How To Be Calm and Peaceful Within | Buddhism In English
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker explores the challenges of maintaining inner peace and calmness amidst the chaos and information overload of modern life. They emphasize that peace is an internal state, not dependent on external circumstances. The speaker suggests practices such as slowing down physical movements, practicing breathing meditation, and non-judgmental awareness of thoughts to cultivate a non-reactive mind. By understanding the distinction between oneself and one's thoughts, viewers are encouraged to find tranquility even in a reactive world.
Takeaways
- π **Inner Peace**: Calmness and peacefulness come from within and are not dependent on external circumstances.
- π **Mind Over Matter**: Even though our minds are filled with thoughts, true calmness is achieved by not reacting to them.
- π€ **Thoughts Are Not You**: Recognize that thoughts are transient like clouds, and you are the constant sky beneath them.
- π« **Non-Reactivity**: Practice not reacting to thoughts as they arise, just observing them without judgment.
- π§ **Meditative Practices**: Engage in breathing meditation to simplify your thought process and achieve mental clarity.
- π¬οΈ **Slow Movement**: Slow down your physical movements to help calm your mind and reduce stress.
- π± **Mindfulness**: Be aware of your thoughts without judgment, similar to watching traffic pass by without interference.
- π **Non-Judgment**: Avoid judging your thoughts; let them exist without influencing your inner state.
- π **Buddha's Teaching**: Embrace teachings that promote mindfulness and non-attachment to achieve peace.
- π **Continuous Practice**: Regularly practice these techniques to maintain a state of calmness and peacefulness amidst chaos.
Q & A
What is the main challenge discussed in the video script?
-The main challenge discussed is how to maintain calmness and peacefulness in a world full of distractions, information overload, and chaos.
Why do we tend to lose our calmness and peacefulness?
-We tend to lose our calmness and peacefulness because we become reactive to the constant bombardment of information and distractions, leading to frustration, stress, and depression.
Where does true calmness and peacefulness originate from according to the script?
-True calmness and peacefulness originate from within oneself and not from external sources.
What is the misconception about thoughts and identity mentioned in the script?
-The misconception is that people often believe they are their thoughts, when in reality, thoughts are separate from the self, much like clouds are separate from the sky.
How does the script suggest we should react to thoughts?
-The script suggests that we should not react to thoughts immediately but take a step back and decide whether to react or not.
What is the analogy used in the script to describe the relationship between thoughts and the self?
-The analogy used is that the self is like the sky and thoughts are like clouds, which come and go without defining the sky.
What is one practical tip given in the script to achieve calmness?
-One practical tip is to slow down bodily movements for a period of time to help slow down the thought process.
What is breathing meditation and how does it help in achieving peacefulness?
-Breathing meditation is a practice where one focuses on their in-breath and out-breath, which helps to reduce the load of thoughts and make the mind soft, peaceful, and non-reactive.
Why is it important not to judge our thoughts according to the script?
-Not judging thoughts allows us to become less reactive to them, which in turn helps us find peacefulness and calmness in our mind.
How does the script compare watching thoughts to watching traffic?
-The script compares watching thoughts to watching traffic to illustrate the idea of observing thoughts without reacting or judging them, just as one would watch vehicles pass by without engaging with them.
What is the ultimate goal of the practices discussed in the script?
-The ultimate goal is to achieve a state of calmness and peacefulness in the mind, even amidst chaos, by developing non-reactivity to thoughts and distractions.
Outlines
π§ Achieving Inner Peace Amidst Chaos
The speaker begins by addressing the challenge of maintaining peace and calm in a world filled with constant information and distractions. They emphasize that true calmness and peacefulness are internal states and not dependent on external circumstances. The key message is that one should not equate their thoughts with their identity, as thoughts are transient like clouds in the sky. The speaker suggests that instead of reacting to every thought, one should observe them without judgment, thereby achieving a state of serenity and non-reactivity.
π¬οΈ Cultivating Calmness Through Mindful Practices
In the second paragraph, the speaker offers practical advice on how to cultivate a peaceful state of mind. They suggest slowing down physical movements as a way to calm the mind, as the body and mind are closely connected. Breathing meditation is introduced as a tool to simplify the thought process by focusing on the breath. The speaker also encourages viewers to observe their thoughts without judgment, akin to watching traffic pass by without interference. This approach, they claim, can lead to a reduction in reactivity and an increase in mental calmness and peace.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Peacefulness
π‘Mindfulness
π‘Reactivity
π‘Thoughts
π‘Chaos
π‘Meditation
π‘Non-reactivity
π‘Slowing Down
π‘Judgment
π‘Awareness
Highlights
The importance of achieving peace and calm in a world full of information and distractions.
The negative impact of constant chaos on our mental state, leading to frustration, stress, and depression.
Calmness and peacefulness are internal states and not dependent on external circumstances.
Calmness does not mean having an empty mind; thoughts will still arise, but the key is not reacting to them.
The analogy of the sky and clouds to illustrate the distinction between our true self and our thoughts.
The concept that we are not our thoughts and should not identify ourselves with them.
The practice of not reacting to thoughts as a way to achieve calmness and peacefulness.
Slowing down bodily movements to help calm the mind and thought process.
