I had the honor, a couple of months ago, to set in on a lecture by his holyness, the Dalai Lama. His amazing joyfulness made my mind wonder about the origin of his path.
You cannot help but be impressed with the life of Buddha, regardless of your particular religion (or lack, thereof). When seeing his people were sickness and dying, he couldn't help to take notice and felt it was his duty to try to help.
According to various historical documents, he decided that the only way to do this was to achieve enlightenment and pass on his enlightenment to others. He also determined that in order to do this, he would first have to give up all his worldly possessions and live without.
Perhaps it wasn't that difficult to defy his parents, leave his palace and live in a state of fasting and doing without. I cant say " Ive never walked in his shoes; however, I cant say this would be my first choice.
Most people don't want to give up the good life. They think that money is a way to better our lives. That is why the lottery is so successful.
Health care at its best was probably nothing more than guesswork, around 500 BC.
So this man chose to deny himself the comforts of palace living. All research points to the fact that he wasn't concerned about his own health rather that he wanted to ease the suffering of those around him.
Now, anyone who has rubbed the belly on a statue of Buddha knows that he did eventually reach enlightenment and through that enlightenment knows he did eventually pick up a fork (although given his home was in modern day Nepal, he likely picked up chopsticks) and eat something.
Although we of course can't really say for sure if the Buddha belly was a factual picture or just represents a spiritual abundance, modern day nutritionists would likely look at his statue and recognize that he was just a tad on the overweight side and would not recommend this as a healthy weight. But they cant deny the smile on his face.
Even when surrounded by the common man, there is no evidence that supports his being a sickly sort. You might say that Buddha not being sickly was a reward of enlightenment. I tend to think it was the power of positive thinking.
Buddha lived without anger or hate. He didn't seem to hold grudges. How many of us can say the same? It doesn't have to be a big life tragedy to bring a person down. Sometimes dwelling on the small stuff, we get consumed with negativity.
Many studies have shown a positive outlook can greatly improve or maintain ones health. Similarly, negativity, depression and the like can just as easily destroy ones health.
I agree but I also believe that one sometimes needs a starting point in order to focus. If weight loss and/or high blood pressure are your ailments, I advise as the best course or choice my Weight Loss Breeze program or my High Blood Pressure program. If its stress thats led to headaches you should try my Migraine and Headache program. They are all natural and guaranteed to show amazing results!
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You cannot help but be impressed with the life of Buddha, regardless of your particular religion (or lack, thereof). When seeing his people were sickness and dying, he couldn't help to take notice and felt it was his duty to try to help.
According to various historical documents, he decided that the only way to do this was to achieve enlightenment and pass on his enlightenment to others. He also determined that in order to do this, he would first have to give up all his worldly possessions and live without.
Perhaps it wasn't that difficult to defy his parents, leave his palace and live in a state of fasting and doing without. I cant say " Ive never walked in his shoes; however, I cant say this would be my first choice.
Most people don't want to give up the good life. They think that money is a way to better our lives. That is why the lottery is so successful.
Health care at its best was probably nothing more than guesswork, around 500 BC.
So this man chose to deny himself the comforts of palace living. All research points to the fact that he wasn't concerned about his own health rather that he wanted to ease the suffering of those around him.
Now, anyone who has rubbed the belly on a statue of Buddha knows that he did eventually reach enlightenment and through that enlightenment knows he did eventually pick up a fork (although given his home was in modern day Nepal, he likely picked up chopsticks) and eat something.
Although we of course can't really say for sure if the Buddha belly was a factual picture or just represents a spiritual abundance, modern day nutritionists would likely look at his statue and recognize that he was just a tad on the overweight side and would not recommend this as a healthy weight. But they cant deny the smile on his face.
Even when surrounded by the common man, there is no evidence that supports his being a sickly sort. You might say that Buddha not being sickly was a reward of enlightenment. I tend to think it was the power of positive thinking.
Buddha lived without anger or hate. He didn't seem to hold grudges. How many of us can say the same? It doesn't have to be a big life tragedy to bring a person down. Sometimes dwelling on the small stuff, we get consumed with negativity.
Many studies have shown a positive outlook can greatly improve or maintain ones health. Similarly, negativity, depression and the like can just as easily destroy ones health.
I agree but I also believe that one sometimes needs a starting point in order to focus. If weight loss and/or high blood pressure are your ailments, I advise as the best course or choice my Weight Loss Breeze program or my High Blood Pressure program. If its stress thats led to headaches you should try my Migraine and Headache program. They are all natural and guaranteed to show amazing results!
EL331004 - 29881
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