Q&APauenhof Center Retreat27 Apr 2016
Group interview A2 — Meditation as a Learning Process and Working with Defilements
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 2 hr 10 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−2:10:29
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In this group interview, the teacher addresses how to recognize liking, face restlessness, and handle defilements in daily life. He advises against suppressing mind states, encouraging continuous awareness so wisdom can arise. Ultimately, meditation is simply a process of learning from present-moment experience.
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Pauenhof Center Retreat · 17 talks
- 61 hr 30 minGroup interview B1 — Practicing Continuously and Using Intelligence25 Apr 2016
- 743 minMorning instruction day 4 — The Value of Awareness and Nature of Mind and Body26 Apr 2016
- 81 hr 30 minGroup interview C1 — Mind Activities and Right Attitude Toward Emotions26 Apr 2016
- 940 minMorning instruction day 5 — Recognizing Mind and Continuity of Awareness27 Apr 2016
- Viewing102 hr 10 minGroup interview A2 — Meditation as a Learning Process and Working with Defilements27 Apr 2016
- 1134 minMorning instruction day 6 — Eight Conditions for Dhamma and Awareness in Speech28 Apr 2016
- 121 hr 18 minGroup interview B2 — Gross and Subtle Objects, and Attitude Towards Sensations28 Apr 2016
- 1332 minMorning instruction day 7 — Noticing Intentions and Observing Present Experiences29 Apr 2016
- 141 hr 10 minGroup interview C2 — Experiential Understanding and Practicing Continuously29 Apr 2016
- 1549 minMorning instruction day 8 — Cultivating Awareness and the Process of Mind30 Apr 2016
Transcript
EnglishOkay. Thanks.
EnglishEn dan neem ik hem wel naar de Dhamma-hal weer, of zo. Ja.
EnglishI'm going to sleep. Wrong music. Nope, nope, nope. Oh, yeah, it's okay. It's just cold. Oh, okay. So this room is quite warm. No, no, you're cold. Oh.
EnglishAre you my neighbor? Yes. Do I wake you up in the morning? No. Okay.
EnglishYeah. No. Okay.
EnglishAre you the window-open? So you want it open? It's cold, huh? Yeah. Everybody's cold. That's my cold too, yeah. I love open. I don't know who. Fresh air. It's just the window. It's warm, yeah.
EnglishI prefer the two because of the senses. Small. Ah. It's a bit small. Okay. So. So you need to sit closer? Do you want to sit here, then? Where you're near the window.
EnglishIf you have cold. I'm warm. I'm warm enough, but I mean, just other people. No, no, but. It's far enough from there. Maybe sit here. Sit here. Yeah. Sit here. Yeah.
EnglishI'll be quiet.
EnglishYeah.
EnglishYeah, that's fine. Yeah, it's okay. I put it.
EnglishYou live near here, right? Yeah, 60 kilometers. Jeez. Yeah.
EnglishHave you come here before? Never. Oh. Did you know of this place? Okay. I'm going to go to southern Germany. Yeah. That's another place that has another meditation center. Oh, okay. I think. Like Köln was. Köln goes to teach. Teach. Yeah, yeah. I think Ingeborg was talking about that place.
EnglishYeah, yeah. And in Switzerland. Yeah, yeah. Okay. That's so weird. Okay.
EnglishHave you ever heard about Desert Jiggle? No. No? No. Okay. I only listen to him's pep talks. Okay.
EnglishYou're great, yeah. No, no. That's been my side.
EnglishIf you came in. Yeah, I do. I came in just in time. You came in and then it started raining.
EnglishWhere have you been? In the Netherlands or in Germany? No, I've been somewhere called Xantem something. Xant. Xantem. Xantem.
EnglishI haven't been there.
EnglishYeah. Yeah. That's Singapore. You don't go to all the tourist places until your friends come and you take them there.
EnglishDo you mind if I ask how tall you are?
EnglishOh, about 196. 1 meter 96. But I don't know in inches. Inches. 6 inches, something. Maybe 9 foot. No, not 9 feet. 6 feet. I don't know. It's 30 centimeters or 31. It's 1 inch, or. I don't know that. Or feet. Yeah, about 30 centimeters is 1 feet, yeah. So 1.9.
EnglishSo 1 inch. 6 and a half. 6 and a half feet. 6 and a half, yeah. Yeah. 2 meters is 6 foot 6. Oh, okay. 2 meters is 6 foot 6. And he's 196. 6 foot 4 and a half. That's almost. You're just shy of. Shy? No, no. Shy of 6 and a half. Yeah, just like 6 and a half. Yeah. Wow. Must be something they're doing.
EnglishSo young now. Yeah, they will be.
EnglishAnd those clothes up here. Yeah.
EnglishFor me, a choppy girl out here in nimba.
EnglishOkay.
EnglishCan start. Who won't stop this far.
EnglishI had the experience on Tuesday for the first time that I never had before, and tomorrow I had it again. I was abnormally restless. Tomorrow? Yesterday. This morning. This morning. Oh. Oh, it's the other side tomorrow? Yes. I'm not British, though. I can make a mistake.
EnglishI'm not. It's not mania. I can't compete there. You need it. Yeah, I'm pity there. I don't have mania with you. All right. We'll have a look at it.
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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.…