Dhamma talkMaui Retreat24 Nov 2016
Morning instructions — Being Aware of Thoughts and Restlessness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 20 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−20:24
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Meditation instructions emphasize present-moment awareness to cultivate wisdom. Thoughts are merely objects of the mind rather than the cause of restlessness. Being aware of thoughts helps one understand cause and effect in the mind.
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Transcript
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The past is no more.
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The past is no more.
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And
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the future has not yet arrived. There is only now.
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Knowing the present moment is meaningful.
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I do appreciate
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that awareness is present. When awareness is present.
[Burmese segment]
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Awareness is important because it's only when there is awareness that
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wisdom can arise.
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When the awareness is more continuous, it is stronger.
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And
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wisdom can arise if the awareness is
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weak in the sense of being
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disconnected.
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It can be harder to
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gain wisdom
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from it.
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In the Abhidhamma,
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wisdom is a factor that can only be present when sati is present.
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All the wholesome qualities of mind are sati-dependent factors. When sati is present, then all the wholesome qualities, including wisdom, become possible.
[Burmese segment]
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When the awareness is
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much more established in our lives,
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we find ourselves more readily understanding and realizing things. We discover things we haven't noticed before. We learn from the experiences that we have. We realize what we have not realized before.
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And these small realizations
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collect together in the mind, giving wisdom a broader perspective. The combined wisdoms
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give greater depth of understanding, greater detail of understanding,
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greater richness and breadth in understanding.
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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.…