Download or read book Prevention Treatment of MENTAL DISORDERS 5th 7th Body Mind Life Conference Presentations Men Tsee Khang written by Dr. (Ms.) Tenzin Choying, HoD, BML Dept, TASP (Ms.) Sonam Tsamchoe, BML Dept, BML Dept, Mr. Tenzin Kalden, Translator, BML Dept and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Message of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama In general, when we talk about health and fitness, we cannot put the mind aside. The wellness of physical health is very much dependent on the clarity and intelligence of the mind. However, the mind and body has the relationship of support and supported. These are unconditionally associated with each other. So, there is a growing interest and curiosity for the relationship between the mind and body. Thus, it is need of time for convening such a conference on the body, mind and Life. Not only sharing your knowledge and intellect but also you are practically working on exploring remedies for solving the physical and mental health. It’s wonderful! I would like to thank all the organizers. The above is an excerpt from exclusive message which was bestowed by H.H the 14th Dalai Lama to the participants of the 2nd BMLConference on 1st October, 2014

Download or read book PRESENTATIONS Causes Conditions and Remedies of Mental Disorders 3rd Body Mind and Life Conference written by Geshe Tenpa Tashi, Head, Body, Mind and Life Department and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Message of His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama I would like to express my deep appreciation and Tashi Delek to all of you for holding this 2nd International Conference on Body, Mind and Life. There are more than seven billion people on our earth and all of us desire to be mentally happy and physically healthy. Even a newly born baby wishes to be mentally happy and physically well so does an old dying person. Today right here, you as listeners and I as a speaker, all of us equally wish to be happy rather than sad! Naturally, we all desire happiness and we all have equal rights to achieve that happiness. Not only human beings, but also all the sentient beings who have consciousness want to be happy and avoid suffering. As Shantideva said, “all the sufferings that we experience are because of our selfishness and all the happiness that we gain are all because of wishing happiness for others.” If we examine properly, when one thinks about only the welfare of oneself, his or her mind becomes extremely narrow. The concept of “I” is very limited. When we apply “we” instead of “I”, it broadens our thinking. We as human beings are by nature social animals and very much dependent on each other. If you are a Buddhist practitioner in general and a Mahayana follower in particular, or if you have heard about the Bodhisattva Basket or Pitaka, all these talk about ‘every sentient being’. If you observe this concept out of the blue, it would seem as if you haven’t thought much about its meaning. However, the fact is that how much you have altruism and concern for other’s welfare, the same degree of mental peace and happiness will resonate back. If you have concerns only about ‘I’, there will be a lot of worry. When you are concerned on the welfare of all sentient beings, the courage and peace naturally grows within your mind. When ‘I’ is the main concern, then there would be more suspiciousness, distrust, deceitfulness and bullying to each other. When we think of others’ welfare and treat all others equally, keeping in mind that everyone is same, in terms of wishing happiness and not wishing suffering, there will be no cheating, bullying and pretending . You can be more transparent in your approach. When you are capable of being transparent, there will be more trust. When you are trustworthy, there will be a genuine friendship. Without trust in each other, when concerns are only on ‘I’, you tend to spend your life in doubts and hesitations. There is no delight in that at all. In order to achieve physical happiness and good health which is our prime goal, it is really essential to have mental peace. Nowadays, scientists are stating that when mind get disturbed or disordered with destructive emotions like anger, doubt or fear, our immune system starts declining. Therefore, remaining mentally calm makes a huge difference for good physical health. Few days ago, I had a meeting with a German friend who said that I was looking very young. He is 59 years old whereas I am 79 years old. That means he is 20 years younger than me. But, he looks much older than me in appearance. Therefore, he asked me that what my secret behind the youthfulness was, though my age has reached almost 80. I told him, “It is my big secret. I will not tell you.” In my approach, all the seven billion people on earth are very much same. I consider myself as one of the seven billion people. I never think of myself as a special or a popular person. I never think of me as an important figure or I am Gyalwa Rinpoche. Whenever, I meet people with different background, I consider them as another same human being. There is not any feeling of hesitancy or distance to anybody. So, it feels as if my mind is opened freely. As a result, there is no fear, nervousness and doubtful thoughts in my mind. It makes a huge difference in my day to day life. That was what I told him. I also told him by teasing, “As a Buddhist monk, I wake up at 3 AM and meditate for a while. I meet people for the day. As a bhikkhu, I skip dinner and go to bed by 6 to 7 PM. My life goes on in this way. But then, you eat dinner late in the night. At the same time, drink alcohol and get drunk”. There is huge difference between our ways of life. Anyway, the most important thing is to have peace of mind. The root of mental calmness, as I told you before, depends on your attitude. But in our everyday life, it is important to keep our physical body calm and peaceful and try to avoid disorder as well. I told him as a joke, “As a monk, I cannot go to night club”. When our body follows a particular routine in 24 hours, I think that makes a huge difference. So, for good physical health and well being, it is essential to maintain the balance of mind. To sum up, scientists in our time are immensely curious about the mental peace for physical wellbeing. They are saying that brain can be changed by transforming your mind. Earlier, many scientists maintained a scientific consensus that there is no existence of so called ‘mind’ apart from our body, rather it’s the function of brain. They asserted that the mental state of happiness or sorrow occurs when there is a change in brain and body. Recently, they started to accept that it is not easy to change the brain itself in a healthy way. Instead, it turns out that brain can be changed by training of mind. In the context of neuroplasticity, it says that when there is change in mind, there is a cellular growth or changes in brain. In general, when we talk about health and fitness, we cannot put the mind aside. The wellness of physical health is very much dependent on the clarity and intelligence of mind. However, the mind and body has the relationship of support and supported. These are unconditionally associated with each other. So, there is a growing interest and curiosity for the relationship between the mind and body. Thus, it is need of time for convening such a conference on body, mind and Life. Not only sharing your knowledge and intellect but also you are practically working on exploring remedies for solving the physical and mental health. It’s wonderful! I would like to thank all the organizers.

