Q&ANirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Retreat11 Jun 2019
Week 3 day 4 group F — Dealing with Anxiety, Strong Emotions, and Discursive Thinking
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 1 hr 45 min
Original audio: Burmese · English interpretation
0:00−1:45:06
Uses compressed audio.
AI-written summary
Group interview addresses handling anxiety and strong emotions. The Sayadaw advises recognizing that the mind is thinking rather than following stories, and turning to neutral objects when overwhelmed.
Topics
Talks in this retreat
Nirodha Insight Meditation in Finland Retreat · 33 talks
- 2324 minWeek 2 day 6 group E — Agitation and Cultivating Interest in Practice6 Jun 2019
- 241 hr 31 minWeek 3 day 2 group F — Purifying the Watching Mind and Meeting Experiences with Equanimity9 Jun 2019
- 251 hr 27 minWeek 3 day 2 group G — Building Momentum and Understanding the Mind9 Jun 2019
- 261 hr 56 minWeek 3 day 3 group A — Nature of Concentration, Delusion and Awareness10 Jun 2019
- Viewing271 hr 45 minWeek 3 day 4 group F — Dealing with Anxiety, Strong Emotions, and Discursive Thinking11 Jun 2019
- 281 hr 23 minWeek 3 day 4 group G — Attitude Towards Defilements and Working with Restlessness11 Jun 2019
- 291 hr 45 minWeek 3 day 5 group A — Doubt, Maintaining Balance, and Skillful Effort12 Jun 2019
- 301 hr 28 minWeek 3 day 6 group F — Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Effort in Practice13 Jun 2019
- 3143 minWeek 3 day 6 group G — Acceptance and Right Action13 Jun 2019
- 321 hr 32 minWeek 3 day 7 group A — Being Aware of Seeing and the Sphere of Perception14 Jun 2019
Transcript
EnglishUm, I don't have really questions. I'm just going to say something. Um,
Englishthere's not lots of emotions, some joy,
Englishbut quite calm
Englishin that part of the mind. There is, uh,
EnglishI think I'm more able to see the one thing in the attitude and elsewhere.
EnglishThere is tanha
Englisheverywhere.
EnglishI
Englishhave difficulty to allow the practice to unfold naturally. I manage, but then something wonderful happens and I want it to
Englishstay there. Yes.
EnglishThen I feel the tension. I can see the one thing. I relax.
EnglishBut yeah, it's a bit annoying.
[Burmese segment]
English No need to get annoyed. He said think of it as an exam. He says even when your meditation is like, like, he said this greed coming in will come in like even before you, like, like very high, you know? So he says just get used to it. You keep having this exam. Okay. Thanks.
English Yeah. He says the important thing is to. Recognize that this is a chance for you to understand how greed works. Because only when you understand how greed works, that means how it does it work, its work, how it hinders your work, and all that, you know, the whole interaction, when you really understand it, you will want to, that mind will learn to become more free of it.
EnglishYou look at greed and how it works. He said it's constantly at work. It's looking for what it would like, and then it will enjoy what it likes.
EnglishAnd it's, and when everything is okay, it'll look for something more that it likes. You know, it's just always looking for some leak in the mind too. Yes. The moment the mind thinks something is nice already. Nice. Beautiful. Liked it. You know.
English Yeah. So it's interesting. Yes. Difficult. Difficult.
English Got to get smarter than that guy.
EnglishYeah. Also some, is it moha? The delusion? Noticed some funny stuff happening. I was eating and then a yogi sit in front of me. I was concentrating on eating. And then I looked up and it was another yogi. My mind had to draw on a picture of somebody else.
EnglishIt was just not reality. Yeah. That's kind of stuff happening. Yeah. That's right. That's moha. It already makes a picture for you. Thank you.
EnglishWithout the facts.
EnglishI have quite a lot. Like many things. Part is the experience and maybe some questions. Maybe I have to limit them.
EnglishBut yeah, maybe the meditation experience now, it's,
Englishsomething happens. Not always, but when I sit down, my heartbeat goes really fast. So I'm aware of my thoughts. And then when there's a lot of thoughts, then my heartbeat starts to go really fast. And when it finishes, it, maybe I'm then not aware of the heartbeat, or then it kind of calms down.
EnglishBut it has happened three times in the meditation. But this also, this reaction being going two years, so. In the sitting meditation? No, in my life. So part of me is analyzing if it's the low iron level. So when I start to breathe and get oxygen, it starts to, so this is the diagnose, when the iron goes down.
EnglishBut part is that there's quite big processes been happening in my life. So it's been like a roller coaster. So the heart reacts to it quite strongly. But here I noticed it only in the sitting meditation that it starts to go really fast. Okay. So I'm trying to be aware of the thoughts. And then I'm trying to be having this,
Englishthoughts are happening and feelings are happening, or like physical feelings. But then, yeah.
[Burmese segment]
Keep listening by topic
Suggestions for what to listen to next · Based on the topics of this talk. No account history needed.
- Dharma Discussion group C1 — Wisdom of Knowing How to PracticeSayadaw U Tejaniya1 hr 45 min
Shares topics with this talk
- Day 2b interviews — Practicing with the Mind and Daily DefilementsSayadaw U Tejaniya2 hr 5 min
Shares topics with this talk
- Q&A — Mind Is More Important Than ObjectSayadaw U Tejaniya1 hr 47 min
Shares topics with this talk
- Dhamma discussion group D2 — Concept and Nature, and Watching the MindSayadaw U Tejaniya1 hr 18 min
Shares topics with this talk
- Q&A group B 1 — Observing the Thinking Process and Difficult EmotionsSayadaw U Tejaniya1 hr 58 min
Shares topics with this talk
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.…