Dhamma talkSpirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat28 Apr 2015
Morning instructions day 3 — Recognizing Thoughts and Valuing Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 39 min
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Meditation instructions guiding yogis to relax and check their attitude. Thoughts are simply a natural mental process and an object to be known in the present moment. Meditators should value awareness itself rather than getting lost in objects, maintaining continuous mindfulness throughout all daily activities.
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Spirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat · 38 talks
- 11 hr 8 minMorning instructions day 1 — Five Spiritual Faculties and Right Attitude26 Apr 2015
- 234 minMorning instructions day 2 — What Is Knowing and What Is Known27 Apr 2015
- 31 hr 40 minGroup A · session 1 — Mind's Reaction to Pain and Open Awareness27 Apr 2015
- 41 hr 43 minGroup B · session 1 — Watching Defilements Objectively as Natural Processes27 Apr 2015
- Viewing540 minMorning instructions day 3 — Recognizing Thoughts and Valuing Awareness28 Apr 2015
- 61 hr 32 minGroup C · session 1 — Investigating Aversion, Observing Objectively, and the Role of Wisdom28 Apr 2015
- 738 minMorning instructions day 4 — Differentiating Object and Knowing29 Apr 2015
- 81 hr 54 minGroup D · session 1 — Working with Delusion and Understanding the Mind29 Apr 2015
- 91 hr 27 minGroup E · session 1 — Investigation, Stillness, and Subtle Intentions29 Apr 2015
- 102 hr 20 minGroup F · session 1 — Working with Defilements and Right Effort29 Apr 2015
Transcript
EnglishOkay. Keep practicing.
EnglishWho else you go to dorm the town?
EnglishKeep the body and the mind relaxed.
EnglishLet them relax.
EnglishWho is it? The Borhong Bhenshepa. Luji Namyakshi Nidra. Yaja Namyakshi Nidra.
EnglishCheck your attitude.
EnglishMight there be any expectations? Anything the mind thinks it prefers or wants that it thinks is better.
EnglishWhat does the mind know now?
EnglishAnd what is the mind doing
Englishnow?
EnglishTi nilala. Tui nilala.
EnglishWhat do you do? What do you do? The bhava look. The bhava poam.
EnglishWhat do you do? Chetana vichapana.
EnglishThoughts are nature. Thoughts are a process of mind. What do you do? Ti amriti amriti. We should recognize thoughts.
EnglishAcknowledge them. Thoughts are not a problem.
EnglishWhat do you do? Ti yachi yichi do? It's important to recognize thoughts.
EnglishWhat do you do? Through this same way. Chit etta
EnglishThe stories in our thoughts,
Englishthey're just concepts.
EnglishThat is not what we are
Englishobserving or what we're trying to know. But the thoughts are happening in the present moment. The mind is thinking in the present moment. That's what we want to know.
EnglishWhat's sanlani artik? Like pinnayat? Naga like pinnayat?
EnglishYim jivu. Ti amma. Chit it is seka vichasupa.
EnglishThe thoughts may be about things in the past and things in the future. But that's not so important.
EnglishIn the present moment, what's happening is that the mind is thinking.
EnglishIt's not the story in the present moment. It's just the mind that is thinking.
EnglishWhat do you say?
EnglishThe mind is thinking. If you know that, that is good enough.
EnglishIf you want to put it another way, there are thoughts. If you know that, that is good enough.
EnglishWhat do you say?
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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.…