Buddha's advice on breathing meditation as a tool for reducing mental chatter.
The technique of focusing on in-breath and out-breath to create a peaceful and non-reactive mind.
The practice of non-judgmental awareness of thoughts to promote mental calmness.
The traffic analogy for observing thoughts without judgment or reaction.
The importance of being less reactive to thoughts for achieving mental peace.
The video's aim to provide insights into achieving calmness and peacefulness amidst chaos.
Wishes for the viewers to be well, happy, and to maintain a state of calm and peace.
Transcripts
welcome and welcome back to another
video
today I want to discuss with you about
how can we become peaceful and how can
we become calm from our mind now we know
that we are living in a world where we
are constantly bombarded and constantly
over overloaded with information with
distractions and all of the chaos
so what happens when we live in such an
environment is we become so reactive and
we tend to lose our peacefulness we tend
to lose our calmness in our mind and
then what happens is our frustration
stress and depression builds in
so how can we deal with this and what
can we do to eliminate these
distractions and this uh constant
chatter in our mind and have a peaceful
mind in the middle of Chaos so today I'm
going to share a few tips where you can
practice in your daily life and then you
can if you practice this it will be a
great help to find peacefulness and calm
in the middle of all the chaos so the
first thing that you have to understand
is calmness and peacefulness is not an
outer Source it doesn't come from Outer
world right it can be found within
so no matter where you live no matter
what the place you live no matter what
you do
if you really focus on this calmness
and if you're clever enough to find that
then you will be able to find the
calmness and peacefulness in the middle
of all the chaos
so always remember calmness and
peacefulness should be built and should
be developed with it okay and also you
have to remember one thing that calmness
and peacefulness is not about emptying
your mind
when you become calm and peaceful it
doesn't say that there's nothing in your
mind no thoughts in your mind right
thoughts may appear in your mind right
there will be lots of thoughts and train
of thoughts will be appear in your mind
but
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really come come and when you become
Serene from your mind you tend to not to
react to all those stimulations
that is what the real calmness and
peacefulness means okay normally
when the thoughts appear right when all
these kind of trains of thoughts appear
in our mind what happens to us is we
oftenly react to them right we become
panicked
and we tend to react to them so the
reason why this happens is because we
think that thoughts as us and we we tend
to think that I am what I think and I am
my thoughts
but in reality
thoughts are not you
you are not your thoughts
right
thoughts are the just like they're
coming and going it's it's like clouds
right there's the sky and there's the
clouds right so what is the what is the
nature of a cloud it comes and it swarms
around and it goes off
right sometimes the sky is cloudy
sometimes the sky is Moody sometimes the
clouds are scattered here and there and
sometimes the the sky is empty so you
are like the sky and your thoughts are
like the clouds okay so there's a huge
distance between the sky and
the clouds but we often think that the
clouds as the sky sometimes when it is
raining when it sometimes when it is
Moody we blame to the sky
right we think we we tend to say that
all this this weather is not okay the
sky is always raining and raining and
it's Moody
but sky is not raining
clouds are what forms the rain right
clouds forms the rain
so same as that
when the thoughts appear in your mind
you can take a little step back
and think should I react to this
should I react upon these thoughts for
an example if an angry thought came to
your mind what should you do just a
pause little bit and think should I
react to this you can have a little bit
of a time and think about it oh this is
anger I should not react to this this is
jealousy I should not react to this okay
it's okay to have thoughts in your mind
but we you want to be peaceful
you should choose to not to react react
to those thoughts so there are a few
practices where we can do in our daily
life to brings and to make a little bit
of a help to this peacefulness and
calmness one thing that you can do is
that you can slow down your body
movement for a little time period of the
day maybe like when you have time and
when you're working by yourself maybe
like you're walking maybe like you are
you know writing something or maybe like
you're studying try to maintain slow
body movements now why I say this
because of a body and our mind is highly
interconnected
when our thoughts become panicked our
body become panicked so in the other way
if we
calm down and if we slow down our bodily
movements it will be a great help for us
to slow down the thought process then
you can take a little time and think
about what comes to your mind that is
one thing that you can do and also
there's another great practice that
Buddha told us to do that is called
breathing meditation
when you do the breathing meditation you
reduce these heavy loads of thoughts
into two thoughts in breath
and out breath in breathing meditation
all what we are doing is we are
constantly becoming aware of in-breath
and out breath when you do that it's all
it's sort of like condensing your mind
it's sort of like uh making your mind
soft and peaceful and non-reactive that
is what you can do and also there's
another thing that you can do is to not
to judge your thoughts and to be aware
of your thoughts
I will give you an example it's like
you're watching a traffic pass by
by the side of the road right you can
see cars and bikes and vans and buses
are going but you're not going to judge
them you're not going to stop them
you're not you're not going to chase
behind them you sit by the road and you
just watch them let the vehicles be the
vehicles and you be you in the same way
let the thoughts be the thoughts and you
be you when you become less reactive to
your thoughts you can find that
peacefulness and calmness in your mind
so I hope you got some light too about
the calmness and peacefulness from this
video so I hope you all may all of you
be well and happy and may all of you be
calm and peaceful forever
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