Dhamma talkMeditationszentrum Beatenberg Retreat26 May 2016
Meditation instructions — The Nature of Mind and Momentum of Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 16 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−16:30
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Meditation instructions explaining that the mind naturally knows its object, so excessive effort is unnecessary. Momentum of awareness arises when conditions such as effort, attitude, and understanding come together. When momentum fades, the yogi simply starts again, knowing things as they are without interpretation.
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Transcript
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Sri Om Matsyidi. Three sīlams.
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Just check,
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I'm just checking
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whether there is awareness.
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Ayon ng tita, tinatawag kong Sri Loka.
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Sige ayon ng tita, tinatawag Sri Vida.
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Ayon, Tiyo, asan si Amang Lolo?
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That which knows
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the object. The object is whatever is being known.
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And that which knows is the mind. And because it is the nature of the mind to know
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the object, that's why we don't have to
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try very hard to know something.
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We just have to recognize that nature that's already knowing
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the object.
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[Burmese speech]
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For any effect to arise,
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several conditions must always be fulfilled: one effect, several conditions,
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several causes.
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When the awareness gains momentum,
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that's because of the practice that has already been
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put into place, the efforts that we have put in, the little little understandings that we have gained: state of mind, attitude, all these are coming together in the moment to give rise to that effect of momentum.
[Burmese segment]
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And all these different conditions
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are not constant: the effort, the wisdoms,
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they're all
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also increasing and decreasing, coming and going.
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Based on conditions.
[Burmese segment]
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So when momentum runs out, the awareness doesn't feel so natural anymore. There's no need to panic,
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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.…