulating objects. He clarifies the role of right view, investigating mental processes, and discerning subtle conceit and hidden defilements in daily interactions.
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- 91 hr 27 minGroup E · session 1 — Investigation, Stillness, and Subtle Intentions29 Apr 2015
- 102 hr 20 minGroup F · session 1 — Working with Defilements and Right Effort29 Apr 2015
- 1130 minMorning instructions day 5 — Working with the Observing Mind and Right View30 Apr 2015
- Viewing122 hr 7 minGroup A · session 2 — Nature of Thoughts and Feelings, Mindful Communication and Hidden Defilements30 Apr 2015
- 131 hr 30 minGroup B · session 2 — Balancing Effort and Observing with Right View30 Apr 2015
- 1433 minMorning instructions day 6 — Concept and Reality1 May 2015
- 151 hr 28 minGroup C session 2 — Awareness and Wisdom with Everyday Activities1 May 2015
- 161 hr 45 minGroup D · session 2 — Reality and Concepts, Investigating with Right Attitude1 May 2015
- 1740 minMorning instructions day 7 — Interest, Pure Mind, and Understanding2 May 2015
Transcript
EnglishThis is Thursday, April 30, at Spirit Rock with Sayadaw U Tejaniya, group A, the second session with group A.
EnglishSo, just, um, one or two days before I was coming here,
Englishthe big problem arose—I manage a building where we live, and— A building for what? It's like a condominium building where we live. For me? That is to say, my wife and I live in a condominium among other—many other people. Okay. And, um, I've been the president for too long.
EnglishThis problem came up. I tried to resolve it quickly, and I'm afraid I did the—what I did was not very skillful in my attempt to fix it. I say this because now it seems, at least for the first couple of days that I was here,
Englishthat object I couldn't see as an object. As I was trying to see it as an object, the story began, and before I could really realize what was happening, I was right in the middle of it. It's starting to fade a little bit, but anyway, I just wanted to ask that question: how to see a very strong object, a very sticky object, and
Englishget past that.
EnglishAnyway, that's my question. Mm-hm.
[Burmese segment]
EnglishJanganlah cibir betul-betul.
[Burmese segment]
EnglishSo the object that you're talking about sounds to me like you're saying the object is the problem that happened.
EnglishBut the object is not the problem. The object is your thoughts. It's what you can experience directly: your thoughts or your feelings. And that's what you deal with. That's what you try to learn about. Not try to fix it or make it go away, but you're going to learn about the nature of how the mind—how thoughts and feelings
Englishcause each other to be affected.
EnglishAnd when you—as you explore the relationship between thought and feeling, and you begin to understand it better, the more you understand the nature of thought and feeling, the less you're affected by thought and feeling.
EnglishThen, when you understand this nature, you can then bring your understanding to
Englishobserving—bring that understanding to bear on the story you have. But that's much later. You don't try to solve the story. You have to—you have to gain your wisdom first. Saya
EnglishDulu dulu. So what you need to build in yourself is equanimity. How do you maintain your equanimity? Do you have the wisdom for it? If you have the equanimity and the wisdom, then you can use these to deal with any problem.
EnglishTo understand it. Thank you very much.
EnglishYeah. The stories are many for everyone.
EnglishSolutions are...
EnglishI wanted to know— Sorry, sorry. I was wondering if Sayadaw is feeling okay. Is he feeling okay? Is he well? Is he ill or is he okay? Very well.
EnglishJust—
EnglishWhy do you need that? Why do you ask?
EnglishI guess I was concerned.
EnglishI don't know. I don't want to describe all the symptoms that I observed.
EnglishOkay.
EnglishSo I've been mainly practicing—I don't have a specific question, just wanted to describe a few things that
EnglishI've been practicing mainly with the first sentence in the right attitude.
EnglishIt says, "Observe, accept, and acknowledge."
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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.…