Q&AInsight Meditation Society Retreat6 May 2012
Group C 3 — Awareness of Mind, Sleepiness, and Rushing at Work
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 55 min
Original audio: English
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In this group interview, the teacher discusses working with sleepiness, fear, and itchiness without resisting. He distinguishes sense consciousness (viññāṇa) from awareness, advising against fixing the mind onto a single object. Guidance is also given on practicing mindfulness amid fast-paced work.
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- 142 hrGroup A 3 — Cause and Effect, Intention, and Metta5 May 2012
- 151 hr 56 minGroup B 3 — Practicing Mindful Speaking and Letting Wisdom Lead5 May 2012
- Viewing161 hr 56 minGroup C 3 — Awareness of Mind, Sleepiness, and Rushing at Work6 May 2012
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- 181 hr 47 minGroup E 3 — Investigation, Continuity, and Natural Working of the Mind7 May 2012
- 191 hr 49 minGroup F 3 — Seeing Object as Nature and Right View7 May 2012
- 2012 minTaking practice into life7 May 2012
- 211 hr 44 minGroup A 4 — Recognizing Wisdom and Checking the Observing Mind8 May 2012
Transcript
EnglishGood. So this is a recording of Sayadaw U Tejaniya checking Group C for the third time
Englishon Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Insight Meditation Society.
EnglishAnd with the nine people who are speaking first, please raise your hand to identify yourself.
EnglishMm-hmm. And also talking and listening. Oh, yeah. And today, Sayadaw would like you all to be practicing while you're here, uh, especially those who are speaking to be aware of what's going on in your mind and body when you're speaking. And those of you who are listening to, to be mindfully aware of listening, particularly when Sayadaw and Matthaud are talking to each other and you don't understand what they're saying.
EnglishJust watch what's going on in your mind and your body. And, uh, we may, and Sayadaw may ask you about what you're experiencing and what your, how your awareness is in the middle of the group check-in. So no more browsing through.
EnglishYou have to be kind of alert. So enjoy your practice.
EnglishHmm. Um, it's, it's, it's, um,
Englishit's, it's hard to, um,
EnglishI, I, I'm sitting here, um, thinking that
EnglishI'd like to have something interesting to say. Um, but mostly the practice has been, um,
Englishyou know, sitting, walking, um, periods of very brief periods of clarity of mind. Um,
Englisha lot of, um,
Englisha lot of sleepiness
Englishand, um,
Englishthe sleepiness yesterday,
Englishuh, in the, the after breakfast, that first sit after breakfast often is very, a very sleepy time for me. And so I thought, well, I'll go and I'll just watch the sleepiness and see what happens.
EnglishAnd
EnglishI began to watch the sleepiness and the mind, I could see the mind kind of, I could see it just kind of really pulling, pulling, pulling. And there was almost a, a feeling of, um, wanting that. I mean, it's very, very tiny little moment.
EnglishAnd then
Englishthe talking began because there was talking, the teacher's talking, and, and I, you know, it vanished. So when I came back, then that, the rest of the sit was, um,
Englishkind of watching, watching and clunk, watching, watching, watching, clunk. Just sort of, you know, trying to, trying to watch this. And
Englishat some point, this went on for, I think, pra--practically for the most part of the sit, I think. And then all of a sudden, there was energy and clarity and like it just came from nowhere. And
Englishthat was interesting.
EnglishUm,
Englishthen I go to lunch and there's, I'm not even sure if it was the same, same day, but lunch, lunch hour was very, um, I felt this just enormous. What I thought was fatigue, just the body was just felt so heavy and so, um, just I could hardly, I just could hardly eat, you know?
EnglishI just really didn't want to eat. I just, and, and I, well, what's, what is this? And
Englishas the mind tried to look at what it was, I could, there was, I could see this like a little, it, it was just hard to pull it apart. And it was just like there was, there was no energy to pull it apart and even see what was. So I thought, oh, I'm just tired, so I'll go take a nap.
EnglishSo I struggled through the rest of the meal and, and went, and I took a nap and I actually fell asleep. And
Englishwhen I got up, I felt very refreshed. Mm-hmm. And
Englishthings seemed clearer and more relaxed. And, and then, you know, it goes on and there's ups and downs and joys and sorrows. And
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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.…