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To be mindful means to learn from the experience
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 21 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−21:12
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A yogi reports on recognizing the thinking mind's nature, overcoming sleepiness, and observing likes and dislikes around food. The teacher explains how to recognize mental reactions before facing physical pain or defilements, emphasizing that mindfulness means learning from experience with a neutral mind.
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EnglishOkay. So
Englishshe watches the mind, and then she notices the nature of mind. The mind is easy to interest, likes to remember the past, thinking about the past, and to judge right or wrong, good or bad, and to plan, and also to think about the future.
EnglishThese are the nature of thinking. And then, in sitting meditation, she feels the mind is just like a horse or a person, keep going, keep going, and then also like dragging her
Englishgoing forward. And then every time she is mindful, she feels the mind can slow down, and then she will not feel be controlled by the mind. Less ignorant, and my mind is more relaxed, body more relaxed. If you're not aware of all actions, some part is sometimes more use, more energy. If you're the whole body you're aware, then
Englishyou can see, you can maintain your energy. Not need, don't use too much extra waste energy. Some people, they use the brain flash idea, but sometimes they use a lot of energy. Open the door, close the door, they are not aware they're doing doing.
EnglishSound also, noise also comes. So every energy you action, they use energy, right? If your awareness is good, then if your awareness is present, the wisdom also know how much need the necessary energy. The only wisdom know the right limit. Otherwise, we use a lot of energy.
EnglishEvery action has energy, you use energy.
EnglishThis energy comes from the mind.
EnglishSo daily activities, every detail, try to practice every detail is more interesting. And next, next, next, continuously.
EnglishAnd also,
Englishshe has meta towards the mind, because the mind is always busy, and then the mind never stops. And also because of the mind, she can meditate, she can get wisdom. So she is very thankful to the mind, and then she has tears. Okay.
EnglishYeah, because of mind you can meditate. Meditation is mind work, right? To take care of the mind.
EnglishSo she can maintain the mindfulness, but a little bit unstable. Sometimes the mind is wandering, is thinking, especially when taking a shower, in the toilet, and eating, the mind is thinking. And also. So why this time the mind more thinking? Because not happening yet.
EnglishOkay. And also that time awareness is weak. That's why the mind more chance to think.
EnglishAnd then also the, she found out the seeing and hearing is more easy, and then the touch and the smell is not very sensitive. And also she cannot do that simultaneously, six sense don't cannot do that at the same time when she can. Only just if you know the knowing mind is that more important, right?
EnglishIf your mind quality better and better is, can ability to knowing is increasing.
EnglishAnd also she has two questions. And then sitting meditation these days are sleepiness, and she tries to open the eye but still sleepy. And then during sleepiness it's very difficult to be aware. And besides we can open the eyes, is there any other methods can I to do walking meditation?
EnglishBecause of this day more cold.
EnglishI know this about in the Dharma hall, people are most easy to sleepiness because of very hot or very cold. So the mind is unconsciously resistant. If you have a resistant awareness weak, that's why the sleepiness comes. One of Korean monk also, he has a habit, if you heavy rain come, very sleepy.
EnglishAnd
Englishone I can hear a monk, he said in the winter time very cold, they all stay in the room and they make warm and rest. So this old habit. So if you have a cold then the mind become not working. This idea, this you need to be rest in your home, don't go outside, then effort less.
EnglishSometimes idea is very powerful.
EnglishThe mind believes the idea, then the mind totally follow the idea. So whatever you try to practice, you try to think about practice, and if you sleepiness come, then you need to walking more busy the awareness and thinking.
EnglishAnd open the eye is more helpful to light coming so that the mind more wake up. Even the sitting like this, you continuously then stand up. Stand up or walking. Stay sleeping, go and sleep. The best important thing is to make the mind attent busy.
EnglishThe mind busy, the mind wake up. Or maybe you try to think about when some angry soul.
EnglishVery easy to wake up wrong time. The mind move, mind move change, then it's okay. That's unconsciously happening.
EnglishThat's mind activity.
EnglishAnd also eating time, she doesn't like onion. And also because she has a concept of eating vegetable food, so she doesn't like like during or onion. And then this, is this because the, is because of version?
EnglishYes, obviously. So one time the one yogi, he don't like the porridge. So every time the, that time sanda is all breakfast is porridge.
EnglishBut if you're not eating hungry.
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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.…