Dhamma talkMaui Retreat19 Nov 2016
Morning instructions — The Object, the Knowing, and Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 24 min
Original audio: English
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Meditation instructions distinguishing between the object and knowing. The teacher explains qualities of mind such as feeling, intention, and awareness. Recognizing the benefits of awareness inspires yogis to value it and maintain awareness of body and mind throughout all activities.
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Transcript
EnglishWhat is it? Why is it blinking?
EnglishI hope the battery's not low, but if it is, I've got more. Testing, testing. Still mirrored, yeah. I'll just wave if you can see it's not working. Pause. Yeah. Working. Okay.
EnglishWhat is the mind knowing?
EnglishI will choose a cleaner state.
EnglishThere is the object, and there is
Englishthe knowing.
EnglishYou could call it what you know
Englishand knowing. Knowing is awareness.
EnglishI know I'm aware of the world, so that I know I am aware. I detain it above all else. The objects
Englisharen't inherently good or bad.
EnglishThey're just being known.
EnglishAnd the object might be
Englishone of the bodily senses,
Englishor it could be
Englishthe mind. Seeing it as I can see it, I can. Not beyond. The knowing itself
Englishis, of course, just mind.
EnglishSo it's not all that I'm seeing, and I'm seeing what you're not seeing, I'm seeing you as I'm seeing. Me and everything.
EnglishBut the mind has
Englishno shape, no size, no color, no form, and no place.
EnglishI'm a little seeing a bigger ya. So I don't know any bigger ya.
EnglishBut the mind is doing things, and the mind
Englishis— you could say the mind is happening, or it's arising.
EnglishAnd you can know that it's doing things,
Englishthat it's there.
EnglishGood. Above all, I'm looking and seeing.
EnglishThe mind has its characteristics.
EnglishThink that now, think about it. The mind has its behaviors and unique qualities. For example,
Englishknowing is one of the natures of the mind.
EnglishDo it then. Thinking is another nature of the mind.
EnglishI know what kind of that is. Feeling. It feels the object.
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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.…