Download or read book PRESENTATIONS Causes Conditions and Remedies of Depression 4th Body Mind and Life Conference 12 14 October 2016 Men Tsee Khang written by Body, Mind and Life Department and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA Recently, we conducted a research on a group of meditators, to study the changes in their body elements. The study was done in collaboration with American scientists, and it was discovered that after about three weeks of practicing meditation, their blood pressure had decreased, mind became clearer and calmer and it further reduced stress. There are many aspects of brain that are new to us and are yet to be explored. It is in fact very important to practice meditation to literally change our brain. We must be able to prove scientifically that love and compassion are necessities to maintain physical and mental wellbeing at both individual and social level. Modern science deals mainly with brain, leaving aside the aspect of ‘mind’. It is important to make efforts towards cultivation of moral ethics that is directly associated with mental aspect. In the ancient times, there was no connection between spirituality and science. Now we are all aware of the significance of the mental aspect, and we need to analyze and conduct scientific studies on the subject of consciousness. In Tibetan Monastic communities, there have been cases where certain realized practitioners were clinically declared dead but their bodies remained fresh for several days without any decomposition. There was a case in which the body of a monk who was declared brain dead not only remained fresh but also gained strength a couple of days after death. These cases need to be studied thoroughly, and in the course of analysis, the findings of the investigation and research as the fundamental principle must be embraced. Above is an excerpt from His Holiness’s address at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science in the capital of Uttar Pradesh state on the occasion of the 58th annual conference of the Neurological Society of India. His Holiness spoke on “Brain science and ancient Indian Buddhist thought”.

