tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post5476140573872331455..comments2023-06-11T10:29:24.585-04:00Comments on Wisdom through Mindfulness: "Stop worrying about your body so much...you are just renting it anyway"Dr. Piyal Walpolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624110674300380204noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post-51079280328725159732012-12-23T08:39:56.922-05:002012-12-23T08:39:56.922-05:00Dear Giselle,
I very much appreciate your commen...Dear Giselle, <br /><br />I very much appreciate your comment.<br /><br />You are right. What you think you become. Buddha said “with your intentions you shape your present and the future.” So you are basically in charge in shaping your future with skilful thoughts, words and actions. Main focus of training in Buddhism is the mind. This is through Meditation. I see this training of Buddhism as a science of the mind. There are lots of neuroscientist see it this way as well. This is why now meditation had become a cutting edge research subject in neuroscience. Here is a latest research study fro Harvard University. <br />“Meditation’s positive residual effects”: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/meditations-positive-residual-effects/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fb-wall <br /><br />May I suggest you three books you can read (From 1 to 3). The books you can order through Amazon or try a local bookstore (like Chapters). I have given you some links to PDF versions (the last book only chapters 1-5) for you to get an idea or read on e-reader.<br />1.What the Buddha taught: http://www.dhammaweb.net/books/Dr_Walpola_Rahula_What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf<br />2. Mindfulness in Plain English: http://www.urbandharma.org/pdf/mindfulness_in_plain_english.pdf3<br />3. Mindfulness Bliss and beyond: http://www.dhammatalks.net/Books11/Ajahn_Brahm-Mindfulness_Bliss_and_Beyond-Chapters1-5.pdf<br /><br />I hope this is enough to start with. Please do not hesitate a post a comment or a question in my blogs. Also you can visit my latest blog on compassion to oneself. Here is the link: http://loving-kindness-compassion-yourself.blogspot.ca/<br /><br />With Much humbleness and gratitude<br />Piyal<br /><br />Dr. Piyal Walpolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624110674300380204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post-72806739191607589362012-12-22T18:19:28.425-05:002012-12-22T18:19:28.425-05:00Dr.Walpola-
Hello there! I've been reading a ...Dr.Walpola-<br /><br />Hello there! I've been reading a few pages from your site, and. I must say, I'm very, very much interested in the teachingsof Buddha. I have no past experience with a 'religion' and I'm only eighteen. I'm starting to feel changes in my mindset and the way I think, I become angry easily with annoying classmates, and professors. I feel like I'm missing something in my life, and I honestly feel like its a 'religion' related thought. I love how Buddism is so calm, collected, and level headed. I want to become this. I want to mold my thinking and my ways of life. I believe it would really helpgrowing up become so much easier if I could get a grasp on Buddism. The only problem is I have no idea where to start. My family is christian, but they're not forceful with their beliefs, hence why I never really got into religion. I was wondering if you would mind replying to me and helping me out. You seem like someone who knows what their talking about. (: Thank you ever so much for your time, it means so much to me. <br /><br />Giselle. giselle36https://www.blogger.com/profile/16098208367638303894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post-11476988605669647342007-11-09T07:58:00.000-05:002007-11-09T07:58:00.000-05:00JustinKeep on doing GOOD kamma, that is what I wa...Justin<BR/>Keep on doing GOOD kamma, that is what I wanted to say!<BR/>PiyalDr. Piyal Walpolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624110674300380204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post-84494827596532022322007-11-09T07:50:00.000-05:002007-11-09T07:50:00.000-05:00Hi JustinThank you again. I am glad that you like...Hi Justin<BR/>Thank you again. I am glad that you like my site. <BR/><BR/>You are so right. I see people who spend thousands of dollars to change looks of this decaying body of ours, which does not belong to you anyway. However, if you spend that time and effort on wholesome deeds, Dhana (giving or generosity), Sila (morality), Bhavana (Meditation) you will get a better return for your effort. <BR/><BR/>BTW, I visited your site and added to my links. I like it a lot. Keep on doing kamma. That is all we can do.<BR/><BR/>PiyalDr. Piyal Walpolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17624110674300380204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4746760550568223326.post-61215247353602237262007-11-08T17:50:00.000-05:002007-11-08T17:50:00.000-05:00Dr. Walpola-The car and driver analogy is wonderfu...Dr. Walpola-<BR/><BR/><BR/>The car and driver analogy is wonderful, especially since in todays day and age it is something so familiar to so many of us. <BR/><BR/>"These days there is a lot of emphasis on body wellness. In fact we are sometimes a little too obsessed with looking after our bodies. We jog, go to the gym every day and so on. These are all good things but the only problem is we do very little to look after our mind." <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you see a lot of that in your clinical practice. It's so easy to forget to look at the mind at all, especially since there is so little in or society that would even encourage mental cultivation. I suppose if you can help even one person take care of their body AND their mind it would be a good thing. Again, tahnks for the insightful posts. May you be well in your practice.<BR/><BR/><BR/>JustinJDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062221333467776105noreply@blogger.com