Dhamma talkBangkok Retreat29 Oct 2017
Waking Up While Depression
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 4 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−4:12
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A yogi asks how to observe depression upon waking up with no motivation. The teacher advises establishing right attitude first, remembering that depression is merely a natural object. Continually acknowledging and accepting whatever arises strengthens awareness and concentration to help the mind overcome it.
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Transcript
EnglishFair. Uh, based on your experience, in daily life in watching depression,
Englishhow do you watch it? Especially when the depression actually results in me not wanting to wake up in the morning? You don't just don't want to wake up in the morning to do anything. Mm-hmm. You know, including sometimes you can wake up early to do chanting or meditate, but because you don't like your work, you just feel so depressed, you don't want to wake up. Just recognize depression.
EnglishSorry? Just recognize the depression. But how, how from, from the time I open my eyes, how do I, uh, practice Sai Lama? Yeah, right attitude. It's so hard. Yeah, so hard. Then you need to use apply it. If you're not scared to, to aware that there's depression, with the equanimity, you need to apply about this knowledge.
EnglishThink about the right attitude. Okay, think this is okay, it's not a problem. Think, and, and this is object, this is nature. Try to remind yourself first, right view, right attitude first, then you can aware. Otherwise this too much overwhelm you, then you cannot aware anymore. So you need to change your idea or thoughts.
EnglishBecause when you wake up, then depression already there, then your attitude is already wrong. So you need to change your attitude first. So the attitude is always like, you know. You need to think. You need to think. You still taking the knowledge. Think back about your already know the knowledge, your information. Try to think and build up yourself.
EnglishIt's difficult, Sai Da. I don't know why. Yeah, difficult. Yeah, difficult, I know. You don't want to go to the market. You say, "I, I don't want to go." Yes, yes, yes, yes. At that time I do, I do this. I cannot try, I need to do. Still. Just try to do. That's it. If you're not doing, also you cannot, right? You cannot go.
EnglishYou cannot stop. You, you, the mind don't want to go, but you cannot stop, right? But I still, I still go. Yeah, you still go. How do you go? How, how can you go? Fear, Sai Da. Fear, but how can you go? You use your energy, right? Build up your strength, right? The same.
EnglishIf because of this, you better. If you cannot do this, you're finished. Nearly finished.
EnglishThis is, you can build up your strength, right? Then make your mind become a little bit stronger. That's why you can do, go do the bucket. But now, now, I hope I can wake up early to chanting, meditate before I go to work. Yes. But when he's depressed, he's like, "Ugh, sleep, sleep," until he's gone. That's why you need to build up your awareness and concentration first.
EnglishThen you can do this easier, right? So this is good for you.
EnglishYou need to build up your, maybe samādhi or whatever, you need to think. Change your mind first. Build up. This also we are practicing to, to stronger your mind quality, right? You need to do this. If you don't do this, and slowly depression moves powerful, and you cannot get up anymore.
EnglishSai Da, you know? Mm-hmm? Sai Da, may I ask? Can you be aware of. Don't want to get up, can you be just aware of don't want to get up? Can you be aware of don't want to, what type of thing? You know your, your mind is, uh, not want to get up, right?
EnglishYeah. But you need to strive. You need effort to get up. What I mean is that. Yeah, yeah. You can aware. If you can aware whatever happening, then slowly aware, continuously, this quality of mind change. Then you can get up easier. Yes.
EnglishThis is a very simple the, the instruction. Whatever happening, you just recognize this happening. Important is accept and aware. Continuously. Awareness stronger and stronger, then this feeling comes down. Then you can do change easier.
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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.…