Dalai Lama - Now, here I think that meditation on compassion not necessarily direct effect. Action is more important than meditation. However, on individual level the meditation on compassion is very, very helpful to keep one’s own peace of mind. Now here is one example. One Tibetan monk, who since ’59 until late seventies, he remain in Chinese gulag. About 18 years he in Chinese prison. Early eighties now he come to India. and he told me, a few occasion he feel some danger. Then I ask, what kind of danger? And he told me, danger of losing compassion towards Chinese. So, See, he consider it’s very, very important to keep compassion towards even your enemy. So that helps immensely about his peace of mind: So one occasion, our meeting with scientists, this subject, or this story, we come in our conversation. So they want to interview some of those ex-prisoners. They found these Tibetans, who spent many years in Chinese gulag always with the fear of death. in spite t...
Dalai Lama - Now one example. When we feel certain sort of irritation, during that moment, if that person concentrate fully on the breathing, nothing else, breathing, one, two, three, like five, ten, fifteen twenty. When you start breathing, mental state irritated, but then after twenty, thirty, sort of breathing, your mental state will be little different, little more calm. Since we are dealing with emotions, so the best method to deal with that is through the so-called meditation. Not for next life. Not for heaven. but for day to day’s well-being. 送出留言