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    During our day to day activities, we think, say and do million things without knowing the consequences of that thought, word or action. To say the least we are bombarded with the duties and our own conscious, we just say or do them. This article describes in depth what exactly is happening to us during or after such actions in Buddhist arena. We may be doing what is called "PAU" (Unwholesome acts) without realizing that we do them. Some of us lie like they cannot live without it. Lying has become a very common part of their lives that it doesn't even occur to them that it will discredit their reputation in the long run. Some people are very stingy and they do not remember how they became such human beings. It is not that they were born stingy. During the process of growing up somewhere down the line, they have managed to develop their stinginess and now they cannot get rid of that habit even if they wanted to. May be they have associated stingy people or maybe it was their parents or someone who they were idolizing. Whatever the reason is, people always struggle with some sort of bad habit that they want to get rid of but they couldn't. This article shed some light from Buddhist perspective, how we could face those day to day events without losing our minds and to live a holistic life. A Buddhist is defined as a person who lives smartly. This does not relate to his race, religion or whatever he has brought from his birth. Of course there are certain things that he/she brings to this world that he cannot change but Buddhism says it all depends on your thoughts. Buddhism is a philosophy that is solely based on how you think. For e.g. When a car accident happens, some people may blame the driver without even a second thought. But few might wait to listen to what happened before making judgment. A very few might even not pass any judgment from what they hear or see as those facts which are presented to them might not be enough to pass a judgment. Let’s say the driver is a very old man and he had a heart attack. So, the viewer who blamed him earlier may change his view and might forgive him. It says that there are no accidents in this life. This is totally aligning with the Buddhist philosophy. Everything that is happening in this world has a reason. Some reasons are very visible and some aren’t. The reasons which are not apparent are the ones that make us do crazy things and face the hardships is life. For E.g. let’s say a man was killed. According to the common law the case will be investigated and the person who killed if found will be punished. But the hidden part of this killing will be that the dead persons karma which is not known to any jury in this world. Now, it doesn’t justify the killing but one has to think of all the reason’s before making any judgment on the killing. May be the dead person has killed people in his previous life and this is his payback. The news that we hear every day regarding rapes, murders, steeling and many other bad things has happened to a human being. People always think about the person and not the reason of such incidents. Although this way of thinking is not going to help a Jury, it certainly will help us who are not part of the crime to change our attitudes. It will help us to avoid any hatred of the murderer or sympathize with the dead man. We will have to be fair for both people and think to ourselves that it was unavoidable. Of course in these cases the person who has done the crime will have to pay his dues in this or some other life. That is the fairness of the world. If we start to think this way, it will help us to change the attitude towards the things that are both good and bad happening to us during our lifetime. When someone says bad things about us or hurt us, we can start to think that maybe we deserve it for some reason. In Buddhism, it is very easy to blame ourselves using karma; so that we don’t always hunt down the people who do us wrong. There are millions of thing

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    During our day to day activities, we think, say and do million things without knowing the consequences of that thought, word or action. To say the least we are bombarded with the duties and our own conscious, we just say or do them. This article describes in depth what exactly is happening to us during or after such actions in Buddhist arena. We may be doing what is called "PAU" (Unwholesome acts) without realizing that we do them. Some of us lie like they cannot live without it. Lying has become a very common part of their lives that it doesn't even occur to them that it will discredit their reputation in the long run. Some people are very stingy and they do not remember how they became such human beings. It is not that they were born stingy. During the process of growing up somewhere down the line, they have managed to develop their stinginess and now they cannot get rid of that habit even if they wanted to. May be they have associated stingy people or maybe it was their parents or someone who they were idolizing. Whatever the reason is, people always struggle with some sort of bad habit that they want to get rid of but they couldn't. This article shed some light from Buddhist perspective, how we could face those day to day events without losing our minds and to live a holistic life. A Buddhist is defined as a person who lives smartly. This does not relate to his race, religion or whatever he has brought from his birth. Of course there are certain things that he/she brings to this world that he cannot change but Buddhism says it all depends on your thoughts. Buddhism is a philosophy that is solely based on how you think. For e.g. When a car accident happens, some people may blame the driver without even a second thought. But few might wait to listen to what happened before making judgment. A very few might even not pass any judgment from what they hear or see as those facts which are presented to them might not be enough to pass a judgment. Let’s say the driver is a very old man and he had a heart attack. So, the viewer who blamed him earlier may change his view and might forgive him. It says that there are no accidents in this life. This is totally aligning with the Buddhist philosophy. Everything that is happening in this world has a reason. Some reasons are very visible and some aren’t. The reasons which are not apparent are the ones that make us do crazy things and face the hardships is life. For E.g. let’s say a man was killed. According to the common law the case will be investigated and the person who killed if found will be punished. But the hidden part of this killing will be that the dead persons karma which is not known to any jury in this world. Now, it doesn’t justify the killing but one has to think of all the reason’s before making any judgment on the killing. May be the dead person has killed people in his previous life and this is his payback. The news that we hear every day regarding rapes, murders, steeling and many other bad things has happened to a human being. People always think about the person and not the reason of such incidents. Although this way of thinking is not going to help a Jury, it certainly will help us who are not part of the crime to change our attitudes. It will help us to avoid any hatred of the murderer or sympathize with the dead man. We will have to be fair for both people and think to ourselves that it was unavoidable. Of course in these cases the person who has done the crime will have to pay his dues in this or some other life. That is the fairness of the world. If we start to think this way, it will help us to change the attitude towards the things that are both good and bad happening to us during our lifetime. When someone says bad things about us or hurt us, we can start to think that maybe we deserve it for some reason. In Buddhism, it is very easy to blame ourselves using karma; so that we don’t always hunt down the people who do us wrong. There are millions of thing

