Dhamma talkMeditationszentrum Beatenberg Retreat27 May 2016
Meditation instructions — Knowing the Mind and Being Mindful When Speaking
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 30 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−30:10
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Meditation instructions emphasize simple awareness in the present moment and recognizing the mind's volitions that govern bodily movements. The teacher explains that the mind initiates all actions. Yogis are guided to practice mindfulness while speaking to clearly see the interaction of mind and body.
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Transcript
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Check your attitude.
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Okay. Stay in the present moment.
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[Burmese speech]
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And the present moment is all the time.
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Every moment.
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Being aware is not difficult. Knowing is not difficult.
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Knowing is merely a placing
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of the awareness onto the object. Just knowing the object. That's all.
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Just knowing what is happening as it is.
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. That's not difficult.
[Burmese segment]
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. What makes it difficult
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is when we have
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opinions or attitudes about what we are knowing. We want it to be this or that. We think it would be better if it was that or other. We don't think it should be this or that. And that makes it complicated.
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And it's natural that this will happen too. The mind will come in and want to interfere and do this and that. Want or don't want this and that. And we can just acknowledge that.
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Again, acknowledging, knowing. The mind is doing this now.
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So long as we keep acknowledging and knowing this is what the mind is doing, the mind is wanting this and that, the mind has this or that attitude. If we are acknowledging and keep being aware
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that this is happening, that's fine.
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But instead of being aware, we
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forget and get caught up
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in that wanting. We
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start to do what the wanting wants. We start to follow what the not-wanting
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wants.
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And
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that's when we get caught up.
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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.…