Dhamma talkInsight Meditation Society Retreat8 May 2014
Morning reflections — Momentum of Awareness and Detecting Subtle Defilements
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 30 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−30:53
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The mind's nature is to know, so excessive focus is unnecessary. When awareness builds momentum, meditators should maintain continuity to detect subtle defilements early. As mindfulness, samādhi, and wisdom (paññā) strengthen, the mind handles difficult situations and emotions with greater skill.
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- 262 hr 14 minDharma Discussion group F3 — Being Aware of Awareness, Personal Effort, and Looking Internally at Defilements5 May 2014
- 271 hr 41 minDharma Discussion group A4 — Practicing with Regret, Delusion, and Emotions6 May 2014
- 282 hr 1 minDharma Discussion group B4 — Wisdom, Delusion, and Relationships Between Defilements6 May 2014
- 291 hr 53 minDharma Discussion group C4 — Conditioning, Mind-Matter, and Aware Speaking7 May 2014
- 301 hr 58 minDharma Discussion group D4 — Self-Criticism, Right Effort, and Defilements7 May 2014
- Viewing3131 minMorning reflections — Momentum of Awareness and Detecting Subtle Defilements8 May 2014
- 322 hr 5 minDharma Discussion group E4 — Simple Awareness and Defilements8 May 2014
- 331 hr 47 minDharma Discussion group F4 — Natural Awareness, Sinking Mind and Dealing with Strong Emotions8 May 2014
- 3439 minLast words from Sayadaw9 May 2014
- 3550 minGroup discussion — Working with Defilements and Mind-Brain Relationship9 May 2014
Transcript
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When the awareness has gained momentum,
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there is not that much need to put in personal effort to be aware. If you just remind the mind, like, you know, "Is it aware?" it's just the momentum sort of slides in.
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The nature of the mind is to know, to know the object. The nature of the mind is to know nature, so...
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there's not that much need to focus very much to know what's happening.
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No need to focus too hard. Check whether the awareness is present. Check whether the awareness is good.
[Burmese segment]
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If you've built some momentum,
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try to keep it going. Not to let it
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completely run out, so that you don't have to start from the beginning all over again of having to build it from
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scratch.
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[Burmese speech]
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30 . And when you become skillful and you can handle the emotions
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better, he says, you also become
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more able to maintain the awe— the momentum of the awareness and wisdom.
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When we have... when we're attacked by a storm of emotions, he said it weakens our awareness and samādhi
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and wisdom,
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or it can do so.
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[Burmese speech]
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When we see subtle defilements— when we're able to detect subtle defilements— he says, because we're aware of them, they cannot become more gross.
[Burmese segment]
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hay sao? So when defilements are detected early, when they're subtle, when they're just beginning, then there is less of a chance of them growing
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really gross in the mind.
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So it's important for the mind to always be ready, on standby, with awareness. The value of this practice
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is...
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is experienced more when we
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do a dedicated practice over
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long stretches of time, and then
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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.…