I came across this amazing video clip of the Dalai Lama where he shares about how to be happy and the usual stuff about peace love and compassion.The one thing that got me was his commitments in life.IT GAVE HIM A REASON TO BE ALIVE EVERY DAY BECAUSE HE HAD A JOB TO DO EVERY DAY AND HE HAD A REASON FOR HIS EXISTENCE.
We used to have an english proffesor in college who used to tease his students saying why are you all here ? What is your reason for existence and when the students couldnt answer he would say well even a trash can has a reason to exist.It collects trash so are you worse than a trash can.I think he wanted us to figure out what we wanted in our life.To get a reason
Coming back to his holiness speech here are his three commitments in his life time :
Firstly, on the level of a human being, His Holiness’ first commitment is the promotion of human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline. All human beings are the same. We all want happiness and do not want suffering. Even people who do not believe in religion recognize the importance of these human values in making their life happier. His Holiness refers to these human values as secular ethics. He remains committed to talk about the importance of these human values and share them with everyone he meets.
Secondly, on the level of a religious practitioner, His Holiness’ second commitment is the promotion of religious harmony and understanding among the world’s major religious traditions. Despite philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings. It is therefore important for all religious traditions to respect one another and recognize the value of each other’s respective traditions. As far as one truth, one religion is concerned, this is relevant on an individual level. However, for the community at large, several truths, several religions are necessary.
Thirdly, His Holiness is a Tibetan and carries the name of the ‘Dalai Lama’. Therefore, his third commitment is to work to preserve Tibet's Buddhist culture, a culture of peace and non-violence.
His commitment in his life made me think a lot and i was wondering what are my reason for living.Why am i here? We all go through a phase in our life time where we question everything us and start thinking what is the point in all of these things that we go about doing.
I remember a story of Buddha where a man going insane with all his curious thoughts ask Buddha why is the sky colour blue? and the reply that Buddha makes i think is what reason do you have to ask about the sky?Is it bothering you ?Is it harming you in any way? Does all theses sort of questions bring you happiness. Can you change the colour.If the answer is no then the only thing you have control over is your own thoughts and perceptions so control them and let go of all questions.
Very wise words when it comes to such questions cause we are all the time thinking about what, when, how and who knew the beatles had the answer when they said it outloud "Let it be"
Any ways coming back to the orginal topic .I know Buddha meant for us not to be distracted in any ways like i did .For even he had a reason to live and his was to spread buddhism to each and every individual so that every one could attend their own happiness and rest just didnt matter to him.
After a lot of twist ,turning and scratching my head.I finally figured out my reasons for existence and i am sure it connects with all of us so:
Commitment 1: To be the best version of my self and be content.We all have our own shades of grey and we go through the ups and downs and commitments like this help us get a perspective.When you have a purpose to be the best version of yourself everything else just falls into place.For example i would want to be confident,bold, happy well educated with values .So that at the end when i am old and grey (forgetting impermanence :P) i would look back and know that i did all that i could with my heart and soul , that i lived the best life that i truly deserved .To be the best of what i can be in any terms be it healthier,stronger responsible nicer everything that my heart and soul wants.
Commitment 2: I know His holiness is a living Buddha and i can only aspire to be even 1 percent of what he is but what i learned through his commitment is that he lives solely for the purpose of other beings.I know now that i cannot make everyone happy all the time .So i have set my priority To love respect,care and always be there for my girl friend.I know it may sound a little unreasonable cause as couples live in togethere and when everything becomes mundane,monotonous loving seems a little too hard.
I have not reached that stage , i hope we never reach that stage where we are married ,take each other for granted and become just mean living corpse.I am not experienced enough to know about those things and i hope i never get enoug experience.For now i beleive with everything that i have that i will always try to be a good human being for her. For she gives me a reason to breathe and smile when i go to sleep at the end of the day.
Living for others works in funny ways when other people are down you find ways to make them happy and when they are happy you cant help but feel a sense of happiness and satisfaction at the end of tha day.So make some smile today.
Commitment 3 : Close your eyes think of some one who has shown you compassion at all times,who have cared and given love, at times tough love also to make you better .My third commitment is to always respect love and do all it takes to make my parents happy.I think nothing gets more noble than that and i am sure at the end when i look back i will feel a little sense of satisfaction knowing i treated them right.As some one said happiness is only real when shared and i would to share all of my happiness with them.
