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A while back, a devotee who is a cab driver was driving me back after a lunch offering and was having a counselling-on-wheels session with me.
He was rather troubled by some past injustice and just can’t help but want to do something about it. He wants justice.
At some point, I realised that he was bent on spending a lot of his time and resources (more money) to fight and get some justice. Now, don’t get me wrong, I am all for justice. Where possible, there should be justice. But sometimes, for some twisted reasons unbeknownst to this world, justice may be very remote or may come at a price greater than the cause itself. Then I wonder if it is worthwhile pursuing this justice. Read More …
Someone asked me on facebook about the Buddha’s teachings on “Letting go”, below is my reply. (English right below)
有人在面簿上问我有关佛陀宣说的『放下』。以下是我的回答。
First off, don’t let go. Start by observing the people, matters and things that we cannot let go and find out what all this is about. Apply the Buddha’s teachings on impermanence, dependent arising, emptiness (of inherent nature) or no-self to reflect and observe.
When we slowly see clearly the inter-dependent-arising relationship between all of us, we would not be so attached to our self and esteem, and our unreal projection on others will cease.
However, this gradual “letting go” in reality does not exist. Without attachment, there is no need to “let go”. Further, “letting go” is not “giving up”. “Let go” of our deluded thinking and attachment, not give up on people, matters and things.
Amituofo. 🙂
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Read on for more on Mindfulness in schools and find out why and how the simple practice of Buddhist mindfulness meditation is finding its way from the monasteries in the East to the schools and universities in the West.
Buddhist Meditation is finding its way out of monasteries in the East into schools in the West, this time in UK.
Lessons in meditation? Schools could teach pupils ‘mindfulness’ to help them concentrate and deal with stress
Asked to explain the concept of mindfulness, he said: ‘It’s about trying to impact on people’s motivations, their attitudes to life. It’s about trying to get at some of the things we don’t always get at through our crude technical interventions.
Education Minister David Laws said said he thought in ‘mindfulness’ should be taken seriously in helping to improve pupils’ ‘attitudes to life’
Education Minister David Laws said said he thought in ‘mindfulness’ should be taken seriously in helping to improve pupils’ ‘attitudes to life’
‘It’s an area that we should take seriously while making sure that there is proper evidence-based scrutiny of it.’ Rooted in ancient Buddhist practices, the modern mindfulness movement has been gathering momentum over the last 30 years.
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