I would end up back in bed if I had one of those for breakfast....
Yes, you will definitely take something from the book although there are parts I dont fully accept. But that is the nature of Buddhist teachings, it's not all or nothing.
I'm sure you'll enjoy it and get something from it dino. As far as Buddhist literature goes, many of Geshe Kelsang's books are quite easy reading, ideal as an introduction to Buddhist philosophy.
We already have within us our own source of peace and happiness, as Buddhist master Geshe Kelsang says in Transform Your Life. It is our birthright, our Buddha nature, who we actually are. Sometimes we know this, when the dark clouds of discontent disperse and the sun naturally shines through. So if we have the constant potential for happiness, and we work very hard at it in various ways, why, we may well ask ourselves, is it so hard to stay happy 24/7?!
The answer is “delusions.” We hear this word all the time in Buddhism. I know I’ve mentioned delusions umpteen times on Kadampa Life, and we’ve looked a bit at some of the main ones (ignorance, anger, attachment, jealousy, self-cherishing). Since identifying and removing our delusions is, one could say, the bread and butter of a happy life, I’ve been meaning to write something about delusions in general for a while. (Also, you can find out everything you’ve ever needed to know about them in Joyful Path of Good Fortune and Understanding the Mind.)
What is a delusion?
According to Buddhism, any unpeaceful, uncontrolled state of mind is a delusion. All delusions are unrealistic minds arising from so called “inappropriate attention”, or thinking about things in a false way. As Geshe Kelsang says:
Delusions are distorted ways of looking at ourselves, other people, and the world around us–like a distorted mirror, they reflect a distorted world. ~ Transform Your Life, p. 7"
How to tranform your life is available as a free e-book. It's well worth reading with little gems of wisdom throughout. I've never claimed to be a practising Buddhist but this book did have quite a positive influence when I read it many years ago.
I've not watched the youtube video so I don't know what parts of the program it shows. What was most disturbing was the brain damage that was showing after the trial was still there around three months later. He was understandably quite concerned about that.
I was talking about travelling the world not just travelling. In the times I've spent in the US and during my travels I've had many conversations with Americans. Quite often that subject has come up, it seems to be an accepted fact amongst most I've spoken to. Of course that does'nt make it a proven fact, but I would be surprised to find that Americans are amongst the most travelled per capita.
It's a Buddhist term, particularly from Kadampa Buddhism....
"Delusion A mental factor that arises from inappropriate attention and functions to make the mind unpeaceful and uncontrolled. There are three main delusions: ignorance, desirous attachment, and anger. From these arise all the other delusions, such as jealousy, pride, and deluded doubt. See also Innate delusions and Intellectually-formed delusions. See Understanding the Mind."
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RE: Do you suffer...
My mistake....I thought it was a chillum and an ash tray.....