How should I behave in this life to have a wise mind every life until nirvana?

Question

Nowadays there are many people who are so rich and powerful but they're still attached to this worldly happiness. Many do a lot of giving and charity just in order to receive more worldly happiness in future according to Karma principle but not think about getting rid of disturbing emotions in mind, which lead to endless rebirth. This worldly happiness must certainly disappear one day. You're rich and powerful in this life because you did giving in your last life but you don't think of creating karma resulting in wise personality in every next life until nirvana. Many rich people are greedy and stingy and insatiable by investing more and more endlessly and their mind only think of how to make more money all the time but they don't think of what to do to get to eternal happiness. I think that the best perfection is to purify one's mind because only pure mind can lead to nirvana. Can u tell me CONCRETELY what I should do in this life to have a wise mind every life until nirvana?

Answer 1

You ask the wrong being(s). No human know this answer for you, even if they know the answer for themself.

The best I could hope to communicate to you is to discipline your mind. Then chop wood, carry water and live in joy.

Answer 2

I'll give it a shot, but you've already received some really great, wonderful answers, and mine will probably turn out to be extraneuos.

The yoga that I have studied and practiced most of my life is that which is considered by most to be the "classical" yoga: Patanjali's "Yoga Sutras".

My primary reference source has been a book written by one of my gurus: "Yoga Sutras - The Textbook of Yoga Psycholoogy" by Dr. Rammurti S. Mishra, M.D. If you haven't come across this yet, I would highly recommend it.

Patanjali postulates that what you are trying to achieve, "to have a wise mind (in-?) every life(time-?) (that I live-?) until nirvana?(is achieved-?), is to practice diligently being only "a witness" to every perception you expericene.

And it has been my experience, that this philosophical stance, is the most difficult one for anyone to practice, let alone achieve.

Anyway, the above mentioned book will be a most helpful source to guide you.

Two other books of Dr. Mishra's three published ones - which can be very useful in your pursuit - are "The Atama Bodha", and his "Fundamentals of Yoga"; both of which, coupled with the aforementioned "Yoga Sutras", have been my primary reference sources.

Hope the above will prove of some benefit to you.

Good luck,

Wotan

Answer 3

Excellent question, and, as usual, a bunch of equally excellent answers. :-)))

I would offer just a slightly different perspective, which is not in disagreement, but rather another way of coming to the same conclusion.

Intent.

Many people speak of our supposed 'free will', and most have some idea of what that means. However I doubt that all but a tiny minority of manifested humans have acquired the full understanding of just what this is all about.

Everything that we do is the result of a decision at some level of our being, absolutely everything. And, for the most part, the majority of what we are manifesting in this 'Physical Realm' is a function of our collective 'autopilot mode', which means that, in the absence of individual direct, moment by moment, control, we just experience the 'drift' of the creative functions of all of us, often gently 'nudged' by some individuals who understand how this works and have acquired the skills to manipulate the system to their own advantage.

The truth is that we all have absolutely equal 'Creative Power', and, when we determine to re-assume control of it we can radically transform our experience here, all of it.

This is called 'Living in Intent'. And it's not nearly as complicated or difficult as we have been led, in the past, to believe.

It just means deciding how you, personally, choose to experience life, without reference to any others. This is not a free licence to do harm to others, in fact it isn't even a licence to 'do' anything at all, even to, or for, oneself.

It's a decision about how to 'feel' about things. It's a decision to change how one feels about things so much that even the 'worst' events don't seem 'bad' anymore. The greatest result of all about this, is that once we engage the power of positive Intent, magically all the 'bad' just 'evaporates'.

As Jon the Baggins wisely advised, don't worry about being 'wise', or reaching 'Nirvana', the truth is that we are already 'there', because 'Nirvana', like 'Heaven' ( or 'Hell', come to think of it ), isn't a 'place', it's a State of Mind !

Be well, and above all have fun. :-)))

{{{{{{{Cosmic Nirvana}}}}}}}



To : Is That All There Is ?
1. No, this definitely isn't all there is.
2. Yes, I, for one can vouch for it ( re-incarnation ), beyond any shadow of doubt for me, unfortunately each of us has to come to this realisation individually, so it's more or less impossible for anyone to 'show' you. As Morpheus said, you have to see it for yourself. :-)))

Answer 4

Your question is very good and very profound. You have in someway answered your own question by your wisdom. Also, too, sometimes, people can not or do not have the time to earn and generate karma. Rich people think of themselves, rather than to delve in theories. How can you reach nirvana? By working for it one step at a time!

Answer 5

Make each decision carefully, think about what you are doing, the implications and the effects on your own life and the lives of others. Have compassion, courage, rational thinking, and serenity.

Wisdom, like everything else, is built up one step at a time.

Answer 6

A quick answer:
Take refuge in the Western Pure Land, or work on achieving bodhi in this lifetime.

btw, this is a VERY good question, and probably will take a while to analyze. : )

Answer 7

"Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world;
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream".

{from The Diamond Sutra}

Answer 8

Every reality is eternal, every essence is as is: just don't seek outwardly. If you have a great root of faith, the buddhas are just states of your own experience; whether you are walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, never is it not this.

-Hsuan-sha

A very good question and very good answers!

((((HUG))))

Namaste

Peace and Love

Answer 9

'Do you best'.
To accept what comes.
To live by the precepts.
To do pure meditation.
To let go of attachments. (Including the attachment to wisdom and Nirvana).

Answer 10

Ha,ha! I agree with you all very much.
But wanted to ask, how certain are we of this reincarnation thing?


***Stars for you cosmicvoyager!