Thru many a sojourn and practices undertaken, some life coaching lessons have been learnt. Some have been carried thru the Times of India, Speaking Tree for the benefit of readers. Here are two of them....Cheers to life!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Life Coaching thru the Speaking Tree!
Thru many a sojourn and practices undertaken, some life coaching lessons have been learnt. Some have been carried thru the Times of India, Speaking Tree for the benefit of readers. Here are two of them....Cheers to life!
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Math of Suffering & Happiness:
'Life 365' newspaper, Pune, May 2012
This piece is penned for the benefit of all my friends out there inclined towards logic & equations, because & therefore, if & then, much the same way as we interpret the Law of Causation, of cause & effect, in Buddhist terms.
And for those friends not as much initiated to the balancing of equations, fret not. These are simple words merely arranged differently, to be largely interpreted the same way as ‘if you do this, that will happen’. It’s quite easy, try it.
Suffering Suppressed = Suffering + Accumulated interest on suffering
Suffering Released = Happiness / All Bliss
Suffering Released with Indifference = Negative karma resultant & therefore continued suffering
Suffering Released with Awareness = Positive karma resultant & therefore All Bliss
Resultant Effects:
Negative karma resultant + dharma practices = Moving towards happiness
Positive karma resultant + dharma practices = Afterlife in higher realm / Nirvana
Negative karma resultant + non dharma practices = Afterlife in lower realm
Positive karma resultant + non dharma practices = Moving towards suffering
Being defined that:
Suffering: Condition or mind state bound with afflicted emotions (“zagche”) or kleshas (“nonmyong”).
Awareness: Understanding the true nature of happiness/root nature of things, in equanimity, blunting discriminatory emotions.
Dharma (in the context of Buddhist teachings): Cessation / Freedom from suffering / Nirvana
Dharma practice: Practices related to freedom from suffering.
Four premises for happiness as offered by HH the 14th Dalai Lama:
1. The purpose of life is happiness. It is our birthright.
2. Happiness is determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s external conditions, circumstances, or events—at least once one’s basic survival needs are met.
3. Happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our attitudes and outlook.
4. The key to happiness is in our own hands.
Easily, the choice is ours!
And for those friends not as much initiated to the balancing of equations, fret not. These are simple words merely arranged differently, to be largely interpreted the same way as ‘if you do this, that will happen’. It’s quite easy, try it.
Suffering Suppressed = Suffering + Accumulated interest on suffering
Suffering Released = Happiness / All Bliss
Suffering Released with Indifference = Negative karma resultant & therefore continued suffering
Suffering Released with Awareness = Positive karma resultant & therefore All Bliss
Resultant Effects:
Negative karma resultant + dharma practices = Moving towards happiness
Positive karma resultant + dharma practices = Afterlife in higher realm / Nirvana
Negative karma resultant + non dharma practices = Afterlife in lower realm
Positive karma resultant + non dharma practices = Moving towards suffering
Being defined that:
Suffering: Condition or mind state bound with afflicted emotions (“zagche”) or kleshas (“nonmyong”).
Awareness: Understanding the true nature of happiness/root nature of things, in equanimity, blunting discriminatory emotions.
Dharma (in the context of Buddhist teachings): Cessation / Freedom from suffering / Nirvana
Dharma practice: Practices related to freedom from suffering.
Four premises for happiness as offered by HH the 14th Dalai Lama:
1. The purpose of life is happiness. It is our birthright.
2. Happiness is determined more by the state of one’s mind than by one’s external conditions, circumstances, or events—at least once one’s basic survival needs are met.
3. Happiness can be achieved through the systematic training of our hearts and minds, through reshaping our attitudes and outlook.
4. The key to happiness is in our own hands.
Easily, the choice is ours!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Obama's Glance!
The by now famous "Obama Glance" is typical sensationalization by press. Ofcourse you know the one i'm talking about..the one on the staircase in which the Prez was 'caught' stealing a glance of the rear endowments of a Brazilian girl.
My take? Two positions for consideration:
1. So long as the look/glance/stare does not discomfort the 'object' (in this case, it happens to be the Brazilian girl) &
2. So long as the subject's karmic mind doesn't get into overdrive, meaning, in this case, it doesn't engage thoughts arising from passion, craving & desire...
Iff (meaning: if and only if)the above essentially dont happen simultaneously, then leave alone cursory glance, one can even meditate observing such & other beautiful forms of nature, the human body and everthing beautiful around us!
Observation Mindfulness! Getting the mind to a state of Awareness without Clinging.
Entertaining a thought without accepting it, is a realized mind, said Voltaire.
My take? Two positions for consideration:
1. So long as the look/glance/stare does not discomfort the 'object' (in this case, it happens to be the Brazilian girl) &
2. So long as the subject's karmic mind doesn't get into overdrive, meaning, in this case, it doesn't engage thoughts arising from passion, craving & desire...
Iff (meaning: if and only if)the above essentially dont happen simultaneously, then leave alone cursory glance, one can even meditate observing such & other beautiful forms of nature, the human body and everthing beautiful around us!
Observation Mindfulness! Getting the mind to a state of Awareness without Clinging.
Entertaining a thought without accepting it, is a realized mind, said Voltaire.
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