Q&ASasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Retreat6 Jan 2024
Q&A group A — Investigation and Right Attitude Toward Unpleasant States
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 43 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−1:43:49
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This group interview clarifies how to handle physical tension, pain, and unwholesome mental states. The teacher advises against excessive focus on the breath and emphasizes knowing mental reactions rather than judging experiences. Practice is about appreciating natural awareness in each present moment.
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Sasanarakkha Buddhist Sanctuary Retreat · 6 talks
- 11 hr 28 minIntroduction talk — Cultivating Wholesome Qualities and Right Attitude5 Jan 2024
- Viewing21 hr 44 minQ&A group A — Investigation and Right Attitude Toward Unpleasant States6 Jan 2024
- 32 hr 15 minQ&A group B — Investigating Drowsiness and Practicing with Right Attitude8 Jan 2024
- 42 hr 21 minQ&A group A — Cultivating Awareness with Right Attitude10 Jan 2024
- 52 hr 26 minQ&A group B — Appreciating Awareness and Staying on the Side of Awareness12 Jan 2024
- 648 minConcluding talk — Continuing Practice and Awareness at Home14 Jan 2024
Transcript
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Today is 6 January 2024, Q&A session with Sayadaw U Tejaniya and translation by at Sasanaraka Buddhist Sanctuary via Zoom, and we have Group A today.
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I have a couple of questions with regards to the practice, Sayadaw.
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One of the questions is this: I'm practicing open mindfulness meditation.
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The moment
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I
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have a focus on the breath, apart from other
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six senses, the moment I come to the breath, I always have this tightening sensation around the nose. And that tightening sensation too, sometimes it goes up to the frontal cortex, that means the forehead, you know.
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My question is this:
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I knew that this could be part of the tension that I have, because this is what I
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inherit during my working time, you know. Now, my question is this: one, is that
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tightness similar to what Sayadaw mentioned, like stone in the head?
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And how do I deal with that? Second question, with regards to the
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so-called
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relax part, you know.
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Now, I used to do my sitting
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for a certain duration of time. At a certain period of time, I can feel
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some sensation, like a pain sensation, a discomfort sensation.
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But what I want to know is this:
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this sensation, whether you sit for half an hour or one hour, it's still calm. But as long as, in terms of practice, as long as
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I'm able to have a right view or right attitude toward that sensation, I still can continue to do my sitting.
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Is that the right way to look at it? And
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does it mean that when you are in the relaxed state, there is no pain or no discomfort? Yeah, I think that's the two questions that I would like to ask Sayadaw. Thank you.
[Burmese segment]
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Ok, ok. , this is for your final question.
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It's not that just because you're relaxed you will not feel any pain or discomfort. , this is when you're relaxed, he's talking about the mind being relaxed.
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He says we will, we can still have aches and pains in the body, but be mentally quite relaxed about it.
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Because we have, we have the rupa, right? And the rupa always will kind of act up, so there will always be that kind of dis-ease in the body.
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Rupa, yeah. The rupa is the effect. Yeah? Body Yeah. So the rupa is affected by kamma, by
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the mind. It's also affected by temperature and nutrition. So because of any of these conditions, the rupa could have tension, could be out of balance, then there will be dis-ease. But the mind can still be at ease.
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Does that answer what? What about the first question
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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.…