Q&ADhamma Vibhajja Retreat6 Nov 2023
Questions and answers (morning) — Mental Images, Concept and Reality
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 5 min
Original audio: English · Vietnamese interpretation
0:00−5:36
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The Q&A discusses recognizing mental images and concepts to avoid getting caught in storylines. When wisdom recognizes the object, the narrative stops instead of continuing through delusion (moha). The Sayadaw reminds yogis to maintain direct mindfulness.
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Transcript
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Closing eyes, I see things. Then, um, after closing eyes, then the image of the sea appears. And then the memory— the, the image of the past memory— is an image. But when I see that image, it goes into the image, becomes real, and thinking the story appears again.
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But if she's image, done.
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Yes.
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Image, done. Then it's past, past, past.
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Yes. Gong, gong, gong, gong.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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So, so—
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But what is that image of the sea?
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That you understanding, some understanding. This is object.
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Yeah.
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That's object. That's why it stops.
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Yeah.
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Cannot go continue. If you are not understanding, the, the loosing moha is thinking about the process, storyline, and continue thinking.
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Yeah. Then I see the image, not like the thinking one. But when not see it, thinking begin.
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Yes.
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Story begin.
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Yes. You see it, understanding it, and stop.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Just, and you can't go. Can't go. Can't go, right?
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What, what is that?
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The wisdom. There is a wisdom or not. Understanding have or not. If you're not understanding, the moha is there.
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Yeah.
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Moha is to continue pay attention to the concept and continue thinking the storyline. Now the mind understanding some, something about its experience.
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Yes.
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So that's why stop.
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So the image is a saññā?
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Yes. Because this image is a concept. Saññā mean is concept.
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Yeah.
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I feel like sitting.
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Image is not concept. Image is
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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.…