Dhamma talkSpirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat30 Apr 2015
Morning instructions day 5 — Working with the Observing Mind and Right View
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 29 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
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Meditation instructions explaining how to direct effort toward the observing mind rather than attempting to alter objects. The teacher guides yogis to maintain right view and continuous mindfulness, remaining equanimous with pleasant or unpleasant experiences by seeing mind and body as natural processes.
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. What is the mind knowing? Is there awareness present in the mind?
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When practicing Vipassanā,
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the object should be left in its natural state. The object should be—or the experience—should be allowed to unfold naturally. The effort we put in
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is supposed to be directed toward the awareness.
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To be aware. To have right view.
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[Burmese speech]
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And to keep it continuous.
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We are not trying to change the object or the experience. What we're trying to work with is—is the mind that observes. And how do we work with it? By
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checking if there's right view, bringing in right view.
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And you tend to work with it by, um, keeping the mindfulness continuous.
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While you figure out how to
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adjust the mind that is observing.
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So the change of any
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needs to be in the mind that is observing.
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All the experiences and objects in the present moment are just results. Results of conditions in the past. You can't change results. What you can do is change your action in the present moment.
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Choose what you do, how you will be aware.
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So, for example, if there is pain,
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you don't try to
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change the pain. What you try to change
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is
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the aversion in the mind. And how do you do that? You do that by first
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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.…