Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat2 Nov 2023
Questions and answers — Watching the Disliking Mind and the Nature of Investigation
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 34 min
Original audio: English · Vietnamese interpretation
0:00−34:19
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In this Q&A, the teacher clarifies that working with fear involves observing the mind's disliking rather than trying to remove the object. He explains that Dhamma investigation is not about chasing answers, but about engaging wisdom to understand wholesome and unwholesome states.
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Transcript
English
Very strong, and I— my head is cold and a little tight. I, uh, see that
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my mind don't want this spec of mind. The mind don't want this fear. So he tried to be mindful and, um, watch his mind, and at the same time telling himself that it's just nature. When the fear arises, he doesn't want this one.
English
The mind don't want.
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Right, okay.
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So he tried to be mindful. Mindful and at the same time think, reflection, that it's only nature.
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Nature, yeah.
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But it doesn't stop. Everything don't stop. It's like it keeps going until the airplane is stable.
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Yeah.
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So he asked,
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uh, why I watch
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the fear with the right attitude, but the fear not subside. The fear is still there. Should I set the object? I go to the breath.
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The attitude is used. The attitude is not your understanding yet.
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Yeah.
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Because this is secondhand knowledge.
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Yeah.
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It is other people understanding. You use this understanding. You are not really understanding this. Understand where you are yet. That's why the wisdom is not strong enough.
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Yeah.
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If I mean it's more stronger than your knowledge, your wisdom, that's why he not calm down. He not going down.
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Yeah, yeah.
Tiếng Việt
Cái câu chuyện nói là đi máy bay á, mà thấy máy bay nó, nó, nó bị nhào xuống đó, thì con sợ đó. Thì thiền sư nói rằng, lúc đó giờ đó con có bình tĩnh, có duy trì chánh niệm, có thái độ chân chánh. Nhưng mà cái thái độ chân chánh này là của người khác nói cho mình, chứ không phải của mình. Đó là lý do tại sao mà trí tuệ mình không mạnh. Trí tuệ mình không mạnh thì nó không có, không có chuyển được cái tình thế. Do đó con, cái sự sợ hãi nó có, cứ có hoài.
Tiếng Việt
Mãi cho tới khi máy bay mà yên rồi, lúc đó cái sự sợ hãi nó mất. Thì con hỏi thầy tại vì sao mà tôi duy trì chánh niệm, tôi có thái độ chân chánh mà không được, là tại vì trí tuệ mình chưa có.
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So we use the right attitude is, is we need to understand later.
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Yeah.
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More, more deeper understanding.
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I hear all the—
Tiếng Việt
Cần understanding.
Tiếng Việt
Sâu sắc, thật là sâu sắc á, mới được.
English
Now you use the knowledge.
Tiếng Việt
Cái này là mình dùng.
Tiếng Việt
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.…