Guided MeditationSasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Retreat15 Jun 2013
Morning Guided meditation — Checking the Quality of Awareness and Recognizing the Knowing Nature
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 48 min
Original audio: English
0:00−48:23
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A guided meditation reminding yogis to check what the mind is aware of and let experiences happen naturally. The teacher guides discerning the difference between what is being known and knowing, while maintaining continuous awareness across bodily, verbal, and mental actions.
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Transcript
EnglishJust reminding yourself: what's the mind knowing? What's the mind aware of?
EnglishLet the experience happen itself.
EnglishThey do their job. Experience is experience, object is object.
EnglishThis is not your responsibility.
EnglishLet it be.
EnglishWe are trying to see the process.
EnglishWe are not looking for anything.
EnglishWe just recognize the experience.
EnglishHappen as it is.
EnglishAwareness must be with the wisdom, with the intelligence, with interest.
EnglishSometimes we need to check
Englishawareness quality.
EnglishAwareness present or not.
EnglishAre you sure? Awareness present.
EnglishWhen the awareness presents
Englishwhat happens in the quality of mind?
EnglishWhen the awareness is absent, what happens in the quality of mind? We need to compare.
EnglishWe need to check. We need to understand what is different. How is different?
EnglishObject means it's being known.
EnglishDo you understand? Being known and knowing.
EnglishNature is different.
EnglishEvery time it's meditation time, don't forget: whatever you do, everything,
Englishtry to notice, try to recognize
Englishevery action—mental action, verbal action, and physical action also,
Englishbodily action also, yeah, every action you need to check, to know. To maintain the awareness. Any puja.
EnglishAnd also very careful about what you're talking.
EnglishVery mindful. You need to be mindful, aware to be, and stop. Make a habit. This is for you. This is for you to be practice, chance to have, chance to practice talking meditation.
EnglishJust keep going to practice.
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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.…