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RIGHT VIEW

&WRONG VIEW

This teaching is directly based on the Guided talk

by Tsunami Sayadaw Rev Ottamasara

at BHS in Penang, Malaysia Dhamma Trip,

March - 2011.

By Hnin Nwe Soe


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Sayadaw's teaching provides a practice to overcome the difficultiesof the present day meditators. His teaching is mainly focused on what actually

is the middle way that Buddha had discovered; having right understanding

about the Created Truths and Original Truth.

Original Truth is beyond all limits and Created Truths such as mind,

body, lives, actions, experiences, places, time (present, past & future).

Sayadaw's teaching is beyond all those Created Truths and all limits.If one were to follow up to the end of middle way that Buddha had

trodden, there is nothing for us to do but abandon or renounce our

traditional wrong understanding and pay attention to the Original Truth -

1) Real Impermanent Nature and

2) Real Permanent Nature.

(The powers of real impermanent nature which will be explained afterward.)

It is not quite an easy way to be practiced by ordinary lay people as

we are strongly attached to our traditional wrong understanding.Since we are attaching ourselves strongly with Created Truths and

how we should practice to be free from those attachment and to have right

understanding about Created Truths and Original Truth.

Firstly, we need a lot of practice and courage to go beyond our

traditional understanding and change our attention.

Even though, real meditation or the only middle way discovered by

Buddha (Sayadaw's teaching) is not so easy, we can at least copy theunderstanding of the Buddha and his followers who understand well the

truth about Created Truths and Original Truth.

PREFACE

Aboutthe teaching ofSayadawRev.Ottamasara


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Sayadaw's teaching (having right understanding) is intended to any

religion and all classes of people _ the rich and the poor, the young and the

old, men and women - without making any discrimination between them. His

teaching is free and open to all people and everyone can practice and

follow it.

How will people practice meditation in their workaday life?

Can meditation be practiced in our days of speed and stress?

We can not avoid our daily problems of life. We keep on doing with

our work in daily life by having right understanding through right practice.

It is not an easy way to practice by ourselves that's why the help of the

Buddha and his followers who know well about Created Truths and Original

Truth is absolutely necessary. By only paying attention to Original Truth -

Impermanent Nature and Permanent Nature with the help of the Buddha

and his followers, slowly or quickly but surely we can walk the only middle

way and realize the true essence of it.

In this teaching, it is necessary to copy the understanding of the

teacher and try to accept his understanding.

This teaching is directly based on the Guided talk by Sayadaw at

BHS in Penang, Malaysia Dhamma Trip, March- 2011. I have kept as close

as I could to the original teaching of Sayadaw and have tried to make my

writing easy and readable.

I'm really glad to have this chance to express my sense of heartfelt

gratitude to Venerable Sayadw, U Ottamasara, who indeed helps me to

practice meditation; for all the guidance and encouragement during my

workaday life of speed and stress. Without Sayadaw's extreme support,

my understanding to Sayadaw's teaching could not have been improved .

I would also like to extend my special thanks to my dhamma friend,

Ko Soe Win Htut from Malaysia, for his patience and help me in preparing

this book presentable.

With loving-kindness,

Hnin Nwe Soe

(27.5.2011)


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Created Truths- Something, everything, someone,

everyone, mind and body that we understand

- Concepts,dualities-pain/pleasure, like/dislike,

Ying/Yang, ideas, feelings.places and time, etc.

- To be used only and not to think of them asreality or real importance.

Two kinds ofOriginal Truth

1. Impermanent Nature

- Constant impermanent energies

- its original creation or actionto think unreality as reality.

- its original understanding or

knowing about

original and created truth

2. Permanent Nature

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

TO THE GUIDED TALK


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Understanding Created TruthAll living things and non-living things (e.g - male & female, the young

& the old, someone, everyone, parents & children, teachers & followers,

something, everything, time and place.. etc) are just Created Truths. Body,

mind, whatever feeling (dualities) and whatever actions concern them suchas good or bad, right or wrong, life or death are just Created Truths.

