Shantideva says:
Suffering has good qualities.
The more suffering we have, the more we have to practice with, and the stronger our mind becomes. Eventually it becomes like a blacksmith’s anvil that, no matter how hard it is hit, remains unaffected.
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Sooner or later bodies and everything else entropies and falls apart because this is samsara, but if we learn to prioritize a peaceful mind in our daily lives it doesn’t matter nearly as much. In fact the more problems we have, the more opportunities we have to practice and the more quickly we make progress. The alternative, not to rely on a peaceful mind, is hopeless, leading to more suffering now and in the future.
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The exceptional resilience
of Vedic ritual and its interaction with a changing ecological
and economic environment over the millennia can be profitably dealt with in a ‘cultural evolution’ perspective in which
the Vedic mantra is the ‘meme’ or unit of cultural replication:
Houben 2002.
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PSYD A flow state helps to reduce the effects of stress, such as those felt by people during a quarantine.
A flow state — sometimes known as being ‘in the zone’ — is the experience of being fully engaged with what you’re currently doing.
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Compounds found in carrots and green tea have been shown to reverse Alzheimer’s DWM
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analysis of the primordial factor of Indian soteriology – the
jñāna or the highest knowledge. Sharing some similarities
with ancient Greek gnosis, jñāna is the most subtle mean of
the yogic process of consciousness purification, and – thus –
liberation or mokṣa. Sacred knowledge in the Vedas, the internalisation of this knowledge in Upaniṣadic period and its
personalization in Kṛṣṇa and Śiva in the Mahābhārata had
created a special factor of liberation in the Yogasūtras and
Sāṃkhyakārikā – jñāna as innate power of liberation dwelling
in a consciousness being
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The word samādhi is derived from the Sanskrit,
sama, meaning “together,” and dhi, meaning “mind.” Its most
basic definition implies a complete state of concentration. For
a practitioner of yoga and for a disciple of meditation, the spiritual significance of samādhi is much more profound. Simply
stated, samādhi is the mind’s ultimate state of being; it is enlightenment and the preliminary state to nirvana. The various
Purāṇas have discussed the merits and real sacred meaning of
samādhi in different contexts. But one thing is clear here that
the samādhi is meant for the yogis or serious mediators not
for any ordinary man, who like to know only the meaning and
benefits of samādhi.
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In early Buddhism, human body is considered as a major component of the human personality which is made up of
psycho-physical complex (P. nāma-rūpa). This psycho-physical
complex is composed of five aggregates (khandha), namely,
material body, feeling, perception, volitional activities and
consciousness. Due to ignorance, the individual gets attached
to these five aggregates and identifies as ‘one’s self’ (eso me
attā). This attachment and false identification conditions suffering (pañcupādānakkhandhā dukkhā). The analysis of five
aggregates is extensively carried out in the suttas.1
Human body
(rūpa/kāya) represents the psychical dimension of the personality. So, we can observe in the canon individual investigations
about the nature of human body and instructions to understand
it. More significant aspect is met in utilizing human body as a
meditation object (kammaṭṭhāna). Further, it has been an integral
element in twofold meditation practices, namely, mindfulness
(sati) and concentration (samādhi).
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Samsara and nirvana lack even an atom of inherent existence And cause and effect and dependent arising are unbetraying. I seek your blessings to discern the meaning of Nagarjuna’s thought—That these two are mutually complementary and not contradictory.
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Samsara and nirvana lack even an atom of inherent existence And cause and effect and dependent arising are unbetraying. I seek your blessings to discern the meaning of Nagarjuna’s thought—That these two are mutually complementary and not contradictory.
Samsara and nirvana lack even an atom of inherent existence And cause and effect and dependent arising are unbetraying. I seek your blessings to discern the meaning of Nagarjuna’s thought—That these two are mutually complementary and not contradictory.
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