Guided MeditationGaia House Retreat5 Jun 2015
Morning guided meditation · intro to talking meditation — Being Mindful When Speaking
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 21 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−21:41
Uses compressed audio.
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This guided meditation shows how to maintain mindfulness and awareness while speaking in daily life. Yogis learn to know intentions and bodily actions naturally without tension, allowing wisdom to arise.
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- 141 hr 31 minInterview groups A and B session 3 with priority for group a to speak — Working with Emotions and Thoughts with Right View3 Jun 2015
- 151 hr 48 minInterview groups C and D session 3 with priority for group c to speak — Recognizing Wrong Attitude and the Difference Between Goal and Expectation3 Jun 2015
- 1626 minMorning Guided meditation — Knowing the Awareness and the Object, Thinking, and Intention4 Jun 2015
- 171 hr 41 minInterview groups E and F session 3 with priority for group E to speak — Wisdom and Defilements4 Jun 2015
- 181 hr 46 minInterview groups A and B session 4 with priority for group b to speak — Observing Aversion and Watching the Mind Door4 Jun 2015
- Viewing1922 minMorning guided meditation · intro to talking meditation — Being Mindful When Speaking5 Jun 2015
- 201 hr 50 minInterview groups C and D session 4 with priority for group d to speak — Working with Anger and Daily Awareness5 Jun 2015
- 211 hr 28 minInterview groups E and F session 4 with priority for group f to speak — Wanting to Understand, Effort, and Knowing the Mind5 Jun 2015
- 2241 minClosing talk · daily life instructions — Maintaining Practice at Home5 Jun 2015
Transcript
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Just be in the present moment.
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Anaga, anaga— anaga , you know, .
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The future is not as important as the present moment. Even if you think about the future, you think about it in the present moment.
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I think, right now, present moment, right? And every moment is the present moment.
[Burmese segment]
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Don't forget that
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the Dhamma is
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for use in our lives.
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We need to bring it back into our lives.
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. We come for retreats just to train,
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just to learn. But it's at home that we apply the skills that we have learned,
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the knowledge that we have learned.
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, y .
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Know yourself.
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Know what's happening in your own
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body, in your own mind, before you
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think, speak, and act. Think, speak, and act
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with awareness of yourself.
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, A-ga . Today, if anyone
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wants to
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try speaking mindfully, you can.
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? In- insight , em paramita . And the reason
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that this is
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included is because
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there is a responsibility to, to remind us that,
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that we do need to be mindful when we speak. We've been silent the whole retreat, but
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as part of the practice of the Satipatthana,
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it's mentioned in the Satipatthana that we should be aware when we are aware and— sorry— aware when we are silent and aware when we speak.
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So
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if you wish to begin
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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.…