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Peacefulness is also dukkha
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 13 min
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The teacher clarifies why practitioners often get stuck enjoying peacefulness and struggle with practice motivation. He explains that deeply understanding suffering (dukkha) is challenging yet essential, as true insight into dukkha leads to letting go rather than craving subtle peace.
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EnglishI wanted to give a little report. Uh, now 4 years since I left, and I noticed in that I learned how to meditate very well, and now since I leave, like, no more depression, no more, like, big defilement in relationships. I stay grounded, very centered. And so, like, I come on retreat, like, right attitude pretty easy, practice pretty easy.
EnglishBut I notice the challenge I have in life is, um,
Englishit still feel like I'm— the motivation isn't very strong, and it still feels like when I practice and everything really good, still dukkha. And so in life, I want to just— I find, like, I go watch a lot of movies and hang out with friends and, like, eat food and yummy food and cheap entertainment and, like, distracting myself.
EnglishAnd I ask myself, why? Like, why don't I just want to sit down and, like, just practice? Because it's like, I guess I still don't believe that just being aware all the time is, is happiness. Yeah. Because I've gotten really good at practice and still feel like— Because the defilement is still working. Defilement, defilement isn't— they have a— they have a chance to arise, right?
EnglishThe craving is still there. Craving is still working. So if you are not allow all craving, you continually practice, continually moment to moment, then all craving— actually craving— it cannot come. How to do? What do you think, this state, this state?
EnglishI don't know. It feels like craving— Very difficult state. Because of the craving is still— uh, how to say— because of in our minds they settle down. Because of craving is what they want. They can get what they want.
EnglishOtherwise you come here, food also not good, sleep also not good, everything is not good. You cannot meditate anymore. You run away immediately, right? Everything what you— you— the craving have what they want. That's why they settle down, that you can meditate.
EnglishNot all. Because if your awareness continuously and not craving anymore, that state is, uh, very difficult state.
EnglishYou cannot imagine that, yeah.
EnglishYou cannot imagine that state if you can practice that much. That's why the more practice, more stronger and stronger they don't want— they're not sleeping anymore. The whole night practice, all the time practice, they— actually they attack to the defilement. No chance to come. Continue practice.
EnglishThis is a really, really practice time, you know? But it is a lot of need motivation. A lot of wisdom also have need to be become like this. Otherwise you are like this.
EnglishYeah. Just, just some time entertainment, then you a little bit satisfied that the mind is settle down and you can meditate very well.
EnglishCraving is still there. It feels like, like, deeper craving. Not just like craving arises into mind, I want to think about— Yeah, you can watch, but— It's like deeper craving. Deeper craving. They can find a way, any way. They— they— they unconsciously they looking for all the time what, what they will survive.
EnglishYour wisdom not cannot control everywhere yet. They can come anyway.
EnglishThat's why— that's why the— this is the long, long time practice, the yogi, long time yogi problematic. That's why the progress is stuck. Cannot go through. Yeah. Peaceful. Only peaceful. Only peaceful. What to do? How to create the motivation cycle, like it's like how— The samādhi, samādhi.
EnglishThis is understanding what anicca, dukkha, anattā. Many people understand anicca, anattā very well, right?
EnglishDukkha is not coming yet.
EnglishUnderstanding of dukkha, that is more difficult to arise. Dukkha is difficult to set.
EnglishOh. Because everything is not good.
EnglishThen you cannot enjoy anymore. Then you become depressed.
EnglishThat's why I don't want to say dukkha too much.
EnglishBut, but if you understand very well dukkha, the mind is more freedom. But everything is not become dry. But I only want to say this state, become depressed. Because of your understanding not enough. You listening, this is, uh, dangerous. That's why some people, they a little bit understand dukkha and they go to the depression.
EnglishMany meditator this happens.
EnglishUnderstand dukkha a little bit, but if you not continue understanding increasing, then they go to the angry. Depressed is angry, dosa. Because of lobha, he want— he cannot get what he want, he become depressed.
EnglishBut actually the understanding dukkha also the mind very freedom.
EnglishBut because of lobha, mind looking this, lobha mind is looking depressed. But wisdom sight is not depressed.
EnglishIt's freedom.
EnglishSo try continue learn about this more, uh,
Englishthis long time practice. The more understanding of dukkha, then you truly understand this level, this level, you know?
EnglishThat's why the peaceful, right? The peaceful. When the meditator samādhi go to people no defilement, then people become very peaceful, right?
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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.…