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Wisdom Steps Back
Sayadaw U Tejaniya · 4 min
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The teacher explains that stepping back is the nature of wisdom, whereas defilements grasp the object. With right understanding, the mind stays aware without holding on, seeing the object and knowing mind as distinct. This proper perspective allows pain to be recognized as impersonal rather than personal suffering.
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EnglishWhen I understand, I feel happy, then this is attachment again. What? When I understand, then I feel happy, that's what I mean. Meaning you say your understanding and defilement is a no match.
EnglishDefilement is more stronger than your wisdom, your understanding. You understand a little bit, maybe.
EnglishSo that's why attachment is still happening, chance to happen again and again. You can step back from the thinking mind that thinks it's good. So you don't try to stop the— Yes. Yeah. Because of your understanding, you can step back. Yeah, you step back and you watch all the mind thinks this is good. The mind is getting caught. How to step back meaning is how to step back. Because of you have a right thought, right view, or right understanding, then you can step back.
EnglishOtherwise, you want to hold the object. Every defilement nature is tied into the object. He's tied. Because of he hold the object, then he see. Step back is a wisdom nature. Wisdom is never believe, never hold the object. He back up and watch. It is a wisdom nature. Not believe. Immediately not believe. What it is, he back up.
EnglishHe want to know. He's not believing. The nature of the craving and defilement is grasping the object, then he see. Angry also, he grasping the object, and angry, angry, angry. He try to see this. Everything is personal. That's why the back up or let go is a wisdom nature. When the wisdom arises, then you can do like this.
EnglishWhen the Mahayana practices, they use like this. Let go, step back, not attach. They follow the meaning.
EnglishThey told me, sometime they practice can step back, sometime cannot. So how to do? Because of the understanding on intellectual level. Intellectual level, step back. You try to step back. If your mind is calm down, then they step back. But if there is a craving or voluntary, they cannot step back. This is grasping the object.
EnglishSo this is a wisdom nature.
EnglishMr. Can it be any case when you rather advise to stay with the object than step back? What? Say again. Is it is there any case when you would advise
Englishrather to stay with the object or with, yeah, with the object than step back? Or every case you should step back?
EnglishStep back is sometime people. With the object. Step back meaning the with the object. But she's asking, is it sometimes better to stay with the object? Stay with the object meaning. Stay with the object rather than go back? Stay with the object meaning is the many meaning. Stay with the object. I also sometimes say you stay with this.
EnglishMeaning is aware of this.
EnglishAware of this, but not hold the object. Aware of this. When you're aware, you will step back better. If you can step back, every understanding comes from step back.
EnglishYou practice, you check your every experience, your understanding arises because of step back.
EnglishDo you step back too far sometimes? No.
EnglishToo far you cannot see clearly.
EnglishSo is it the same in case of pain that you can step back and say the mind has a choice? When you step back, how do you feel? The pain is not yours. Because of understanding there, this is nature. This is no personal. Because of this understanding, the pain is not you. That's why the pain is pain. You look at other patient. You can look at other patient, very interesting.
EnglishThe patient is very faithful.
EnglishIf not because of you, you can interest. But if your pain is you, you cannot interest. Very painful.
EnglishSo because of understanding, you can feel the pain is not yours. That meaning step back. Not very far away. Also the mind understand. When you step back, you can see. Because of understanding, it is object, it is knowing. That's why you are separate. If you're not understanding what it is, this is you think hold together.
EnglishBecause of understanding, it is object. It is knowing. Different nature. Because of this understanding, then the object and mind is separate.
EnglishIf you're not understanding, you cannot experience like this.
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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.…