"Control negative emotions through reasoning"
By e-mail[Thursday, March 08, 2007 15:58]
Thousands of devotees gathered at the Tsuglakhang (Main Temple) to listen to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's teachings from the Jataka tales.
The Tsuglakhang courtyard was packed with devotees comprising of both Tibetans and non-Tibetans. There are many Tibetans from Tibet among the crowd.
His Holiness spoke on the importance of training our mind. His Holiness explained how negative emotions like anger, attachment and ignorance cause problems and unhappiness to all the sentient beings because we can't see and think when we are covered by these negative emotions and ultimately they lead to violence. These are our real enemies and it is within us.
He said that these negative emotions arise because we don't control or train our mind. "We cannot do that by offering prayers. Rather it can be done through reasoning. If we could train our mind and develop positive mental attitude such as compassion, then it would help oneself as well as the other beings. It will also help us in this life as well as in our next life. As we all believe in religion, we have to be compassionate all the time in good as well as in bad times. Thus, through reason we can train our mind.
"And for that, we need wisdom and knowledge to differentiate what is right and what is wrong and what are the things we have to adopt and what have to be dropped. That is why it is important to study the teachings of the Buddha", His Holiness said.
His Holiness emphasized the importance of studying even if we are dying tomorrow. He related that to the old people in jest and made every audience laugh.
Speaking on the various religions, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that all the religions in the world are for our benefit. They help us in solving problems though with different approach. All the religions conveys same message of love, compassion, forgiveness, and tolerance etc.
**I am experiencing some harsh life events due to negative emotions by others. How can we not have them in our lives, but one has to step back and see the whole picture
and realize the implications. I have also written a paper for my psychology class
this semester and found this article very interesting and so very true to my belief.
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here is another comment irrelevant to your post; I WANT AN ANGRY MEAL DARN IT!!! ;)
Hahahha...I needed this Cindy, thank you! I will never forget this. Pat really cheered us up that weekend. Everyone who heard him yell outside the car thought he was being serious. I was laughing my ass off. I was laughing to hard when it came time to order at the window for an "ANGRY MEAL..." :)) Hope you are well. Love, Jen
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