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Articles
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Means to develop self confidence
( Published in Tibet Journal 1993 )
In Buddhism, mind is considered to be of paramount importance. While other
religions emphasize the role of faith in their practice, Buddhism focuses
primarily on controlling the mind. For if our mind is not under control,
there can be no progress towards the spiritual path. Our mind is distracted
by external circumstances and clouded by disturbing thoughts. However, if
one balances the mind there arise self-confidence with which we can fulfill
our aims and objectives.
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A brief explanation of Buddhist philosophy
( Breaking Silence in support of Tibet,
released on the occasion of Festival of Tibet 2000, Bombay )
The Buddha is the supreme friend of all the mundane worlds, possessed
of an inconceivable treasury of knowledge, who clearly and truthfully
shows the path to higher rebirth, liberation and Buddha-hood. Just as
the lion's roar subdues the wolves, so also the Buddha clearly declaims
the teachings of Dependent Worlds are completely obscured by the darkness
of ignorance. Sentient beings are bound by the suffering of being born
and becoming old, sick and dying, they are constantly afflicted by disturbing
thoughts and fearful of the external elements.
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Coping with personal threats
In life while dealing with people of different mentalities and varying
temperaments, we often tend to hold others in contempt because of some
words of criticism they let loose on us either consciously or sometimes
casually.
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Conflict resolution from a Buddhist perspective
Every sentient being is so unique and has been gifted with talents to
deal with life in their own way, since every one of us are coming along
with habitual collection of so many different experiences through many
lifetimes. Even in this life, we come across different people, environments
and are influenced accordingly. So, the process of judgement differs from
one person to another, due to different frames of references, different
conditional process and simple habits that we are ingrained within from
childhood.
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Tibetan Temple in Hindi
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