Q&ALing Shan Temple Retreat23 Apr 2018
Q&A 03 — Using Questions to Arouse Interest
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 3 min
Original audio: English · Chinese interpretation
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A Q&A on asking questions when experiencing unpleasant emotions. The teacher explains that questions should foster interest in the process rather than rush to an answer. If one craves an answer, craving arises and the resulting answer may be inaccurate.
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Transcript
ZH
好，禅师好。我请问一下，我这两天就是在禅坐的当中，有感受到一种不是很清晰的情绪上来，然后持续我感觉很不舒服。于是我在自己心里边做一个自我的发问，就是说这到底是什么样的事情发生呢？然后很神奇的，当我自己这样子自问自己的时候，那个有一种，就是那个答案就出来了。那么这样可以吗？
English
Okay, so for the last couple days, she has some emotion, not clear, just not feeling good, okay? So she asks questions. She actually asks herself, what is it, why, you know? And when she asks the question, the answer came. Yeah, so she's asking, is this okay?
English
So question, use the question for
English
interest, the process. Not immediately get the answer. But if the answer come, it's okay.
ZH
禅师说我们去问自己问题，就是去引发自己的探索，是，就是它的目的是让我们有兴趣去了解，不是说要一个答案，马上要一个答案。但是如果有答案出来的时候，也没问题。 So
English
we use the same question
English
to use the wisdom and awareness together with the experience. That's why we use the same question. There might more interest, right?
ZH
我们用提问，像自己提问，就是说，就是想这个启发，启动这个智慧去探索，想新去有兴趣，想，因为我们讲禅修是为了去了解明白嘛，就是让我们去了解这个观照的现象。
English
That time you need to more careful about.
English
If you want to get answer, then the craving come. And maybe answer were not right. Yeah.
ZH
但是问问题，我们要很小心。如果我们问问题，想有一个答案，就是说，不是带着一个开放的心去探索的话呢，可能是会有贪心，会有带着贪心去探索。如果我们带着贪心去看，就是去了解，去观察的时候呢，那个答案未必会是正确的。
ZH
谢谢。
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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.…