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    What Are We Doing Wrong I This Life - A Buddhist Perspective

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    Jagath Siriwardene
    During our day to day activities, we think, say and do million things without knowing the consequences of that thought, word or action. To say the least we are bombarded with the duties and our own conscious, we just say or do them. This article describes in depth what exactly is happening to us during or after such actions in Buddhist arena. We may be doing what is called "PAU" (Unwholesome acts) without realizing that we do them. Some of us lie like they cannot live without it. Lying has become a very common part of their lives that it doesn't even occur to them that it will discredit their reputation in the long run. Some people are very stingy and they do not remember how they became such human beings. It is not that they were born stingy. During the process of growing up somewhere down the line, they have managed to develop their stinginess and now they cannot get rid of that habit even if they wanted to. May be they have associated stingy people or maybe it was their parents or someone who they were idolizing. Whatever the reason is, people always struggle with some sort of bad habit that they want to get rid of but they couldn't. This article shed some light from Buddhist perspective, how we could face those day to day events without losing our minds and to live a holistic life. A Buddhist is defined as a person who lives smartly. This does not relate to his race, religion or whatever he has brought from his birth. Of course there are certain things that he/she brings to this world that he cannot change but Buddhism says it all depends on your thoughts. Buddhism is a philosophy that is solely based on how you think. For e.g. When a car accident happens, some people may blame the driver without even a second thought. But few might wait to listen to what happened before making judgment. A very few might even not pass any judgment from what they hear or see as those facts which are presented to them might not be enough to pass a judgment. Let’s say the driver is a very old man and he had a heart attack. So, the viewer who blamed him earlier may change his view and might forgive him. It says that there are no accidents in this life. This is totally aligning with the Buddhist philosophy. Everything that is happening in this world has a reason. Some reasons are very visible and some aren’t. The reasons which are not apparent are the ones that make us do crazy things and face the hardships is life. For E.g. let’s say a man was killed. According to the common law the case will be investigated and the person who killed if found will be punished. But the hidden part of this killing will be that the dead persons karma which is not known to any jury in this world. Now, it doesn’t justify the killing but one has to think of all the reason’s before making any judgment on the killing. May be the dead person has killed people in his previous life and this is his payback. The news that we hear every day regarding rapes, murders, steeling and many other bad things has happened to a human being. People always think about the person and not the reason of such incidents. Although this way of thinking is not going to help a Jury, it certainly will help us who are not part of the crime to change our attitudes. It will help us to avoid any hatred of the murderer or sympathize with the dead man. We will have to be fair for both people and think to ourselves that it was unavoidable. Of course in these cases the person who has done the crime will have to pay his dues in this or some other life. That is the fairness of the world. If we start to think this way, it will help us to change the attitude towards the things that are both good and bad happening to us during our lifetime. When someone says bad things about us or hurt us, we can start to think that maybe we deserve it for some reason. In Buddhism, it is very easy to blame ourselves using karma; so that we don’t always hunt down the people who do us wrong. There are millions of thing

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