Created Truths are limited, not perfect and not permanent. They are

just temporary and not forever.

Created Truths are to be used only, to be experienced only, to be

known only and not to be taken as reality. There are endless problems in

life because we all are traditionally or naturally using life in the wrong

way. We live our lives with misunderstanding when we are attached to theCreated Truths- attached to this way, that way, to be someone,some place

or time.

Actions are just actions, experiences are just experiences,knowing

is just knowing, goodness is just goodness, badness is just badness _ they

are not realities. Created Truths are not to be attached , thinking that they

will give us ultimate happiness.

Created Truths are not true anymore comapred with Original

Truth. Created Truths seem to be real because of ignorance to theoriginal reality, the Original Truth.

Created Truths are

to be used only,

to be experienced only,

to be known only and

not to be taken as reality.

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Recognising Original TruthOnly Original Wisdom can understand the Original Truth. Original

Truth is beyond Created Truths such as time, place, body and mind.

Original Truth is limitless, perfect and permanent. There are two

kinds of original truth_1). Real Impermanent Nature which is constant & forever (Dukkha Sacca)

2) Real Permanent Nature (Nirodha Sacca)

The impermanent nature has two kinds of apparent quality or power.

(1) Original power of creation or action to think unreality as reality

(Samudaya Sacca).

(2) Original knowing or understanding about Original Truth & Created Truths

(Magga Sacca).

Real Meditation (The Only Middle Way)

Real Meditation is to correct original mistake which creates all

problems. Real meditation is to change our attention from created truths to

original truth. Real Meditation is the bridge between created truths and

original truth. Real meditation is to correct our misunderstanding of life,

action, experience and knowing that we traditionally take them as reality.

The only middle way is not to forget the power of constant

impermanent nature (as mentioned above) all the time.

By remembering or not forgetting the power of constant

impermanent nature ; original action or creation & original

knowing of original impermanent nature, we will be able to

use the created truths in the right way - using only.

We can indirectly detach the created truths by only paying attention

to the original impermanent nature.

Middle way is just to practice only, just to follow only. If you can

successfully use the middle way in the right way, the quality of your mind

will become greater and greater. Finally, you will have direct connection

with the original wisdom which understands the original truth.


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"Having Right Understanding" is of Real ImportanceWe all are doing good deeds.We can differentiate goodness from

badness.Whatever happenings and whatever feeling - good or bad are not

important. To know about right understanding or right view is important. At

the beginning, you can know about right understanding and wrongunderstanding by listening to my teaching- with the help of me.

Role of the help of a teacher who has right understandingMy mind has the power to change understanding - from wrong

understanding to right understanding. It is difficult for you to change

your wrong understanding by yourself. But it is not difficult for me. You

can copy my right understanding.In this way, you can indirectly understand about those

understandings. But those indirect understandings are not enough and

perfect to become direct understanding about right and wrong

understanding.What I am saying is not about someone, something, time and

place, but just about right and wrong understanding.

Traditionally we are using mind, body, life cycle, life and death,

time (past, present and future), everything, everyone, places, experiences

and situations with the idea of taking them as reality. In fact,all of themare just created truths. All created truths are just to be used, just to be

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experienced and just to be known only but not to be taken them as reality.We

are naturally using those created truths with wrong understanding.

What I am talking about right and wrong understanding is not created

truth such as time, place, something and someone etc;

All our knowing or understanding concerned with our mind are justto be known only but not to be taken them as reality.

"Understanding to my teaching or not" is also just to be experienced

only and not to be taken it as reality. Our understanding is naturally wrong

and so we need to change our understanding.

Understanding is concerned with inner mindUnderstanding is especially concerned with inner or unconscious mind.

Generally we are using our outer mind or conscious mind. Wrong

understanding or misunderstanding is mostly concerned with our inner mind.

By using our outer mind correctly, we must try to remove misunderstanding

from inner mind. It is necessary to understand or accept like my

understanding. In this way, you can change your understanding from wrong

to right. This understanding is necessary to change our traditional

misunderstanding about created truth.

