Q&AOther Dhamma talks2 Jul 2013
Meditation while Talking
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 4 min
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0:00−4:22
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Sayadaw U Tejaniya shares insights on maintaining mindfulness while speaking and the importance of right speech. Restraining unnecessary talk supports rapid progress in practice. The discussion also explains conceit (māna) as a defilement rooted in comparing oneself with others.
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EnglishAnd another thing is that about talking, it's a— it seems like there is— If I look like what is the right speech, it seems there is nothing to talk. Yes. Yes, that's right.
EnglishI don't know, like, how to— Yeah. Nothing to say. You take care of your talking, your less speaking. Yeah, but it's also— it feels a bit— A lot of your talking is wrong speech. Yeah, it's— yeah. Already. Motivation is the wrong already. 99%. Sometimes, yes. Sometimes it's the loaded.
EnglishYeah.
EnglishRight. So then it's like, open my mouth. That's why if you take care of your mouth very well, your speech becomes less, and thought also very meaningful. Yeah. Sometimes very necessary that you talk. I practiced a long time about this talking meditation, very less talking. Before I'm very less talking.
EnglishNow my brain is, "I need to talk."
EnglishFor me, my practice in daily life, I'm talking very less. That's why even my wife also very all the time crying.
EnglishI need— I talk.
EnglishNecessary I talk. Not necessarily I don't talk too much. All the time I'm very silent, very quiet.
EnglishI didn't realize you're a medicine as well. Huh? And you're a monk too. What? Are you a monk? Yes. No, no. Only prayer. Day life. Day life. Oh, no.
EnglishWhen I become monk, I talk a lot. Oh, the— You know, I need to talk.
EnglishLet it be. Oh. And could you say something about— Because at that time I practiced this musawada. Musawada is a four speech. Four wrong speech. Lying, nonsense, gossip.
EnglishHarsh language. Harsh. Huh? Harsh language. Not beneficial. Either. Not beneficial. Not beneficial. I'm very careful about this four speech. This is— I practice 8%. We call this also 8%. The 5% is a four preset. Four preset what? The plus musawada, right? Number four? No. Exaggerate.
EnglishHuh? Four presets with not lying is the fifth one. Yeah. And three— Not lying is very short. But increasing is a four. Lying, not lying.
EnglishTell me your— Not lying, not speech. Harsh language. Nonsense, gossip.
EnglishHarsh. Harsh language. Harsh language. Yes. Harsh one. Rush. Very rough talking. Rough talking. So that time I don't talk too much. Whole day. That's how to connect with other people if you don't talk. Necessary. You need necessary. You need to talk. Very mindful. I did it. We call also attar, siwa, magadhila.
EnglishThis also 8%. But you can eat.
EnglishYou can eat dinner. This also call 8%.
EnglishI'm very careful about this preset. Awareness become meditation very improved very fast.
EnglishMindfulness to talk.
EnglishAnd one thing about the mana? What is it called? Mana? Like the conceit? Conceit what? Proud. Yeah. Could you say something about that? Like the— Proud is comparing other people as you.
EnglishProud is nature is comparing. You and me. Compare what? I am better than you. Worse. Yeah. This is the nature of the proud is comparing. But is it it's part of delusion, no? Or it's not? It's also defilement. Yeah, right. Mana is also defilement. Proud also.
EnglishI better than you. I lower than you. Whatever you compare, everything is mana. Something like to— Lower mana. Proud mana. Too much. Higher also. Some lower, but he also mana. I'm not good like this, like him. It's also mana. That is very strong. Yeah. Okay.
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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.…