Dhamma Everywhere

This site is a project of students of Sayadaw U Tejaniya. His third book in English, Dhamma Everywhere: Welcoming each moment with awareness+wisdom is available for free distribution in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, Czech Republic, Austria, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Indonesia.


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Please enjoy the teachings shared here and visit the website for more, including PDF versions of Dhamma Everywhere, Don't Look Down on the Defilements: They Will Laugh at You and Awareness Alone Is Not Enough.


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Please also note that this site and the book from which the content comes by no means are meant to replace the personal guidance of the teacher.

Some yogis have told me that their samādhi vanished when they yawned, swallowed some saliva, or shifted around. What kind of samādhi is this? It can’t be considered stability of mind if it can be so easily disturbed. It’s the kind of shaky samādhi which only arises when experiences are favorable. A strong, stable, and continuous samādhi develops for someone who has natural awareness of whatever experience that arises or for someone who sees everything as something to be aware of, with wisdom. The mind will do its own work whether awareness is there or not there. Without awareness, the mind will follow orders from defilements. With right awareness, the mind will do the work of wisdom. —Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Dhamma Everywhere (p. 72) (photo by Austrian Yogi, Retreat at SOM, December 2009)

Some yogis have told me that their samādhi vanished when they yawned, swallowed some saliva, or shifted around. What kind of samādhi is this? It can’t be considered stability of mind if it can be so easily disturbed. It’s the kind of shaky samādhi which only arises when experiences are favorable.

A strong, stable, and continuous samādhi develops for someone who has natural awareness of whatever experience that arises or for someone who sees everything as something to be aware of, with wisdom. The mind will do its own work whether awareness is there or not there. Without awareness, the mind will follow orders from defilements. With right awareness, the mind will do the work of wisdom.

—Sayadaw U Tejaniya, Dhamma Everywhere (p. 72)

(photo by Austrian Yogi, Retreat at SOM, December 2009)

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