Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat7 Nov 2023
Questions and answers (lunch) — Recognizing Lobha and Dosa and Contemplating Experience
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 16 min
Original audio: English · Vietnamese interpretation
0:00−16:48
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A yogi reports observing greed, aversion, and subtle expectations during sitting practice. The teacher advises stepping back to recognize experiences to prevent ego identification, while emphasizing the need to check one's own mind before responding to difficult situations.
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Transcript
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And I said, "Okay, I have an experience," uh, when I walk on the top floor of the Dhamma hall,
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I see a very beautiful bird, many colors. So, uh, I notice that nobody is rising, uh, arising, because I
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feel very excited, and it pushed me to sit on the bird. Yeah. And after that, when I turn around, I'm back, uh, immediately the dosa arises. I feel
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uncomfort, khó chịu.
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Yeah, uncomfortable.
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Yeah, un- uncomfortable. And then
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I,
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I feel that
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the lobha and dosa push me to stop and look back to the bird. After that, I asked some questions for the mind, asked some questions, uh, why I know, uh, why the lobha arises.
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Then I understand that
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my mind is looking at the bird as the concept, not the nature. It is the cause for the lobha rising, uh, arise. And then I asked, "Why the dosa arise?"
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Dosa arise.
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The dosa arise. Then I understand that because the lobha is the cause, and the dosa is the effect. Yes. So when I understand it, I'm very happy. I feel very happy. It's very simple, but I didn't, uh, never understand this before.
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Careful.
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Yeah. And then I noticed that happy is lobha also.
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Okay.
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Keep going. We won't shape your— okay. Whatever happening, step back, recognize. Step back, recognize. This is your responsibility. Whatever happened, okay, happened. Just step back and recognize. Whatever.
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The most important thing with me now is that I can understand how to practice and how to ask questions. So I can, I can—
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Okay. Now, one time you become like this, then slowly you know how to practice.
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Experience. How to contemplate the experience, right?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Aware the experience, then contemplate the experience. How to watching with the wisdom, right?
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Okay. Then you become interested to watch, right?
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Interested. Very, very interested to watching.
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Okay. Good. And then sadhā will come. Sadhā also increase. Some understanding, any understanding, realization come, then the mind becomes more interested to do this.
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Thank you so much.
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But checking in, if you understand, who is understand?
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If you never, every time this happens, you need to recognize, recognize. Otherwise, you stop recognizing, then the last thing is yours. Last thing is me.
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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.…