बुद्धं शरणम गच्छामि ! धम्मं शरणम गच्छामि ! संघम शरणम गच्छामि !
जय भीम ! जय बुद्ध ! जय भारत !
Leberty, Equality and Fraternity !
Educate, Agitate and Organize !
Loading

Friday 26 November, 2010

What_Buddha_Said 1369: Doubt & Uncertainty...



Doubt and Uncertainty Perplex the Mind!



A Brahmin once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Master Gotama, what is the cause of being unable to remember something
that has been memorized over a long period? The blessed Buddha answered:
Brahmin, when mind is perplexed by doubt & uncertainty, undecided, baffled
wavering and wobbling by doubt & uncertainty, and one does not understand
any actual safe escape from this arisen states mental doubt & uncertainty,
then one can neither see, nor ever understand any of what is advantageous,
neither for oneself, nor for others, nor for both oneself and others!
Then, consequently, what have been long memorized, cannot be remembered…
Why is this neglect & amnesia so? Imagine a bucket of water that is muddy,
unclear, cloudy, blurred and dark. If a man even with good eye-sight were
to inspect the reflection of his own face in it, he would neither see, nor ever
recognize it, as it really is! So too, brahmin, when mind is confused by doubt
& uncertainty, baffled, bewildered and hesitating by doubt & uncertainty,
on such occasion even things that have been long memorized, cannot recur
to the mind, not to speak of those texts, events and important information,
that have not been memorized at all…


On how to prevent Skeptical Doubt & Uncertainty (Vicikicchā):
Systematic Attention to scrutinizing investigation, examination & probing:
1: What is advantageous and what is detrimental here?
2: What is blameable and what is blameless in this situation?
3: What is ordinary and what is excellent in this particular case?
4: What is on the bright side and what is on the dark side in this aspect?


Doubt, Uncertainty, Hesitation & Vexation leads to Frustrating Perplexity!
Doubt stupefies action since decision to choose any alternative is blocked.

Medicine for Doubt and Uncertainty:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Barren_Stagnation.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4.htm 
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/Canon/Sutta/AN/AN.I.3-4c.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suitable_Substitution.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Understanding_is_the_Chief.htm  
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/How_to_Overcome_Doubt.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Curing_Doubt_and_Uncertainty.htm


Vexation, Hesitation, Confusion and Painful Perplexity...

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya.
Book [V:123-4] section 46: The Links. 55: To Sangarava...


Have a nice & noble day!

 
Friendship is the Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ Sri Lanka ] 
http://What-Buddha-Said.net 

Doubt & Uncertainty...

 

--
Home: http://groups.google.com/group/Buddha-Direct
 
Related Site: http://What-Buddha-Said.net

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please write your comment in the box:
(for typing in Hindi you can use Hindi transliteration box given below to comment box)

Do you like this post ?

LinkWithin

Related Posts with Thumbnails

लिखिए अपनी भाषा में

Type in Hindi (Press Ctrl+g to toggle between English and Hindi)

Search in Labels Crowd

22 vows in hindi (1) achhut kaun the (1) adivasi sahitya (1) ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANYby Dr B R Ambedkar (1) ambedar (1) ambedkar (34) ambedkar 119th birth anniversary (2) ambedkar 22 vows (1) ambedkar and gandhi conversation (1) ambedkar and hinduism (1) ambedkar anniversary (2) ambedkar birth anniversary (2) ambedkar books (18) ambedkar chair (1) ambedkar death anniversary (1) Ambedkar in News (1) ambedkar inspiration (1) ambedkar jayanti (3) ambedkar jayanti 2011 (1) ambedkar life (3) ambedkar literature (11) ambedkar movie (3) ambedkar photographs (2) ambedkar pics (3) ambedkar sahitya (10) ambedkar statue (1) ambedkar vs gandhi (2) ambedkar writings (1) ambedkar's book on buddhism (2) ambedkarism (8) ambedkarism books (1) ambedkarism video (1) ambedkarite dalits (2) anand shrikrishna (1) arising light (1) arya vs anarya true history (1) atheist (1) beginners yoga (1) books about ambedkar (1) books from ambedkar.org (10) brahmnism (1) buddha (33) buddha and his dhamma (15) buddha and his dhamma in hindi (2) buddha jayanti (1) buddha or karl marx (1) buddha purnima (2) Buddha vs avatar (1) Buddha vs incarnation (1) buddha's first teaching day (1) Buddham Sharanam Gacchami (1) Buddham Sharanam Gachchhami (1) buddhanet books (6) buddhism (43) buddhism books (18) buddhism conversion (1) buddhism for children (1) buddhism fundamentals (1) buddhism in india (4) buddhism meditation (1) buddhism movies (1) buddhism video (7) buddhist marriage (1) caste annhilation (1) castes in india (1) castism in india (1) chamcha yug (1) charvak (1) Chatrapati Shahu Bhonsle (1) chinese buddhism (1) dalit (2) dalit and buddhism (1) dalit andolan (1) dalit antarvirodh (1) dalit books (1) dalit great persons (1) dalit history (1) dalit issues (2) dalit leaders (1) dalit literature (1) dalit masiha (1) dalit movement (2) dalit movement in Jammu (1) dalit perspectives on Religion (1) dalit politics (1) dalit reformation (1) dalit revolution (1) dalit sahitya (2) dalit thinkers (1) dalits (2) dalits glorious history (1) dalits in India (1) darvin (1) dhamma (16) dhamma Deeksha (2) digital library of India (1) docs (1) Dr Babasaheb - untold truth (1) Dr Babasaheb movie (2) federation vs freedom (1) four sublime states (1) freedom for dalits (1) gandhi vs ambedkar (1) google docs (1) guru purnima (1) hindi posts (8) hindu riddles (1) hinduism (1) in hindi (1) inter-community relations (1) Jabbar Patel movie on Ambedkar (1) jati varna system (1) just be good (1) kanshiram (1) karl marx (1) lenin (1) literature (4) lodr buddha tv (1) lord buddha (1) meditation (9) meditation books (1) meditation video (6) mindfilness (1) navayan (1) news (1) Nyanaponika (1) omprakash valmiki (1) online books about ambedkar (1) pali tripitik (2) parinirvana (1) periyar (1) pics (3) Poona Pact (1) poona pact agreement (1) prakash ambedkar (1) Prof Tulsi Ram (1) quintessence of buddhism (1) ranade gandhi and jinnah (2) sahitya (1) sampradayikta (1) savita ambedkar (1) Sayaji Rao Gaekwar (1) secret buddhism (1) secularism (1) self-realization (1) sukrat (1) Suttasaar (1) swastika (1) teesri azadi movie (1) tipitaka (1) torrent (1) tribute to ambedkar (1) Tripitik (2) untouchables (2) vaisakh purnima (1) video (7) video about ambedkar (1) Vipassana (5) vipassana books (1) vipassana video (3) vipasyana (3) vivek kumar interview (1) well-being (1) what buddha said (13) why buddhism (1) Writings and Speeches (1) Writings and Speeches by Dr B R Ambedkar (11) yoga (5) yoga books (1) yoga DVD (2) yoga meditation (2) yoga video (4) yoga-meditation (9) अम्बेडकर जीवन (1) बुद्ध और उसका धम्म (2) स्वास्तिक (1) हिंदी पोस्ट (24)

Visitors' Map


Visitor Map
Create your own visitor map!

web page counter