Q&AGaia House Retreat3 Jun 2015
Interview groups C and D session 3 with priority for group c to speak — Recognizing Wrong Attitude and the Difference Between Goal and Expectation
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 47 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
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A group interview clarifies recognizing intention before action and working with bodily tension. The Sayadaw guides yogis to be aware of aversion instead of unpleasant objects, distinguishing craving-based expectations from wisdom-led goals.
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- 141 hr 31 minInterview groups A and B session 3 with priority for group a to speak — Working with Emotions and Thoughts with Right View3 Jun 2015
- Viewing151 hr 48 minInterview groups C and D session 3 with priority for group c to speak — Recognizing Wrong Attitude and the Difference Between Goal and Expectation3 Jun 2015
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- 171 hr 41 minInterview groups E and F session 3 with priority for group E to speak — Wisdom and Defilements4 Jun 2015
- 181 hr 46 minInterview groups A and B session 4 with priority for group b to speak — Observing Aversion and Watching the Mind Door4 Jun 2015
- 1922 minMorning guided meditation · intro to talking meditation — Being Mindful When Speaking5 Jun 2015
- 201 hr 50 minInterview groups C and D session 4 with priority for group d to speak — Working with Anger and Daily Awareness5 Jun 2015
Transcript
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It's Wednesday, June 3, Gaya House, 2015, the Sai Daw U Tejaniya group CND session 3.
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Red white bean?
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Okay. I have one. So, oh, did you want us to go? Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah? Okay. Okay.
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Um, yeah. What I was noticing was in daily actions, like making a cup of tea, the actions were kind of a little bit snatchy, you know, snatching at the tea bag, the cup, the water, the milk, the fridge. And so I took a closer look and, um, what I was doing today was
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spending a lot of time looking at the intention. The intention before the action. And to begin with, it was very difficult because the action was happening before I even noticed the intention. And then slowly I noticed, more and more, I could actually see the intention and then before the action. And,
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um, after a while, to begin with it was difficult, but after a while it became a bit easier. And so I was doing this with things like making tea and going to the toilet.
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It was very difficult with eating because there were so many actions going on, so many intentions with the fork and the chewing,
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that I was forgetting to enjoy the meal.
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But what occurred to me was this is something I could take into kind of everyday life. Mm-hmm. Okay. And to hold. Intention lecture. Uh, I think it was a summary with the detailing that I didn't know. The paper don't tell you the chatty-chatty bit a little bit. Mm-hmm. Quite you get visited and blah blah blah.
[Burmese segment]
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Meowing. That's a lot of good. That's a lot of good. A sound. Yeah, that comes with meowing. Yeah, you come with it. Enjoyable, enjoyable meowing. Yeah. That meant you do not tell one yawning to another. Load of meowing. Enjoyable meowing. Yes. The mind is busy being aware. It can't indulge in enjoyment.
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Yeah, but the leek turning longer and your longer time. That's why when there is continuous mindfulness, grief decreases. The paper meow. The paper do-do-do do it, so you see that. Because it doesn't have a chance. There's no time for it. The leek turning. A look so you got the load-loading before, load-loading meow. Because the mind is absorbed in this work.
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It doesn't have time for the other work.
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Agreed. I think I say it in my paper manual, Sayadaw, in the paper manual. But if, um. Chensay like shining. Yeah. That's a lot of, that's a lot of, that's a lot of kiti-kiti toya. In knowing the intentions, yeah. This is if you are, like, looking for the intentions or waiting for them, it can become tiring because it's a sense of, like, trying to focus on, um, yeah, no too much.
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The khapu and yawning are not very relevant. But this is having, um, if you know it what, you know, as much as you can, then it's okay. You know, it's not so tiring. And once you understand what it's about, this is much easier to detect it everywhere. The intention was. Tin When we know the intentions
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When looking into a thing like this. Awareness becomes better because it's like the little bridge between actions. So we know a little bit more.
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Okay. Yeah. So, yeah, I, um, I noticed for the last couple days, uh, I really liked the words that you teach. Because they started becoming much clearer, like happy and interested, and gratitude and loving and compassionate and giving.
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So kind of the wholesome and good qualities and then also wanting and liking and disliking. That's been really nice. So now, now it's becoming really clear. Okay, I'm liking. So it's the process of liking and so on. So that's great.
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When we start knowing. But When we start knowing our experience, connecting with our experience. So yeah, it's a happy experience.
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It's very interesting.
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But right now I'm a little bit nervous for talking. So I'm a little bit unhappy right now. I feel like I'm nervous because I'm in the middle of a job. And the unable. Because there's so many people. Yeah, yeah. If it was just, like, one by one, alone. Yeah.
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Speaking in public is not natural for all of us. So yeah, it can feel a bit daunting. So one question
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is about energy in practice. So when
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in the instructions we're told that try to
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have a low energy or just enough energy to keep observing. And
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that works pretty well
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most of the time. So when I'm lying down, I'm eating or walking, I can keep pretty low energy. But in sitting meditation, when I sit and
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some tensions arise, and then I
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try to work with intelligence to ask questions like,
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yeah, is this good? Is this bad? Is the mind, mind, mind? Stuff like that. And I have a pretty good balance. But then the energy in the body is sometimes it goes up and down. But my mind is okay. I feel comfortable. But the energy is like bzzz like this, you know? And I was just wondering, is that energy okay or is it.
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