20200131 What is the real morality and donation // Sayadaw U Tejaniya's Dhamma Interview Section https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YONKo1ypDjg&feature=share... (3:35-4:35)
Yogi: When we watch thoughts, do we watch the content of the thoughts or that thinking is happening?
Sayadaw: Thoughts are not very important – what motivates the thoughts is more important.
Thinking is just thinking; it is one function of the mind. Wholesome mind thinks and unwholesome mind also thinks. Thinking is neutral.
There is some motivation behind the thinking – it could be wholesome or unwholesome mind.
This motivation makes the mind tense or relaxed. We need to see this relationship.
Yogi: So, we watch what motivates the thoughts and whether it causes the mind to be tense or relaxed?
Sayadaw: Yes. That is more important – thoughts are not very important.