Changing wrong to right understandingWe are using all created truths with wrong understanding and so all

our knowing and actions are controlled by wrong understanding. Therefore,

we need to change our understanding (controller) from wrong understanding

to right understanding. Even in practicing meditation, we are habitually

practicing, knowing and experiencing with wrong understanding-- with the

idea of thinking them as reality.e.g, (This is right, that is wrong, practicing meditation is right , doing

this good deed is right).

In fact, our practice and action should be controlled by right

understanding. Practicing meditation should be practicing only without

wrong understanding ; without taking the idea of practicing meditation as

reality. If there is wrong understanding , our practicing will not be free

and we will think like that " Someone is practicing meditation."

In fact, no one is practicing. Practicing meditation should bepracticing only. Meditation, time, place and experience seem to be real


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because of wrong understanding. We are using them with wrong

understanding with the idea of taking them as reality.

The help of the teacher who has right understanding

I am using all Created Truths- mind, body, time and place without

misunderstanding but with right understanding - without any attachment to

my life, lives of other people, my actions, actions of other people, my knowing

and knowing of others.Therefore, all my actions are just actions and all my

knowing are just knowing only. That's why I can help everyone to change

their wrong understanding through my right understanding. You cannot

directly understand about right and wrong understanding by yourself.

Trying to have right understanding like me is changing yourtraditional understanding

You need to try to understand and accept like me in order to have

right understanding. In this way, your attempt to accept like me will cause

or will condition your traditional wrong understanding to be right

understanding.

We need to change our understanding.

If we have strong attachment to wrong understanding, it is difficult

to correct our understanding and it will take long time.

At first, we must accept the idea that our mind and body are

controlled by wrong understanding. Because that wrong understanding is

concerned with our inner mind,we need to change our understanding and

attention in order to remove wrong understanding from inner mind.We should only pay attention to wrong and right understanding, not

to our mind, body, time, place and whatever actions concerned with mind

and body which are just Created Truths.

In fact, all created truths are just to be used only but not to be paid

attention to. What I am saying is not our traditional understanding. Try to

understand or accept like my understanding and then your mind power will

become higher and higher.This practice is mostly concerned with our mind.


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"Mind only or Free mind" can create and do everythingIn fact, mind is free and it can create and do everything.You can

understand and accept like my understanding through right practice.The

more practice you make , the less the traditional mind quality(defilements)

and then the stronger the power of mind quality will become. In this way,our traditional understanding or wrong understanding (defilements) will

become less and less and the power of right understanding will become

higher and higher.

This practice is intended to go beyond traditional mind quality and

to become free mind. Since we are strongly attached to our traditional

wrong understanding, it is difficult to understand like Buddha and his

followers.

However, this is the only way of trying to copy the Buddha's

understanding and thus sooner or later your mind will be more and more

free and powerful.

Real Cause of all problemsReal meditation is using mind in the extraordinary way. We are using

"lives of male and female, life and death" with the idea of taking them as

reality. So there is attachment in our mind concerned with lives of male andfemale, life and death.

Because of that attachment, lots of problems concerned with

those occur in human society.

Because of

wrongunderstanding,

we need to make

a practice

of correcting

our

understanding.

By Sayadaw

Ottamasara


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We have strong attachment to Created Truths because of wrong

understanding (taking created truths as reality). If there is no wrong

understanding, there is no attachment. Because of wrong understanding,

we need to make a practice of correcting our understanding.You will need to understand and accept as mentioned above or as I

guided you for a certain enough period of time. In fact, more and more

time and practice is necessary to have right understanding as I guided you.

In this way, attachment to wrong understanding will surely become less

and less.

The real right and wrong understandingThe real right and wrong understanding is concerned with Original Truth.

There are two kinds of original truth_

1) Impermanent Nature and

2) Permanent Nature.

(Note : Impermanent nature does not mean the impermanence of something or

someone but the real impermanence by nature which is constant and forever.)

