How to Change Your Thinking and Your Life: The Four Great Efforts
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- Опубликовано: 10 янв 2014
- If the Buddha were here today he would probably say, "If you want to change your life, then start by changing your thinking." In the Noble Eightfold Path, the Buddha taught that the way to happiness is to practice Right Effort, meaning that we should relinquish negative and harmful thoughts and instead cultivate positive and beneficial ones.
Peace and happiness can really be one thought away provided we know which thoughts we need to let go of and which ones we should cultivate and encourage. In this video, I explain the Four Great Efforts and give you practical tips on how to practice each one.
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Great job! Buddhism involves right effort, mindfulness, concentration and so many other positive things. It is phylosophically and psychologically powerful.
Mindah - you are (one of) the reasons I have said "thank god for RUclips". You've illuminated some issues I have been wrestling with for a long time
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Thank you Mindah. The antidote to habitual anger and aversion is lovingkindness or metta meditation which then matures to compassion or karuna...I've seen some people skip the first step or confuse the two. Abandoning unwholesome (wrong) view, intention, speech, & action is right effort.
I'm no Buddhist, but this advice for dealing with negative thinking just seems very reasonable.
Wonderful. Unless we change or redirect what is going on in our heads we won't change or improve the world. We might continue to have negative behaviour which promotes suffering and disatisfaction in life.
Haven’t watched many of your videos but from this you seem to have a very clear way of communicating on this topic. You make it much more accessible and easy to apply than a lot of other ‘teachers’ and even some monks/nuns who will talk twice as long and say half as much!
Thank you Mindah U R very kind. It is a first time to listen in English Language about these four good efforts which are we learned since childhood. Our parents our teachers teach these four things called SamMat Padam four effords .
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I love the metaphors you share, thinking of thoughts like drops in a bucket, or tracks that get carved in the ground by carts. An image is worth a thousand words. Thank you!
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You are an excellent teacher and have so much insight into the Buddha's teachings. I am glad that you quote from the sutras. They have so much power. Thank you. Namo Amitabha Buddha.
I really love the metaphor's that you use linking our struggles of dukkha in the mind to real life situations. You always create a clarity to the dharma where in some cases it can seem quite complex and daunting in practice. Thanks again, for another great video.
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Hi , I dipped my toe into Buddhism before and struggled to relate into everyday purposes , you've managed to put in layman's terms for me which I can understand better , thank you for that :-)
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This is an excellent video full of great information clearly explained. Thank you.
Despite not looking at the screen, only listening, I can still hear the smile in your voice. You have a beautiful soul. Thank you for spreading happiness and peace to the world. Thank you for using your efforts and wisdom to benefit those beyond yourself. ♡♡♡
I really appreciate your thoroughness and your presentation. Thank you. Very helpful.
Mindah, Thanks so much for all the Buddha's teachings you share with us and for putting us in easy to understand language. I am delighted to see the depth of your knowledge of Buddhism and will share your websites with other enthusiastic Buddhists.Thanks also for being a prime example than women can teach Buddhism just like men can.Wishing you all the best for your much needed channel and websites. If more people know and apply the Buddha's teachings in their relationships each day, the world will surely become a better place.Thanks for contributing to that process.Namtip
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Clear and without much ado.
thank you very much mindha for making such wondeful videos that widens our mind, lot of miss understanding about Buddhism have cleared being born as Buddhist had never gone in such depth of buddhas teaching and i was finding happiness and peace outside in other godly religion like Christianity hinduism and islam as i have a joint family having peoples of all religion in our home but never realise true hapiness and peace lies withinn you can never find it without i was like having a kohinoor diamond in my hand and was searching all over the world for it thank you very much
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My teacher thank you and hope you reach the ultimate happiness
Thank you. I have to use effort to handle the unskilled thoughts which are obstacles to peace. Om.
I really want to thank you, especially today when my mind is at war with myself. 2015 hasn't been a good start for me. I've been having lots of negative thoughts , which has arisen due to anger and expectations. I've cried silently because I felt helpless and don't know what to do or how to react. The past few days have been really really difficult for me. It is an effort to smile. This is the second time I've watched this video and its uplifted my heavy heart and I feel so much betta. Thanks :)
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Thanks for the video. I find it useful n practical to learn teachings of Buddha w.r.t. cultivating positive mental states. :)
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Also, I like how you talk about hypothetical situations where these teachings can be applied. I think sometimes the examples of practiced Buddhism in real life situations help teach people the right way to engage it. Cheers!
16:07 Thank you for sharing your experience about the power of breath meditation. Thank you.
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I’ve found a new awakening deep in the recesses of my mind. A spark to something greater than myself. The conversational and meaningful words of wisdom resonates with me. Love and compassion is what the world needs now. Thank you!
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I have so much work to do, but these videos help me stay on track and continue learn about The Way. Blessings!
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Thank you, Mindah. Simple clear moral filter ,yes.
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What I found here is that your face shaning from happiness you calming me down with your talk and motivation :) thank you for your hard job and wish you to find your inner peace ;)
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Thank you.
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Thank you so much! Such pure joy to listen too. Again the parallels of Buddha and Christ is awesome. 2 Corinthians 10: 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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Very helpful in filling the teaching of right effort
Super explaination for Four Nobel Truth.
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