News Round Up: 4th December 2022
This week from Zen cyber-space
This week, Those who score high for neuroticism and stress have a reduced risk of developing depression if they follow the five precepts of Buddhism, a new study reports.
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Five Precepts of Buddhism May Be Linked to Lower Depression Risk A new study suggests that people with high levels of neuroticism and stress may be at greater risk for depressive symptoms, but those links could be buffered for people who observe the five precepts of Buddhism—a fundamental system of ethics for the religion’s followers.
The Four Layers of Consciousness Abhidharma, Buddhism’s map of the mind, is sometimes treated as a topic of merely intellectual interest. In fact, says Thich Nhat Hanh, identifying the different elements of consciousness, and understanding how they interact, is essential to our practice of meditation.
Yuval Noah Harari credits Vipassana Meditation for handling fame & adoration with a balanced mind. This is a short clip, extracted from "Yuval Noah Harari & Newsweek Belgium: "The Future of Sapiens" at the Lotto Arena- Antwerp, January 2020".
Vajrasattva as Yidam: the most powerful healing and purification method in Vajrayana Buddhism Vajrasattva as Yidam: the most powerful healing and purification method in Vajrayana Buddhism is also a profound Meditational Deity.
Four-year-old Boy in Himachal Pradesh Identified as Reincarnation of Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche Senior Buddhist lamas have identified a young boy in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh as the reincarnation of the revered lama Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Four-year-old Nawang Tashi Rapten hails from the remote village of Rangrik in Spiti Valley, near the Buddhist learning center of Tabo Monastery.