Youth is more important for the future

Kundasale Subhagya Meheninwahance
Lecturer, Religious course coordinator;
Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education
Affiliated to the University of Peradaniya

Buddhism is the greatest philosophy that we can see in this world. So Buddhism is giving so many answer s for so many problems.

Buddhism gives many ideas and advices to solve problems for day to day life. There are many tunics in Buddhist perspective to many conflicts. This assignment is based on the Buddhist approaches to solve the social conflicts. In daily life you will encounter with many people, and we can be sure that not all will agree with us. If we decide each morning when we wake up that we will not be affected by unpleasantness and insults or criticisms or difficult situation that won’t make us unhappy and start your day with sincere altruistic intention, thinking how you can serve your fellow human beings including all the living creatures to make this world a better place to live, eventually we will become a very patient, tolerant, compassionate, warm hearted and calm person who becomes a friend of all and genuine member to work for the conflict resolution.

According to the Buddha,

“Oh! Bhikkhus there are two kinds of illnesses. What are those two? Physical illnesses and Mental illnesses. They seem to be people who enjoy freedom from physical illnesses even for a year or two even for 100 years or more. But Oh! Bhikkhus rare in this world are those who enjoy freedom from mental illnesses even for one moment except those who are free from mental defilements or cankers except the Arahant.”

Anger, Stress are the mostly effect to the agitation. Youth is more important for the future of the world. Because of that the Buddha advice to control anger and stressfor beenwellbeing. Arguments are part of life and we get into arguments everyday with relatives, friends, classmates, co-workers and sometimes even with strangers. Naturally we criticize or condemn people. We always try to complain to others. These things make our anger. Because of getting angry we have to face so many problems or troubles. So we must control or manage our anger. Then we can live peacefully. Anger is a natural emotion that everyone experiences from time to time. It is absolutely harmful oneself and others in always. Anger is trivial and useless. In Buddhism we can find there are many words for anger. They are, paigha, dosa, vyāpāda, upanāha, parilāha, āghāta . But we cannot interpret these words as similar words for anger. Those words show stages of anger. According to the Vitakkasaņţhānasuttathe Buddha explain how to control anger and stress in five ways.

Aññanimitta

When desire, anger or delusion arises in the mind, he has to reflect on another wholesome thought instead of above unwholesome thoughts.It mean, When evil unskillful thought connected with desire, hate and delusion arise in a bhikkhu through reflection on an adventurous object, he should (in order to get rid of that) reflect on a different object which is connected with skills.

Adinavoupaparikkhato

By observing the defect, reaction or bad effects of the thoughts arisen in the mind, one is able to overcome the stresses and the anger in the mind.It mean, If the evil unskillful thought continue to arise in a bhikkhu, who in order to get rid of an adventitious object reflect on a different object which is connected with skills, he should ponder on the disadvantages of unskillful thoughts. (Ădīnavamanasikāra)

Asathi

Avoiding the contemplation on unwholesome thoughts. If some thoughts bring unsaticefaction or suffering to the mind one has to get rid of contemplating on that unwholesome thought.It mean, If the evil unskillful thought continue to arise inabhikkhu, who ponders on their disadvantageousness, he should in regard to them, endeavor (try) to be without attention and reflection.

Vitakkamulabheda

Where there is a stress or anger there should be a cause for it. So, searching for the cause and observing it and avoid from that anger or stress.It mean, If the evil unskillful thought continue to arise in a bhikkhu, in spite of his endeavor to be without attention and reflection as regards evil, unskillful thoughts, he should reflect on the removal of the (thought) source of those unskillful thoughts. To do that we can focus our mind on something against the hatred.

Abhinigganhato

If there is a stress, anger or defilement such as covetousness, anger, delusion that defiles the mind, one has to eradicate that thought with a help of a wholesome thought.

It mean, If the evil unskillful thought continue to arise in a bhikkhu, in spite of his reflection on the removal of a source of unskillful thoughts, he should with clenched teeth and the tongue pressing on the palate, restrain, subdue and beat dew the (evil) mind by the (good) mind.

Every sentient being is so unique and has been gifted with talents to deal with life in their own way, since every one of us are coming along with habitual collection of so many different experiences through many lifetimes. Even in this life, we come across different people, environments and are influenced accordingly. So, the process of judgment differs from one person to another, due to different frames of references, different conditional process and simple habits that we are ingrained within from childhood. So, no book and person can meet the various requirement of every individual. Using Buddhism for solving the agitation is really practical method and it is very much helpful for success the life of youth.