We are born to be happy-5

[Guest guest]

Q: Having a calm mind actually works wonders.

Recognizing this would help me want to develop it.<br><br>DL:

This has to be made clear to every individual, even to

children. It is important to make the child realize that if

he loses his temper, he will suffer. If he is able

to be more compassionate, he will feel more joy even

while playing. If you smile, life becomes sweeter.

After all, if I smile at you, you will smile

back!<br><br>Q: Don't you ever experience anger?<br>DL: Oh yes, I

do. Negative emotions come and go. I do not think

they remain within me for long. If you let anger

remain within you, it leads to ill-feeling and

hatred.<br><br>Q: How do you deal with anger?<br>DL: Through my

clear conviction about compassion. I think negative

emotions are part of my mind. It is quite natural to feel

angry when faced with problems. But you can change.

<br><br>Q: Can we say that awareness of your emotions helps

in dealing with them?<br>DL: If you are able to

recognize the moment when anger arises, you will be able to

distinguish the part of your mind that is feeling anger. This

will divide your mind in two parts-one part will be

feeling anger while the other will be trying to observe.

Therefore anger cannot dominate the entire mind. You are

able to recognize that anger is harmful and maybe

develop an antidote to it. View your anger objectively.

Try to see the positive side of the anger-causing

person or event. All these ideas are not Tibetan

inventions, they are Nalanda inventions, your inventions!

(laughs uproariously) We Tibetans are the chelas

(students) and India is the guru. But today, our guru is

getting too materialistic, perhaps becoming too orthodox

on one hand and too westernized on the other. I

think it is time that Indians get Indianized!

<br><br>Contd../<br><br>HariAum!<br>Devan