Dhamma talkMaui Retreat20 Nov 2016
Morning instructions — Being Aware in the Present Moment
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 41 min
Original audio: English
0:00−41:49
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Meditation instructions emphasize maintaining right view and awareness of the ever-changing present moment. Meditators are encouraged to appreciate being aware rather than judging what arises in the body and mind. With wisdom, discernment happens naturally without forceful effort.
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Transcript
EnglishPlease check how you're feeling in the state of your mind.
EnglishWhatever happens,
Englishjust let it happen
Englishas it does. Just let it be.
EnglishOkay.
EnglishCool. Cool down a little bit. You're more bold than the rest of you.
EnglishOur responsibility
Englishis to have the right view
Englishand to be aware.
EnglishOur yoga
Englishis still yoga. Our attitude is yoga. The mind and what it knows in every moment
Englishis ever-changing, always new, always a new moment.
EnglishAbout that, about right now, physical right now,
Englishabout the main attitude change. And that is life. Life is our every moment, and it's ever-changing.
[Burmese segment]
EnglishAnd the past and the future are not here right now. Right now, whatever
Englishyou have is all there is right now. And that now is
Englishnow, and now, and now, and it's new, and new, and new.
EnglishI think I don't really know what I'm going to answer.
EnglishWhat's that? What's that? Paññā? Sanāga paññā? Is it the same as paramā? This is all behind the views. Anagha or nididāna? We might have thoughts about the past, but that's just the content of the thought. The thought is present, and it's arising new, fresh, now.
EnglishThe mind is thinking now, and it's the same with the future. The future isn't here. The past isn't here,
Englishbut the mind is thinking about the past or the future, but the present is that the mind is thinking.
EnglishIn the present.
EnglishSiddha, is it the present or is it the present? I'm not sure. Or I feel I'm uneventful. And we really only have our present. That's what we're living.
EnglishAnd if we're not aware of the present,
Englishit's like we lose a little bit of our life.
EnglishWe lose contact with it
Englishwhen we are not aware of it.
EnglishPaññā or jāguru? That's not a vibe. Paññā or whatever is that vibe? Always appreciate that we are aware, instead of judging
Englishwhat is happening to us, what we are aware of. Because I don't really know. Samādhi yoga? If there is. Samādhi nididāna, nididāna, nididāna, yo-yo-yoga? If there is something unhole, summarizing in the mind, recognizing, "This is happening," and appreciating that you recognize it.
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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.…