ASKING A QUESTION IS TO ENCOURAGE THE MIND TO CONTINUE TO BE AWARE

IMS Retreat 2012 Q&A Group D No.1 (1:21:08-1:22:15)

Yogi: I hesitate to ask why something is happening in the mind because I get a lot of intellectual answers and tend to get lost in thought.

Sayadaw: The asking of a question is not to get the mind to give the answer; it is to encourage the observation, to guide the mind to be aware using interest.

Yogi: So, this is another kind of why.

Sayadaw: Yes.