How to Change Your Thinking and Your Life: The Four Great Efforts
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- If the Buddha were here today he would probably say, "If you want to change your life, then start by changing your thinking." In the Noble Eightfold Path, the Buddha taught that the way to happiness is to practice Right Effort, meaning that we should relinquish negative and harmful thoughts and instead cultivate positive and beneficial ones.
Peace and happiness can really be one thought away provided we know which thoughts we need to let go of and which ones we should cultivate and encourage. In this video, I explain the Four Great Efforts and give you practical tips on how to practice each one.
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Thank you Mindah U R very kind. It is a first time to listen in English Language about these four good efforts which are we learned since childhood. Our parents our teachers teach these four things called SamMat Padam four effords .
I really want to thank you, especially today when my mind is at war with myself. 2015 hasn't been a good start for me. I've been having lots of negative thoughts , which has arisen due to anger and expectations. I've cried silently because I felt helpless and don't know what to do or how to react. The past few days have been really really difficult for me. It is an effort to smile. This is the second time I've watched this video and its uplifted my heavy heart and I feel so much betta. Thanks :)
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I’ve found a new awakening deep in the recesses of my mind. A spark to something greater than myself. The conversational and meaningful words of wisdom resonates with me. Love and compassion is what the world needs now. Thank you!
The Lord Buddha said; 5 jewels that are very dufficult to find. One of them is the people who show the Buddha Words. He or she will experience HEAVEN.
I love the metaphors you share, thinking of thoughts like drops in a bucket, or tracks that get carved in the ground by carts. An image is worth a thousand words. Thank you!
Your light shined through my wounds and renlightenment my true self namaste
thank you very much mindha for making such wondeful videos that widens our mind, lot of miss understanding about Buddhism have cleared being born as Buddhist had never gone in such depth of buddhas teaching and i was finding happiness and peace outside in other godly religion like Christianity hinduism and islam as i have a joint family having peoples of all religion in our home but never realise true hapiness and peace lies withinn you can never find it without i was like having a kohinoor diamond in my hand and was searching all over the world for it thank you very much
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I have so much work to do, but these videos help me stay on track and continue learn about The Way. Blessings!
Im very amaze on your explanation .
You are my Buddhist crush. You make these concepts easy and clear to understand. Hope you make more content!
Also, I like how you talk about hypothetical situations where these teachings can be applied. I think sometimes the examples of practiced Buddhism in real life situations help teach people the right way to engage it. Cheers!
Thank you for your time and devotion to helping others.You are a great inspiration for me.
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I enjoy how you break down and make simple the concepts of mindfullness so even a child can benefit from its logic and prac~ ticallity.
Another Brilliant video from Mindah-Lee Kumar. Thank you Mindah- Lee Kumar.
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Mindah-Lee...I work as a Chiropractor here in the US. One may not think so, but patients often turn to their chiros for psychological support. My wife and I have recently become interested in Buddhism as we realized we were already. So much of what I have learned from you are things we have often felt. We recently realized this is a philosophy that makes sense and could be helpful to many. I feel this is the greatest way to find peace and I will be sharing your videos with some patients who could benefit. Any thoughts on suggesting this way of thinking for those struggling, without seeming like I am pushing a religion? I do live in a dominantly Christian region and I do not wish to offend. Just curious on your thoughts and I may wish to pick your brain in the future. I will be reading some books on the subject, but please keep the videos coming.
Best Regards...Chris
16:07 Thank you for sharing your experience about the power of breath meditation. Thank you.
Hi Mindah :) I just found you couple days ago.
What I found here is that your face shaning from happiness you calming me down with your talk and motivation :) thank you for your hard job and wish you to find your inner peace ;)
These scriptures in meditating on helped me to get free from paranoidal thoughts 2 Timothy 1: 7For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Holy Spirit brought me to this same understanding. Loving Parallels. Thank You again
Great videos! Please continue it this is so underrated!
Thank you so much! Such pure joy to listen too. Again the parallels of Buddha and Christ is awesome. 2 Corinthians 10: 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Such a great teaching. You have are gifted in the ability to make spiritual concepts easy to understand and to inspire others to implement such concepts into their own lives. I really appreciate the effort you put into your videos.
You have a great content and a very good modern approach to teaching Buddhism. I've learned a lot so far. Please keep it up
Thank you very much.
This is a fantastic video - You present the information in a warm friendly way which is not dictatorial.
Thank you so much for this great video. I have watched it many times and each time I learn something!!
Your videos are very helpful Mindah-Lee. Thank you so much for posting them, you are really helping people.
Thank you, Mindah. Simple clear moral filter ,yes.
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I enjoyed this teaching
Thank you ! Well thought out presentation it comes through very clearly that you have a great understanding of the subject matter and you also have a great natural ability to teach
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Thank you for the videos.
Very helpful in filling the teaching of right effort
Excellent explanation
Thank you so much !!
many blessings Mindah!
Awesome presentation - and so very on point!
om mani padme hum ...
Wonderful video Mindah. I hope you do a whole video on craving/attachment real soon.
Thanks so much for your great efforts on doing these videos =-D, they have been very helpful to me. Best regards from Mexico City.
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Very helpfull thank you .
I the dance when two is born from one, When the body is dropped
And the breath no longer inhales.
There is a sense that I still exist, In completed silence, Perceiving space
No form, Identity or face, No emotion, no state
The dance of breath is felt, Eyes open
It seems I am back, Although this completed silence I had never left
Never meeting another to forget, miss or remember
I could not be alone as I had never been together
I have just came to the path and have a question. Can u bow to any image of the Buddha say if I had a singing bowl with an image of the Buddha in it. Is that proper keep the videos coming there are so helpful. Thanks
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Excellennt!
