Guided MeditationGaia House Retreat2 Jun 2015
Morning Guided meditation — Recognizing the Workings of the Mind
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 23 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−23:04
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The guided meditation instructs checking attitude and recognizing body and mind processes. Continuous practice clarifies characteristics of phenomena and reveals how volitional energy (chetana) drives movement and stillness.
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Transcript
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What is the state of the mind? What is the state of the mind, and what is the mind knowing?
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Are there desires in the mind? Expectations? Check your attitude.
[Burmese segment]
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The mind is not something that you can
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know by focusing or trying to look very hard. Because the mind has no form, no shape, no place.
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No color, no... it's not tangible. But you can know that something's happening in the mind, that the mind is working.
[Burmese segment]
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But with awareness, you become able to
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know that the mind is working. You can see the mind in action. You can understand what is mind.
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And this comes with practice.
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The more you practice, the more you try to know. Slowly, the mind becomes able to see
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the different workings of the mind, the states of the mind as objects.
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We have two natures: the nature of the mind and the nature of the body. And the mind has its characteristics, and the body has its characteristics.
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Body of matter. Mind and matter.
[Burmese segment]
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In understanding reality, we can understand reality at two levels. We can understand its specific characteristics, and we can understand its general characteristics. The general characteristics are shared by all phenomena, mental and physical.
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And the general characteristics are anicca, dukkha, anattā.
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The specific characteristics are specific to each
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phenomena.
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Every phenomena has its particular nature. That's a specific characteristic. Wisdom has, for example, clarity.
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While greed's characteristic is, generally speaking, to destroy,
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push away. Sorry, that was aversion. And greed is to stick or grasp. So each has their specific characteristics, which is not shared by the others.
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But the general ones are shared by everyone.
[Burmese segment]
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When we know the defilements, we generally detect the defilements
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by the quality of how we feel
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and the quality of the thoughts. Or the wording in the thoughts itself.
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But we must remember that
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the thoughts are just a vehicle for the defilements to express themselves. The thought is not the defilement. The thought is a tool used by the defilements to express themselves. And feelings are a result of
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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.…