Dhamma talkSpirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat4 May 2015
Morning instructions day 9 — Wisdom, Concepts, and Ultimate Realities
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 29 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−29:27
Uses compressed audio.
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Meditation instructions emphasize maintaining awareness with right view while letting objects unfold naturally. Suffering stems from delusion and concepts, not external situations, so yogis must investigate the mind continuously.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat · 38 talks
- 192 hr 3 minGroup F · session 2 — Seeing and Looking, Right View, and Investigating Aversion2 May 2015
- 2040 minMorning instructions day 8 — Observing the Nature of Mind and Defilements3 May 2015
- 211 hr 39 minGroup A · session 3 — Wrong View, Stories, and the Sense of Self3 May 2015
- 221 hr 46 minGroup B · session 3 — Working with Defilements and Nature of Mind3 May 2015
- Viewing2329 minMorning instructions day 9 — Wisdom, Concepts, and Ultimate Realities4 May 2015
- 241 hr 34 minGroup C · session 3 — Building Awareness and Managing Defilements in Daily Life4 May 2015
- 251 hr 46 minGroup D · session 3 — Working with Defilements and Practice at Home4 May 2015
- 2636 minMorning instructions day 10 — Bringing Dhamma into Daily Life and Continuous Mindfulness5 May 2015
- 271 hr 24 minGroup E session 3 — Energy of Defilements and Mindfulness in Daily Situations5 May 2015
- 282 hr 16 minGroup F · session 3 — Building Continuity and Working with Greed and Defilements5 May 2015
Transcript
[Burmese segment]
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Let the objects be as it is.
[Burmese segment]
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What's important is for the
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mind that is observing to have right view, to have that awareness, and
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to do both continuously.
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Aryabega,
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vinyanishidi, the body, paramita body, and the sea.
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The objects
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consist of both
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the conceptual reality and their ultimate realities.
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[Burmese speech]
[Burmese segment]
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When the mind is having defilements,
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it means
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that a lot of concepts are being observed, are being—
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Taken into consideration.
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Whereas
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when you feel there is wisdom in the mind, it means that wisdom is
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understanding the realities in the— in what is being experienced.
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The ultimate realities, more of them than the conceptual realities.
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[Burmese speech]
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tu vi ni .
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When the defilements are operating, check to see what that defilement is doing.
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What does the mind do when that defilement is operating? What are the thoughts like? These are the realities of that defilement.
[Burmese segment]
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Very often when we
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have defilements,
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we blame the conceptual trigger, the external object, person, or situation
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for the defilement.
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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.…