Hi Mindah,
Thanks for the teaching and the effort on the video, it's very soothing watching your video.
I have questions which you may be able to help....
How to deal with difficult people in work, let's say there is one colleague that had been talking rudely to you and you would need to face him/her everyday due to work relation, how are we going to deal with them? I guess this might be quite a common problem bothering some people. On observation these type of colleague only rude to selective people, those who they dun like........if I would only deal with them once in a month I could have ignore them, but this is not so......thanks...
Great teaching. Thank you. The second great effort is what I "should" have practiced yesterday. Ah well. There is only now. :)
Wow your a wonderful woman!
Hello. What languages do you speak? Thank you for the wonderful ideas!
Hi Mindah, very powerful video. I'll have to watch this one several times. You mentioned creating a vow in one part of the video. Doesn't creating a vow also create attachment to an outcome or disappointment if the vow is not kept? Thanks....Jay
Excellent explanation. Thank you!!
***** I live in a very mosquito-y area, how should i react to being bitten by a mosquito. It is hard for me not to kill them by instinct as they start to suck my blood, and if I shoo them away, they just come back. I often am unable to get bugspray at my school so what should I do?
thanks :D
Love her has she done new videos?
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So wait. Honest question here. You've never killed a roach or fly in your home? How do you deal with pests?
Edgar Sandoval she said she has in the past, but it was out of ignorance and through the practice of loving kindness she is unable to kill pests now
What is the difference between right intention & right effort?
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Hi Mindah-lee. In my recent journey, throw the wilderness of buddhism, i came across the text, about what buddha saw as the greatest things in life, and one of them being, disloyalty to parents, as the greatest crimes. Could you elaborate on that, because ive read that buddha left his fathers castle, despite his fathers strict orders not to. How should i understand this piece of wisdom, couse i can not on my own. Namaste
I guess what Buddha mean is we have to obey our parents if it is the right thing to do. For eg, we must be obedient even our parents scolded us for nothing. If our parents wanted us to steal,we should not because it was wrong. Our parents may be our siblings or friends in past lives, so relationship this live is transient , but we still have observe the right way of treating relationships. The Buddha is not disobeying his father . He is trying to seek salvation for mankind, so that all ppl, including his father, will benefit. This is just my opinion , as I am interested in Buddhism . You have to seek the advice from Buddhist monks or nuns as they are the reliable sources.
Thank you, and i will. Just not that many buddhist monks in denmark. Namaste
That's why we are lucky to be in internet age, where information for any knowledge is easily available. Just for your info in case u may not know this.,Buddhism can be classified into Mahayana (mainly practised in East Asia), Theravada (South east Asia and South Asia) and Tibetan Buddhism(Tibet , Mongolian).
I dont know much about that. I just feel, that every sutra buddha whrote, opens my heart, and that i love that man. Namaste
Great vid, would love to know what u think of my laurazenji vids, i delete them all the time though
Can I undo negative Karma?
I think so
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Hello Mindah,
melody
Behold and pay heed to the inerrant words of Supreme Buddha, King of Kings in the Lotus Sutra - Undisputed King of all Scriptures.
"If I (Buddha) were to lead and inspire even a single person
Through the inferior vehicle (Hinayana),
Having attained the highest path,
The universal Dharma of the Mahayana.
This is simply not possible".
This means Hinayana simply CANNOT lead to enlightenment. Hinayana is destroying Buddhism and helping Christians take over South Korea. Hinayana must be erased. Mahayana is the ONLY WAY. Lotus Sutra is the ONLY way. All other ways such as Hinayana MUST BE DISCARDED now that the LORD has revealed the Lotus Sutra. Our Lord of Lords commands: COME ALL YE GODS AND HUMANS AND HEAR THE LAW OF THE LOTUS SUTRA PROCLAIMED WITH THE LION'S ROAR!!!
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One, said, "as a man thinketh so he is." the King's English if you please. think that covers all four Right Efforts? I do. Imagine that.
What got you started doing these videos, Id like to invite you to check my videos , I've also started a site Zen in the woods, which I will link the videos to.
I came here to be enlightened but first I have to watch some ad with a clown in it slamming $60 grand on his kitchen countertop
Mindah I love you so much marry me please
Great job! Buddhism involves right effort, mindfulness, concentration and so many other positive things. It is phylosophically and psychologically powerful.
Hi , I dipped my toe into Buddhism before and struggled to relate into everyday purposes , you've managed to put in layman's terms for me which I can understand better , thank you for that :-)
Have you looked into Advaita Vedanta or Kashmir Shaivism?
I really appreciate your thoroughness and your presentation. Thank you. Very helpful.
Mindah, Thanks so much for all the Buddha's teachings you share with us and for putting us in easy to understand language. I am delighted to see the depth of your knowledge of Buddhism and will share your websites with other enthusiastic Buddhists.Thanks also for being a prime example than women can teach Buddhism just like men can.Wishing you all the best for your much needed channel and websites. If more people know and apply the Buddha's teachings in their relationships each day, the world will surely become a better place.Thanks for contributing to that process.Namtip
"People only hurt us because they are overwhelmed by their own defilements and negative states of mind"- very well put and completely correct.
Thank you Mindah. The antidote to habitual anger and aversion is lovingkindness or metta meditation which then matures to compassion or karuna...I've seen some people skip the first step or confuse the two. Abandoning unwholesome (wrong) view, intention, speech, & action is right effort.
I really love the metaphor's that you use linking our struggles of dukkha in the mind to real life situations. You always create a clarity to the dharma where in some cases it can seem quite complex and daunting in practice. Thanks again, for another great video.
change every thing in the world, budha advice how are I live in the world freedom. you following budha way you see it.(budha teach you)
Thanks for the video. I find it useful n practical to learn teachings of Buddha w.r.t. cultivating positive mental states. :)