Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat11 Dec 2023
Questions and answers — Knowing Intention, Cause and Effect, and Natural Awareness
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 7 min
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0:00−7:53
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The Q&A explains the role of intention and action in the mind-body causal process, aiding the understanding of anattā. The teacher notes that underlying thoughts arise very rapidly. Practicing during daily activities allows mindfulness (sati) to become more natural and relaxed without excessive effort.
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Transcript
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It's simple one.
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Yeah, simple one. Slowly, slowly, you can feel more.
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Okay.
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Skin stays here. Everything stays happy here. The whole body has to intention. Don't move also intention.
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Okay.
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You're not moving. What this mean is, you're not wanting to move. This mean is intention.
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Intention.
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Standing, stare also intention.
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Okay.
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Intention.
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So when I'm eating, I want to eat this one now, intention.
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I want to eat this later, intention, like that.
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Okay.
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Just simple, simple.
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Simple, okay. Whatever. Start to notice is okay.
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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You said, uh, what about the intention? So what should we do? What should we do to knowing the intention?
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What should we do?
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Yeah.
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Intention and action. Intention and action. When you see the process, intention, action.
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Oh, how to process, yeah.
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Yeah. Intention, action. Intention, action. You can see many things, many times this, then you can realize, the mind can realize there's no body there. There's a conditioning, huh? Because of mind and body relationship, the process is happening.
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That's helping you to be understanding anattā. Anattā. Anattā mean is cause and effect, process. No body is, no body is not really very important. Important is understanding the cause and effect. It's already understand there's no one to, no one is there, huh?
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Because of conditioning. Because of this, because of that. That's all. And come and go.
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That's you can see many time, then anicca, dukkha, anattā, you can more realize about this characteristic of, uh, what how to say, characteristic? General characteristic. Yeah. Anicca, dukkha, anattā. You more understanding about this deep, deeper and deeper.
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So my understanding now, to understand the full process, knowing the intention is important.
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Intention is not important. Intention. You, you need to know.
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Aware.
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This is a reality, but of the function of the mind.
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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.…