Guided MeditationSasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Retreat12 Jun 2013
Morning Guided meditation — Nature of Mind and Reality vs Concept
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 42 min
Original audio: English
0:00−42:09
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A guided meditation on three tasks: maintaining right view, being aware in the present, and sustaining continuous awareness. The Sayadaw clarifies reality versus concept and shows how to recognize mental functions.
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Transcript
EnglishAwareness and wisdom must be present,
Englishmust be have the right view.
EnglishEverything is nature.
EnglishExperience is the experience. Object is the object.
EnglishDon't forget to think as nature: there is nobody there.
EnglishIf in the mind
Englishany defilement is present, the mind is not relaxed.
EnglishSome craving, aversion is present; the mind is not very relaxed and very peaceful.
EnglishSo check your state of mind: there is any
Englishexpectation have or not.
EnglishJust simply
Englishstay in the present moment.
EnglishWe are not going anywhere. We are not trying to get anything; we're just recognizing the process.
EnglishDon't forget to think: yogi job. Yogi job is very simple.
EnglishYogi job is only three things: first, we need to think as nature, any experience arising. Second, we need to think the right way. We need to think as the right view.
EnglishOur body is a physical process and mental process
Englishhave.
EnglishWe need to think as nature about this process.
EnglishNature mean is there is nobody there.
EnglishNature mean is there are cause and there are effect happening, the process happening.
EnglishSeeing process is nature. Hearing process is nature. There is an object. There is a contact. There is a consciousness happening.
EnglishBecause of conditioning, because of cause and effect, the process happening. That mean is nature.
EnglishNobody seeing, nobody hearing. Seeing process is happening. Hearing process is happening.
EnglishThat mean is nature. We need to think as this body and mind is nature.
EnglishWe should not think as a we should not think as a personal.
EnglishWe want to understand this nature. That's why we are watching this process.
EnglishPhysical process also happening itself.
EnglishMental process also happening itself.
EnglishIt's cause and it's effect. It's happening.
EnglishBut we think. We don't know. We don't understanding the reality. We believing. This is me. The body is me. This four element become belong to me. That's why we are talking about I am hot, I am cold.
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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.…