Vedanta - Meaningful Use of Time
H H THE DALAI LAMA
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Whether or not you believe in life after death, this life should be something meaningful for you; the way you spent time should make you feel genuine satisfaction. If you use time cheating and bullying, you might get some sort of satisfaction but that would be very short-lived -for, in the long run, even a non-believer gets some sort of doubt; you feel some sort of uneasiness.... That's why I am saying, only do those things that give you deep satisfaction. That's living a meaningful life.So how to make your life more meaningful? First, we should think... all sentient beings experience pleasure and pain (although some are debating about whether plants have feelings).
All sentient beings wish to be happy . Bec ause of the po wer of intelli gence, human beings have much better ability to avoid suffering. In the meantime, somehow, that very intelligence is also the source of problems.
There's too much stress. The more educated you are, the more expectations you have (and others have of you), your hopes and fears too are intensified because of memory and intelligence. Animals have less expectation, they deal with immediate threats.
We should use our intelligence in such a way that it is a source of happiness, not as aggravator of anxiety and stress.Real happiness comes from within and not from money and knowledge. Pay more attention to common experience, common sense and then go deep inside the mind and realise that compassion brings us all together.... When we learn from one another, it becomes the basis of genuine harmony .
All sentient beings wish to be happy . Bec ause of the po wer of intelli gence, human beings have much better ability to avoid suffering. In the meantime, somehow, that very intelligence is also the source of problems.
There's too much stress. The more educated you are, the more expectations you have (and others have of you), your hopes and fears too are intensified because of memory and intelligence. Animals have less expectation, they deal with immediate threats.
We should use our intelligence in such a way that it is a source of happiness, not as aggravator of anxiety and stress.Real happiness comes from within and not from money and knowledge. Pay more attention to common experience, common sense and then go deep inside the mind and realise that compassion brings us all together.... When we learn from one another, it becomes the basis of genuine harmony .
