Saturday, January 3, 2009

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT: BUDDHA STYLE



When Buddha talked that there is pain in this world,he does not mean that there is only pain in this world.He was trying to find out the cause of pain and the answer was-DESIRE...Does that mean we should not have any ambitions? we all should become hermits and wanderers? Certainly not! But when the idea of getting something becomes an obsession and it starts ruling all your senses, it can cause tremendous pain..So much of attachments to things can cause pain when something unexpected happens..If someone desires things within one's capability,the level of pain will be lesser
Buddha talks about 8 fold path of salvation which include right thought and action..This is the most interesting of his teaching because the application of right things are different for various people...There is no universal right things to do..Each person should achieve salvation through the right path designed for him/her.This ultimately is a life long search of self.This is the ultimate development of personality.
When you try to be someone else, forgetting the things in which you are good at, the journey(safar),becomes suffer and the mismatch between your desire and your actual life increases.When people do things which are not comfortable for them ,the level of success reduce automatically and their life will be of pain.They will radiate only pain and they will receive the same in return.
Many believe that, these things are not PRACTICAL..They simply forget that being practical is doing things which you can do.For a marathon runner,42 kilometer running is a normal affair and for majority, it may not be practical...So the point is, there is no absolute answers applicable for everyone.Find your destiny,live life to the fullest.
LET THERE BE LIGHT..................

2 comments:

  1. i am very glad maam that i visited ur blog..
    U have always amazed us with ur incredible insights..this post is quite thoughtful and i am looking forward for many such wonderful posts.. thank u..

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  2. Mam Im very much impressed with your views here but i have a small confusion many personality development trainers says "put your heart and soul into your goal and eat,sleep and drink with it".How does one separate striving for goal and idea of getting the goal becomes obsession(as you stated)

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