”BE SIMPLE AND JUST KNOW”

SAYADAW U TEJANIYA ON KEEPING PRACTICE SIMPLE

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Relax and be aware.

The practice of vipassana is not trying to do
anything or make anything happen.

Just recognize what is happening.

That's all, very simple!

Mindfulness meditation is a learning process
during which you get to know the mind and
body relationship.

You simply want to see things as they are.

Just sit and watch what is happening.

Is it difficult to know what you are doing right now?

A complicated mind—a mind that thinks, expects,
and plans—blocks off wisdom.

The mind must be simple in order to be present
and to see things as they are.

In the watching, there should be no ideas at all
about how things should be seen or experienced.

Keep checking whether you are relaxed or not.

If there is tension, first relax, then check your attitude.

Right attitude is accepting, observing, and learning from experience, just as it is. 

If there is resistance, feel the resistance,
and observe it. Be simple and just watch.

Simple awareness isn't tiring at all.

All it is, is not forgetting in the present moment to be aware.

If you see wanting and dissatisfaction, let go of these if you can.

See if you can be simple and just know.

If we can get in touch with the natural flow of aware-
ness—when we work with the awareness that already
is—we can be mindful in an easy and natural way.

We must keep practicing continuously.

This is the only way.

Eventually wisdom will outweigh craving and aver-
sion, and you will begin to gather momentum.

The practice will then become interesting, and new
avenues of awareness will open to you.

Then you will begin to see and be part of a simpler,
less complicated reality that you are not separate
from, but actually is nature itself.

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