Download or read book Nurturing A Child s Mental Health 8th 9th Body Mind Life Conference Presentations Men Tsee Khang written by Dr. (Ms.) Tenzin Choying, HoD, BML Dept, TASP (Ms.) Sonam Tsamchoe, BML Dept, Dr. (Mr.) Tsultrim Namgyal, BML Dept, Mr. Tenzin Kalden, Translator, BML Dept and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS THE 14TH DALAI LAMA Leaving aside the complex question of the creation and evolution of our universe, we can at least agree that each of us is the product of our own parents. In general, our conception took place not just in the context of sexual desire but from our parents’ decision to have a child. Such decisions are founded on responsibility and altruism - the parent’s compassionate commitment to care of their child until it is able to take care of itself. Thus, from the very moment of our conception, our parents’ love is directly in our creation. Moreover, we are completely dependent upon our mothers’ care from the earliest stages of our growth. According to some scientists, a pregnant woman’s mental state, be it calm or agitated, has a direct physical effect on her unborn child. The expression of love is also very important at the time of birth. Since the very first thing we do is suck milk from our mothers’ breast, we naturally feel close to her, and she must feel love for us in order to feed us properly; if she feels anger or resentment her milk may not flow freely. Then there is the critical period of brain development from the time of birth up to at least the age of three or four, during which time loving physical contact is the single most important factor for the normal growth of the child. If the child is not held, hugged, cuddled, or loved, its development will be impaired and its brain will not mature properly. Since a child cannot survive without the care of others, love is its most important nourishment. The happiness of childhood, the allaying of the child’s many fears and the healthy development of its self-confidence all depend directly upon love. Nowadays, many children grow up in unhappy homes. If they do not receive proper affection, in later life they will rarely love their parents and, not infrequently, will find it hard to love others. This is very sad. As children grow older and enter school, their need for support must be met by their teachers. If a teacher not only imparts academic education but also assumes responsibility for preparing students for life, his or her pupils will feel trust and respect and what has been taught will leave an indelible impression on their minds. On the other hand, subjects taught by a teacher who does not show true concern for his or her students’ overall well-being will be regarded as temporary and not retained for long. Above is an excerpt from the section on “Articles and messages relating to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s commitment to promote basic human values”. https://www.dalailama.com/messages/compassion-and-human-values/compassion

Download or read book Presentations 1st Body Mind and Life Conference 26 28 June 2013 Men Tsee Khang written by Men-tsee-khang Body, Mind and Life Department and published by Mentseekhang Documentation & Publication. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PREFACE During the last fifty years of Men-Tsee-Khang since its establishment, a number of different debates were held related to medicine and astroscience and of course, a lot of new knowledge, new experience and new approach are gained in the process of the debates. In 2013, holding the International Conference on Body, Mind and Life was the first time of its kind in the history of Men-Tsee-Khang. Thus, we called the conference as the First Conference on Body Mind and Life. The conference is directly or indirectly connected to improve the general altruistic manners and mental healthcare services and also related to social stability and environmental security. Thus, we can say that this is the starting point for future healthcare works. In this conference, we invited various experts from different perspectives such as Bon scholar from the field of ancient Tibetan indigenous Astro-science of Bon Tradition on identification of body, mind and life, experts from Tibetan Buddhist perspective, healthcare professionals from Tibetan medical and astro-science, psychologists from modern science and has engaged in dialogue and exchanging views in the conference for three days. While we overview the convivial conference through its events with an evaluation, due to the different cultural background and different intellectual understanding of the subject by the respective experts, there was not yet a unified identification of body, mind and life in general and the mind in particular. However, there were some general agreements in the conference; 1) that the wellness of the body is dependent on the well being of mental health, 2) that there is a deep relationship between the body and mind, 3) that there is a need to put importance on the mental health in the present world, that the psychological explanation is the most extensive and profound in Tibetan Buddhism and 4) finally it was unanimously concluded that the cultural exchange on issues like the way of the counseling on the discovery of favourable and unfavourable conditions for better mental health, practices and realization in the individual as well as social daily life are of great significance. Above all, all the conference participants had a great audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and presented the purpose and program of the conference to His Holiness, wherein His Holiness blessed us with an insightful advice on importance of the cultural exchange and research studies. Likewise, those presentations, panel discussions and question & answer for the three day conference were manually transcribed, translated and edited and made available in both Tibetan and English by publishing in books. I earnestly look forward that these works would extensively benefit the readers in gaining more insight from these different cultures in general and better understanding of the identification, causes, conditions and interrelationship of the body, mind and life, the causes and conditions of their disorder and their remedies in particular. Body, Mind and Life Department, Men-Tsee-Khang, 11 April 2014

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