I am just a young guy with all my sense of wild beliefs and funny fascinations,but if it makes me a better person and if it makes you feel a little positive i think everyelse just doesn't matter. so why are you here?what are your reasons?
We used to have an english proffesor in college who used to tease his students saying why are you all here ? What is your reason for existence and when the students couldnt answer he would say well even a trash can has a reason to exist.It collects trash so are you worse than a trash can.I think he wanted us to figure out what we wanted in our life.To get a reason
Coming back to his holiness speech here are his three commitments in his life time :
Firstly, on the level of a human being, His Holiness’ first commitment is the promotion of human values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline. All human beings are the same. We all want happiness and do not want suffering. Even people who do not believe in religion recognize the importance of these human values in making their life happier. His Holiness refers to these human values as secular ethics. He remains committed to talk about the importance of these human values and share them with everyone he meets.
Secondly, on the level of a religious practitioner, His Holiness’ second commitment is the promotion of religious harmony and understanding among the world’s major religious traditions. Despite philosophical differences, all major world religions have the same potential to create good human beings. It is therefore important for all religious traditions to respect one another and recognize the value of each other’s respective traditions. As far as one truth, one religion is concerned, this is relevant on an individual level. However, for the community at large, several truths, several religions are necessary.
Thirdly, His Holiness is a Tibetan and carries the name of the ‘Dalai Lama’. Therefore, his third commitment is to work to preserve Tibet's Buddhist culture, a culture of peace and non-violence.
His commitment in his life made me think a lot and i was wondering what are my reason for living.Why am i here? We all go through a phase in our life time where we question everything us and start thinking what is the point in all of these things that we go about doing.
I remember a story of Buddha where a man going insane with all his curious thoughts ask Buddha why is the sky colour blue? and the reply that Buddha makes i think is what reason do you have to ask about the sky?Is it bothering you ?Is it harming you in any way? Does all theses sort of questions bring you happiness. Can you change the colour.If the answer is no then the only thing you have control over is your own thoughts and perceptions so control them and let go of all questions.
Very wise words when it comes to such questions cause we are all the time thinking about what, when, how and who knew the beatles had the answer when they said it outloud "Let it be"
Any ways coming back to the orginal topic .I know Buddha meant for us not to be distracted in any ways like i did .For even he had a reason to live and his was to spread buddhism to each and every individual so that every one could attend their own happiness and rest just didnt matter to him.
After a lot of twist ,turning and scratching my head.I finally figured out my reasons for existence and i am sure it connects with all of us so:
Commitment 1: To be the best version of my self and be content.We all have our own shades of grey and we go through the ups and downs and commitments like this help us get a perspective.When you have a purpose to be the best version of yourself everything else just falls into place.For example i would want to be confident,bold, happy well educated with values .So that at the end when i am old and grey (forgetting impermanence :P) i would look back and know that i did all that i could with my heart and soul , that i lived the best life that i truly deserved .To be the best of what i can be in any terms be it healthier,stronger responsible nicer everything that my heart and soul wants.
Commitment 2: I know His holiness is a living Buddha and i can only aspire to be even 1 percent of what he is but what i learned through his commitment is that he lives solely for the purpose of other beings.I know now that i cannot make everyone happy all the time .So i have set my priority To love respect,care and always be there for my girl friend.I know it may sound a little unreasonable cause as couples live in togethere and when everything becomes mundane,monotonous loving seems a little too hard.
I have not reached that stage , i hope we never reach that stage where we are married ,take each other for granted and become just mean living corpse.I am not experienced enough to know about those things and i hope i never get enoug experience.For now i beleive with everything that i have that i will always try to be a good human being for her. For she gives me a reason to breathe and smile when i go to sleep at the end of the day.
Living for others works in funny ways when other people are down you find ways to make them happy and when they are happy you cant help but feel a sense of happiness and satisfaction at the end of tha day.So make some smile today.
Commitment 3 : Close your eyes think of some one who has shown you compassion at all times,who have cared and given love, at times tough love also to make you better .My third commitment is to always respect love and do all it takes to make my parents happy.I think nothing gets more noble than that and i am sure at the end when i look back i will feel a little sense of satisfaction knowing i treated them right.As some one said happiness is only real when shared and i would to share all of my happiness with them.
I am just a young guy with all my sense of wild beliefs and funny fascinations,but if it makes me a better person and if it makes you feel a little positive i think everyelse just doesn't matter. so why are you here?what are your reasons?
