Dhamma talkPauenhof Center Retreat28 Apr 2016
Morning instruction day 6 — Eight Conditions for Dhamma and Awareness in Speech
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 34 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−34:08
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Meditation instructions highlight eight conditions for discovering Dhamma, starting with avoiding greed and remaining contented with results. The teacher encourages yogis to cultivate causes rather than crave outcomes, maintain continuous awareness, and observe mind-body interactions during speech.
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Transcript
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Keep going.
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The one I've been sitting on. Check your attitude
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again and again.
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Wanting doesn't get us anywhere or anything.
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Only when we
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fulfill the right conditions, or when the right conditions or causes come together, then results are achieved.
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Wanting only agitates the mind.
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[Burmese speech]
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There is some writing about
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eight conditions
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that are necessary
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for the discovery of Dhamma.
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Number one: do not be greedy.
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. Number two: whatever the result,
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we need to be contented with it.
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Number three and four
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Three. Number three. Mind and body must be
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alone. . Not seeking companionship.
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You are not shaken up. The
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solitude of body means not being
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overly sociable, not mixing with
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all our social relations too much. Solitude of mind means not socializing with our kilesa friends, with our unwholesome mental qualities.
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Number four is to try again and again.
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Is to make effort
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over and over. To persevere. Persistent. Yeah. To persist.
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is to always have awareness. Always have sati, actually, which means to remember. So to always remember. Soi .
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Number six: samādhi must be present. Stability of mind must be present.
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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.…