Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat17 Nov 2023
Questions and answers — Drowsiness, Motivation, and Craving vs. Wisdom
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 37 min
Original audio: English
0:00−37:45
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The interview clarifies how to work with drowsiness and highlights the essential role of wholesome motivation and right view. The teacher explains that with momentum and without an ego trying, wisdom naturally understands the entire mental process.
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Transcript
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Huh?
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Yes.
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I have the sharing about noticing the low mind on drowsiness.
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Oh.
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Um,
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in one sitting, um, when the mind is drowsy and then awake again, and then there's a question like, um,
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what's the— is this state— is this state beneficial?
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Oh.
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And then, um, the mind noticed observing how that state is, and then,
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then noticed that that state is not beneficial, and then that, um, that state end there. The mind is just like not play with that state anymore, and the mind becomes awake and clear.
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And you think like this, then the mind becomes awake?
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Not think. That means that's after observing, to notice how that state is, and clearly see that that state is not beneficial.
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Uh-huh.
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And that end, that state end.
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Then? Then what?
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Just, just that.
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Then the mind thinks?
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Yes, the mind thinks.
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Oh, okay, okay.
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Another time.
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Yeah.
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Uh, another thing.
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So that's why you use awareness and wisdom, walking, then the mind becomes wake up, right? Yeah.
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Another sitting, um, also the same state.
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What state?
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Drowsy.
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Drowsy state.
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Yes. And, um, there's, um, information that is like, uh, we usually just experience the state but not know or understand about the state, and that information, um, make the observing mind, uh, the confidence in the observing mind increase, and that.
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Mm-hmm.
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That kind of observing the observing mind, where we have confidence.
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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.…