Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat13 Nov 2023
Questions and answers — Right Attitude, Effort and Unpleasant Feelings
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 33 min
Original audio: English · Vietnamese interpretation
0:00−33:57
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The Q&A clarifies the importance of right attitude and viewing mind and body as nature rather than identifying with self. The teacher explains right effort versus wrong effort tied to defilements, how to recognize regret when losing continuity of awareness, and the necessity of relaxing.
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Transcript
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Here, we try to practice continuity of awareness, yeah, awareness of— we don't use too much effort, because we need to practice for full day. So we keep to use a lot of energy, then we cannot maintain awareness all the time. So this is— the important point is the continuity of awareness, uh,
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with the right attitude.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. This right attitude is more important,
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more important than awareness. Because many yogis, they practice wrong attitude and practice, so it's— the result is not very good. So right attitude is very important. So when you practice, you need to think about
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this physical process and mental process, its nature, right? You know?
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Sorry, nature?
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Nature, nature.
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Yeah, okay, yeah. And the other is, um, the— the—
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I don't know, my English too— my English and your English, I think I'm mixing—
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I'm getting it.
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So nature. Nature means they have their own cause and effect process happening. This is nature.
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Yeah.
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And also belong— not belong to you, not— but not— we're not thinking about— process means it's not person, not belong to anybody. Nature means it's their own
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cause and effect already. Process, that means it's nature. So whatever is happening in your body and mind, we need to think about this is nature, right? This is a main— very important attitude.
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Okay.
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Yeah. Because everybody has idea of self, right? This is a process, a mental process. This is me.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. This is very strong. That's why when we practice, we cannot practice with this idea. This is wrong idea. Because
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every time you think about me, then you— how do you say? Uh, yeah, you—
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with— because of I, you have a more emotion coming, right? Because of me, my— my friend, my family, or my— myself. If you think this way, you have a lot of emotion coming. That's why we call this wrong view, right? So we— when we practice with this idea, your mind cannot stable.
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Every time it's being calm, pleasant, unpleasant, calm, you are liking, disliking all the time. You judging about, "This is me." If you think about me, your liking is increasing, disliking also increasing. For example, the pain. When the pain comes, you think, "This is my body pain, I'm pain," the mind more resists.
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If you think the pain is nature, the mind not resist, right?
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Okay.
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Yeah. This is because of attitude idea, right?
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Okay.
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So when we practice Vipassanā, this idea is very important. If you have a right idea, your mind is equanimous. If your idea is wrong way, wrong attitude, wrong idea, the mind is attached or resist, then you cannot learn anything. Okay?
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Okay.
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So that's it. That's why this attitude is very important. Then you can practice Vipassanā. So you have a sixth sense of, right? Every sense of have object, six object.
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So
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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.…