Dhamma talkSpirit Rock Meditation Center Retreat27 Apr 2015
Morning instructions day 2 — What Is Knowing and What Is Known
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 34 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−34:15
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Meditation instructions encourage yogis to maintain continuous, natural awareness without attempting to control objects. The teacher explains the distinction between knowing and what is known, emphasizing the importance of right view and not complaining about any arising experience.
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- Viewing234 minMorning instructions day 2 — What Is Knowing and What Is Known27 Apr 2015
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- 41 hr 43 minGroup B · session 1 — Watching Defilements Objectively as Natural Processes27 Apr 2015
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- 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
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So just continue your meditation.
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[Burmese speech]
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You don't need to try and
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listen. Just pay attention to your own objects, whatever they may be, and
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you will hear what needs to be heard.
[Burmese segment]
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looking. Although we don't try to look. Seeing still happens, so long as our eyes are open. Similarly, we don't have to listen; hearing will still happen.
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And
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even if we don't pay very close attention, we can still know whatever is going on.
[Burmese segment]
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Remember that.
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It's in the mind that's meditating,
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in the way that you are aware, that there needs to be wholesome
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qualities.
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If you can, if you see,
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and you wanting the satisfaction
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in the way that you're trying to be aware. And if you can, let it go. See if you can just be simple
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and just know.
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[Burmese speech]
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And
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that awareness,
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that awareness, if it could be quiet or calm, yet alert
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and interested in what it knows.
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Are you clear about what you're aware of?
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Is it a clear feeling of knowing?
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Let the experiences come as they may. Whatever happens in the body or the mind, that you are knowing.
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Let it be. Know it as it is.
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[Burmese segment]
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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.…