Guided MeditationInsight Meditation Society Retreat4 May 2014
Guided meditation — Noticing Defilements and Continuous Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 28 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
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The guided meditation reminds yogis to check their attitude and recognize subtle defilements as soon as they arise. Observing defilements from a distance without focusing too tightly keeps the mind clear and pure. Practice should be sustained patiently and continuously throughout life without rushing for results.
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- 1934 minGuided meditation — Present Moment Knowing and Momentum of Awareness3 May 2014
- 201 hr 39 minDharma Discussion group A3 — Doubt, Nature of Awareness and Objects, and Dukkha3 May 2014
- 212 hr 9 minDharma Discussion group B3 — Working with Defilements, Pain, and Effort3 May 2014
- Viewing2228 minGuided meditation — Noticing Defilements and Continuous Awareness4 May 2014
- 231 hr 46 minDharma Discussion group C3 — Defilements as Objects and Awareness of Mind4 May 2014
- 242 hr 1 minDharma Discussion group D3 — Working with Defilements and Right Attitude4 May 2014
- 251 hr 51 minDharma Discussion group E3 — Investigating Defilements and Reality of the Mind5 May 2014
- 262 hr 14 minDharma Discussion group F3 — Being Aware of Awareness, Personal Effort, and Looking Internally at Defilements5 May 2014
- 271 hr 41 minDharma Discussion group A4 — Practicing with Regret, Delusion, and Emotions6 May 2014
Transcript
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Good. How about how I go sit?
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Check your own attitude.
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Check the attitude of the mind. Lobha ganya adega.
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Greed can be everywhere.
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It could be hiding anywhere.
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[Burmese speech]
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When we start seeing more defalments, it's actually because
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the mind is getting more skillful at
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noticing things in the mind.
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So when we
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see a lot of defalments in the mind, some of us might
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think that
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we're suddenly developing a lot of defalments,
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or having a lot of defalments. But in fact,
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they've always been there. It's just now our ability to see them has improved.
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Particularly when we see more subtle minds, that's when we detect all the many, many defalments that are there.
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But it means that when we see the defalments, that the defalments are not growing unchecked in our minds.
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They're not running amok without detection.
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When we talk about subtle
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states of mind, subtle minds,
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it means that you're noticing
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the mind as soon as it arises. Almost as soon as it arises.
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Uber dukkha to ? So to give an analogy, if you had an enemy
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and they were going to ambush you, it's better that you see them than you don't.
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[Burmese speech]
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Usually.
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Our lives are run by the defalments.
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But we don't know.
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[Burmese speech]
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So if we know the subtle minds, then we know as soon as the defalment rises, and as soon as we know the defalment, then it will subside. Because it's still 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.…