The Teachings of Sayadaw U Tejaniya.
Mon, 14 Mar 2022
We practice because we want to understand
Most people don't seems to really appreciate the value of the work of awareness. They tend to think the important of meditation is in the things that they observe. But the object do not really matter. People also spend a lot of time thinking about the results. They want to experience peaceful states; they want to 'bliss out' . Then they get attached to these states and on the objects they focus on.
The real object of meditation is not to getting such results, however enjoyable they may be.
The real value of meditation is the actual process of being aware and understanding what is happening. The process is important, not the results!
Instead of complaining about what is or what is not happening, you should appreciate that you aware - regardless of what you are aware - and learn from it
Awareness us not enough! Having a desire to really understand what is going on us much more important than just trying to be aware.
We practice mindfulness meditation because we want to understand.
by Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Shwe Oo Min Dhamma Sukha Tawya Meditation Center, Yangon, Myanmar.
14th December, 2022
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