Dhamma talkPauenhof Center Retreat29 Apr 2016
Morning instruction day 7 — Noticing Intentions and Observing Present Experiences
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 32 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−32:15
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Meditation instructions emphasize knowing the mind in the present moment, including thoughts and intentions that drive bodily actions. All arising experiences serve simply as objects to cultivate wholesome qualities such as awareness and wisdom. Meditation is a lifelong practice to understand ourselves and nature.
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- Viewing1332 minMorning instruction day 7 — Noticing Intentions and Observing Present Experiences29 Apr 2016
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- 1549 minMorning instruction day 8 — Cultivating Awareness and the Process of Mind30 Apr 2016
- 161 hr 31 minGroup interview B3 — Mind as Nature, Wise Attitude, and Skillful Action30 Apr 2016
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Transcript
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Think of my things.
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What is the mind
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aware of?
[Burmese segment]
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Memories might arise. You might have thoughts about your past, or you might have plans for the future. You might be thinking of things in the future. But remember that the mind that is thinking of the past and the future, that mind is happening right now. So the story in the thought is about the past, and the story is about the future, but the mind is thinking now.
[Burmese segment]
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Notice when you want to do something. When you intend to do something, just wanting to get up, wanting to get a drink, wanting to think, wanting to do, wanting to stay still. . Wanting to speak.
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To think, to sit, to get up. Just...
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throughout the day.
[Burmese segment]
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Our mind and body are connected.
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And when the mind wants to do something, it
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then
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sets the body in motion.
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But it also does the opposite. When the mind wants to stay still, it makes the body stay still.
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Why are your eyes closed?
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lúc nó, nó bỏ mình, Sao mà. When we want to do something,
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and it's just not just a neutral wanting to do something. When greed comes in, then the wanting to do something becomes very... takes on a different tone, gets more intense.
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There are also wholesome motivations for wanting to do something. We want to help.
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We want to give.
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. We want to be aware.
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We want to do wholesome things.
[Burmese segment]
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Everything in the present moment
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is an effect
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of events in the past. And you might have
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good effects arising in the present moment, or bad effects arising in the present moment.
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But regardless of whether what you experience now, these effects, what is in the present moment, regardless of whether they are good or not, feel pleasant or not, for awareness they are just objects. They are just what is in the present moment.
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[Burmese speech]
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Can kill body.
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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.…