..续本文上一页s that if, in your past lives, you simply threw a bug and caused it to die from fear, then, in your present life, you may experience some abnormal mental states, and you will always have some sense of anxiety. For this kind of situation, seeking medical treatment will not help, and even getting help from others to chant sadhanas on your behalf may not necessarily work either, because certain forms of karma have to be dealt with by the person. Relying on outer conditions cannot change it. If the cause of your problem belongs to this explanation, then you will need to practice confession more often to gradually purify this negative karma.
Secondly, as you grow older, due to changes in your external circumstances, your mood will have ups and downs. This phenomenon does not apply to you alone. In fact, many people have experienced it before: for a period of time, you feel very joyful, but not long after, your mood is very down. This kind of unstable mind can be remedied by adjusting your lifestyle. If you can do it, then, slowly, your mental state will go back to what it was before, relaxed and comfortable.
(5) Question: I was a master”s student in the School of Software and Microelectronics, Peking University. I have graduated and am currently working as a software engineer. I have a question: When I talk with my parents about studying Buddhism, they are able to accept the view of “wholesome activities bring happiness, unwholesome activities bring sufferings” very easily. However, when I talk about the six realms of cyclic existence, they strongly reject this concept, saying that it is enough to ensure that we have a good life during this lifetime, there is no need to think about the next life. I am very distressed by this. I know that the most beneficial way to repay the kindness of our parents is to guide them to have faith in Buddhism, but I feel I don”t have enough strength to help them. What should I do
Answer: I rejoice in your aspiration and motivation. Indeed, the best way of repaying the kindness of your parents, from a Mahayana Buddhist point of view, is to guide them to Buddhism and urge them to create virtue. This is quite different to the thoughts of worldly people. For them, they think that buying a house for their parents and ensuring that they are not lacking any daily necessities is enough, but they do not know that these things are very fragile and will be gone in a few years. The method you are using to repay the kindness of your parents is something over which you can really rejoice.
While your parents can easily accept that wholesome activities bring happiness and unwholesome activities bring sufferings, they may recognize this to be true in this particular life only. They may not necessarily recognize that there is a future life, and that karma can be carried over to this future life. I have previously investigated and analyzed this, and what I found is that, although many Chinese celebrities, stars, and literary figures claim to be Buddhist, they think that if they carry out wholesome activities, they can gain blessings immediately in this life. They don”t recognize the existence of future lives, and think that it doesn”t matter what happens in future lives. This point of view is unreasonable. Why
If you subscribe to this view, you will think: “If alcohol is available today, then I will get drunk today.” That is to say, you will only care about today, not tomorrow. Why, then, are you still buying health insurance and paying into your pension for when you are older
Those who don”t consider the next life are short-sighted, just like someone who doesn”t think about tomorrow due to the fact that he can”t see it now.
Of course, it is quite difficult to change your parents” view immediately, but if you make …
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