Impermanent Nature has two kinds of quality or power.

1. Original power of creation or action to think unreality as reality.2. Original knowing or understanding about Original Truth and Created

Truths.

Real Impermanent Naturehas the power

to misunderstand

Created truths

as reality and

as of real importance.

_By Rev. Ottamasara


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Impermanent Nature of something and someone

We must not acceptImpermanent Nature of everything and

everyone as reality. The nature of everything and everyone that we

understand is just to be used only, not to be taken it as reality. That's whyimpermanent nature of something and everything is just to be used only,

but must not think it as reality.

Original Truth is forever and permanent. Created Truths are not

forever. We can understand easily nothing is permanent or everything is

impermanent. But everything and something are just Created Truths ,and

thus our understanding of impermanent nature is also just created truth.

All of us and our perceptions are just Created Truths. Whatever

actions and feeling -- good or bad, life or death - are just Created Truths

and so they all are just to be used, just to be experienced and just to be

known only.

In using created mind, body, time and place it is necessary not to

forget Original Truth- Impermanent Nature and its illusive power to think

unreality as reality and its right understanding about the original truth &created truths.

In using created mind, body, time and place,

it is necessary not to forget

Original Truth- Impermanent Nature and

its illusive power to think

unreality as reality.

_By Tsunami Sayadaw


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To understand about Original Truth in the right way is important.

We all generally know that " Nothing is permanent.

Everything is impermanent."

We all think that kind of knowing is right.

But this kind of knowing of impermanent nature is notfor real meditation or only middle way.

Impermanence of everything and everyone is concerned onlywith Created Truths

In fact, our knowing about impermanence of everything and everyone

is concerned only with Created Truths but not concerned with Original

Truth or Ultimate Truth. If our understanding is wrong about OriginalTruth, we will think Created Truths as Original Truth.

We can use time, place, mind and body but we must not forget Original

Truth- Impermanent Nature and its powers.

We can do anything using our mind and body but we must not forget

the original illusive action of Impermanent Nature to think Created truths

as reality.

You can know whatever saying by yourself and by others but mustnot forget the original knowing of real Impermanent Nature.

In this way, we will be able to use our life,

action and knowing in the right way

without misunderstanding of thinking them as reality.

Compared with Original Truth, Created Truth is not true anymore.

Because of not comparing with Original Truth, all Created Truths seem tobe real.

To attain the real happiness or freedom or permanent nature, it is

necessary not to forget the powers of Original Truth_Impermanent Nature

__Original illusive action and original knowing of Impermanent Nature.

Our present knowing about Original Truth is created knowing only.

We have to make a practice of having right understanding as mentioned

above. More and more created knowing is the cause of appearing original

knowing.


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About Right View and Wrong View

"Doing action or not" must be " doing only " and " not doing only". "

Doing or not" is not of real importance. What is important is whether or not

there is freedom from attachment and wrong understanding.To be able todo like this, it is necessary not to forget Original Truth- Impermanent Nature

and two qualities of Impermanent Nature; Original Creation and Original

Understanding. If there is wrong understanding , everything is important

and every single detail becomes alive. If there is no wrong understanding ,

nothing is important and all Created Truths are just to be used , just to be

experienced and just to be known only."

Understanding to my teaching or not" is also just to be understandingonly and just to be not-understanding only.

It means not to change our lives, actions and situations but just to

change our view or understanding.

"Doing or not" is also not important. If you have a chance to do it,

just do it.

If you don't have any chance to do it, just don't do it. There will be

no more problem concerned with "doing or not". I have a chance to teach

dhamma in Malaysia. So I just come and teach dhamma here." Coming or

not", " Teaching or not" is not important." To have right understanding like

this" is important.

We must try to go beyond our understanding since our understandingis controlled by wrong understanding or misunderstanding.

If there is wrong understanding,

everything is important and

every single detail

becomes alive.

