Summary Report Mental Well-being

Buddhism, is often, the subject of the minds, working on the mind – a favorite topic for scholars to teach. Some author’s too the term: well-being, and assumed it was referring to medical or mental health issues, and wrote pertaining to this interesting topic; however many authors should learn more about the medical-neuro-sciences, because now, just echoing abhidhammic material is not enough to explain in the modern era. There is a lot of deep reading material in this session – contemplating the higher offerings will benefit Buddhist studies for years.

Core Ideas

• Mental imbalances and illnesses are more affected by the mind than the external physique; thus, suffering can be controlled by the mind.

• Mental imbalance leads to decline in both physical and mental health.

• That awareness of factors that cause suffering will moderate and exterminate suffering.

• Anger, fear, hatred, envy, delusions, and excessive desires are the root cause of all suffering and mental imbalances.

• Mental well-being can only be achieved by complimenting understanding with practice.

• That practicing the five precepts, observing morality and upholding truth, virtue, and love will promote better well-being.

• That thoughts is followed by emotions, and falling for automated thoughts without evaluation practice enslaves human beings and society to impertinence thoughts and negative thoughts

• That suffering is a cycle that can be broken only by mental practice to minimize the sense of needs.

Suggestions

• Constant practices of Samadhi and Samma-Samadhi

• Buddhist Chanting and music of the same tone in order to spread the benefits to children

• Practicing self-evaluation and self-awareness

• Communication and community sharing of Buddhist mental cognition

• Practice of Buddhist mental cognition, which includes awareness and analysis

• Acceptance of dukkha and an impermanent state

• Living in harmony with nature and becoming aware of needs

• Avoiding anger, delusion, and needs

• Follow the Five Precepts and the Eight Folded Path

• Promoting the concept of letting go

• Promoting sense of interconnectivity

• Promoting metta

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