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Observe, don't stare
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 2 min
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A yogi describes gently observing thoughts without staring, noticing how thoughts continuously change without identifying with them. Sayadaw U Tejaniya emphasizes that right view is the essential first step to observe experiences objectively without indulging or getting caught up in them.
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EnglishFor you? I had, uh, Sayadaw,
Englishlast time I asked a question about observing thoughts and how thoughts get quiet when they— when I look at them. But now, it seems
Englishif I'm gently moving to looking at the thoughts, I can watch them continue. Right. And now something interesting happens— No, like— like this. Yeah, not so hard— No, like this, see? Not staring. Not staring, yes. Right, right, staring, right. And so now it seems that
Englishthe thoughts,
Englishthey have changed.
EnglishThe thoughts are now like a spoiled little brat child, very naughty. Okay. But no association, just watching only. Right, yes. And a very light feeling in the body, but nasty words coming in the thoughts, quite amusing.
EnglishSo this is my experience. Thoughts, one by one, changing. Different thought, different thought. You can see thought is changing. Mostly it seems like
Englishmaybe when I identify with the thoughts, then I filter. I don't allow the environment to fully express, and there come more bad feelings in the body. Right. But the thoughts' words are nice. Words? The words of the thoughts are more nice, not so naughty. But feeling is— sensation is not so nice.
EnglishYeah, right. But now the disconnect, the raw— the raw mind,
Englishhow to say,
Englishthe mind freely expressing a lot of negativity, but no association, and body feeling actually light. Right. It's very important to view— right view and right thinking towards this experience.
EnglishThis is a first step. Right view is first step. After right view, then you can watch. If you're wrong view, then you involve indulging. You cannot do anything.
EnglishRight view and wrong view.
EnglishOkay, so.
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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.…