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Unlocking the Mysteries of Birth and Death:
"Illness
and the medicine of Buddhism"
| Birth |
Aging |
Illness |
Death |
| (Formation) |
(Continuance) |
(Decline) |
(Disintegration) |
Illness as a fundamental cause of human suffering, can be both physical
and mental. The emergence of modern medicine lift people from the
ignorance that physical illness is the action of devils or witches, such
materialistic treatment also prove incomplete. We often heard of
cases that cancer patients extend their lives beyond doctor's prescribed
dead line; while stress or depression is prelude to many chronic
syndromes.
In viewing a broader scope, mental illnesses can cause as much harm as
physical malfunctioning of the body. Traces of negative elements in our
character: greed, arrogance, ignorance, angerness, would be equally
detrimental to ourselves and people around us.
The best medicine is the fundamental force inherent in everyone's life
which enable us to draw forth wisdom and energy necessary to cure our own
mental and physical ills. We'll illustrate that Buddhism compliment with
modern medical treatment to cure illnesses fundamentally by arousing our
self-healing ability.
Date
: Feb 2,
2006 Thursday
Time
: 7:00pm -
8:00pm
Venue
: Nairobi
Room,
2nd Floor Graduate
Community Center (Map)(campus
map)
750 Escondido Road, Stanford, CA 94305
Handout
for the meeting
Poster Download
This
is a series of exploratory discussions based on chapters
from the book . "Unlocking
the Mysteries of Birth and Death and Everything in between".
Welcome everyone, Stanford affiliated or non-affilated, both students and non-students
Events in school year 2004-2005
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