__By Tsunami Sayadaw


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Real meditation

Real meditation is trying to be free from wrong view. Right view is

free view-- knowing only and understanding only. We are traditionally paying

attention to the actions of our mind,and body, our life and situation. It iswrong to do like that and there is no end in doing so.

It is necessary just to change the controller__

from wrong understanding to right understanding,

not to change our life and our mind.

If we can change our wrong understanding, our mind and life will

become perfect. All of your dreams will come true and all of your desire

will be fulfilled by that quality. Only by paying attention to the rightunderstanding, attention to Created Truths__people, time, place and

situation will become less and less.

Due to paying attention to Created Truths, attachment becomes bigger

and bigger. By changing our attention from Created Truths to Original Truth:

from wrong understanding to right understanding- our traditional attention

to Created Truths will become less and less.The more attention to right

understanding, the less attention to Created Truths.Our mind is traditionally controlled by wrong understanding and so

it is always busy with " like & dislike", " love & hatred", or "happiness &

unhappiness". If wrong understanding is controlling in whatever we do,

our mind is not free, our action is not free and so our mind quality will not

be free.

Due to

paying attention

to Created Truths,

attachment

becomes bigger

and bigger.

By Tusnami

Sayadaw


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That is why we can copy each other whose mind quality is not free

but we can not copy Buddha whose mind quality is free since we have

strong attachment to ourselves and to tradition.

For me, " Who I am , what religion I am and what I am doing " is not

important. Therefore, " who you are, what religion you are and what youare doing " is not important. So I can help people to change their wrong

understanding.

If your understanding is right, your action will become right and

thus your mind will become more and more pure and powerful. If your mind

is pure, you do not need to depend on other people, body, situation, money

and food. As our mind is not free and pure ; our mind is controlled by

wrong understanding - our mind is always starving for everything and therewill be endless desire in our mind.

You cannot copy and understand my teaching since your mind is not

free. Try to have right understanding like me and it is the way to be free

our mind.

My view is free view. It is neither created view nor created

understanding but original understanding. What I am guiding is the right

cause for your mind to have direct connection with Original Truth andOriginal Wisdom. Traditionally, using mind - with the idea of taking mind

as reality will never have direct connection with Original Truth and Original

Wisdom.

Every life, experience and knowing including life, experience and

knowing of Yogi_meditator are just to be used, just to be experienced and

just to be known only, must not take them as reality.

To be able to do like this, it is necessary not to forget Original

Truth, Real impermanent Nature and its two qualities_

(1) original creation to think unreality as reality and,

(2) original understanding about Original Truth and Created Truths.

You have to practice meditation but you must not forget Original

action of Impermanent Nature to think unreality as reality so that your

practicing will become practicing only without misunderstanding it as reality.

There will be a lot of knowing and experience about meditation, but all

knowing must be just knowing only and must not think it as reality.


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In order to be like that, you must not forget original knowing of

Impermanent Nature." Knowing someone and knowing mind" are just Created

Truths, they are just to be used, just to be known only and not to be taken

them as reality.

Even life of yogi(meditator) is also just to be used only and not to bethought as reality. To be able to do like this, we must not forget Original

Truth__Real Impermanent Nature which is beyond someone and something.

In this way, we can use our life in the right way with right understanding.

The more attention to Original Truth,

the less wrong understanding become.

The less the wrong understanding,

the more the right understanding.

In this way, right understanding has become replacing wrong

understanding." Knowing like this or not " is also " just knowing only "and

"just not knowing only".

There is nobody behind knowing like this or not.

Original Truth is perfect. Right view or free view is perfect.

There is no need to be worried about the others, no need to be proud

of ourselves.There is nobody who knows or who does not know.There is no

person who has escaped and there is no person who has trapped.

There is only wrong understanding and right understanding.If wrong

understanding is controlling our mind,all Created Truths- everything,

everyone, time,place, situation and the whole universe become alive and

real.

If there is no wrong view or wrong understanding, nothing is alive,

no one is alive, no time and no place.

There is only Impermanent Nature and Permanent Nature.

Teaching is now over.

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