Category: Wisdom Living

Introduction The attitude of Discernment and humour corresponds to the six and last paramita called in Sanskrit prajna, usually translated as knowledge, wisdom or intelligence. So why we call it discernment, which is not an ability characteristic only to humans but to all living organisms? Even the most simple ones, like bacteria, can distinguish what […]

Introduction This chapter presents a version of the fifth paramita, called in Sanskrit dhyana, which is usually translated as meditation or mindfulness. However, in the context of Wisdom Living, here we do not separate the practice of meditation from everyday life,  as it is sometimes done in Mahayana. The primary purpose is the attitude of […]

Introduction This chapter is dedicated to the forth attitude of Wisdom Living, which I decided to call Joy of Action. The original Buddhist name in Sanskrit of the corresponding paramita is virya, which usually is translated as effort. However, that term often invokes association with enforced work, tediousness, something we try to avoid, which we […]

Introduction The next attitude which assists in wisdom training is patience. It is adapted from the paramita called kshanti in Sanskrit, which means endurance or patience. In the context of wisdom training,  the attitude of patience means that we continue whatever we decided to do until we finished it, or we decided that further continuation […]

Introduction After discussing the attitude of Openness, we may notice that by itself, though significantly important, leaves too much space for being misinterpreted. It needs some form to make it more successful and useful. Perhaps for that reason or, maybe independently, there was introduced the next paramita called in Sanskrit shila, which was usually translated […]

Introduction Before we continue the subject of integration of Wisdom Training into our everyday life, I decided to discuss our attitudes to which we adhere. In the last chapter, I already talked about the necessity of the attitude of treating common household tasks as opportunities rather than chores. But the subject is much wider than […]

Introduction In the previous chapter, I described a way how to expand our MR training beyond the secure and quiet environment of our practice room. We began with walking in a pleasant park or forest and finished with visiting one of the insane temples of capitalism – shopping malls. Probably the more insane on a […]

Introduction  Until now, we discussed the preparatory part of Wisdom Living training. As I mentioned in the last chapter, that until now, MR should be practiced in the specially selected environment where we interacted only with our memory and limited perceptions. Now is the time to begin incorporating MR into the totality of our lives.  […]

Introduction Before beginning, I must confess that I never experienced any severe depression, so I will write on the base of abundant literature and conversations with people who did. It seems to be sufficient to discover the sources of this phenomenon and how to address it. Since depression is connected with regret and guilt, so […]

Introduction In our life, several experiences have a critical impact on us, which, strictly speaking, cannot be classified as emotions. One of them which we share with all higher-level life forms is fear. In our human case, fear, like most mental activities, is related to thoughts though this relation is much less evident than in the […]

I decided to present below a video of the author while resting his mind. You may skip it, but I suggest accompanying me. It may invoke your critical intelligence so can decide what you agree or disagree with. Introduction Until now, we discussed the subject of dealing with thoughts in general, without looking at their […]

General description of the basic practice  The rationale for using the practice of mind resting (in short MR) was already presented in the feuilleton “How to deal with concepts”. Now we will discuss the practice itself. It radically it reduces the quantity and intensity of useless thoughts which cause the unnecessary effort and tiredness of […]

Process of the decline of wisdom After stratification has forcefully imposed upon human society needed, some form of justification, to become acceptable. That meant a profound change in the way humanity perceived itself and the whole reality. Using Marxist jargon, we could say that this new stratified systems needed ideological support and justification. In modern […]

Concepts as roots of the decline of wisdom When we look at the state of our modern world, we cannot ignore the fact that human wisdom, to a large extent, stops manifesting. It seems very puzzling. On the one hand, our creativity, particularly in the areas of technology and science, flourishes dramatically. On the other, […]

Introduction This feuilleton provides the basis for all the following ones. It describes human Wisdom as the essential quality which permitted human species to survive and continue developing with no significant genetic alternations.  Human Wisdom This feuilleton will describe what I mean by the term “human wisdom.” Rather than trying to produce some philosophical definition […]