Dr Dosti Regmi Blog

There is a Netflix documentary worthy of watching by longevity obsessive and researcher Dan Buettner,  titled "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones". He also has authored a book "The Blue Zones".   Six places in the world where people are uncommonly long-lived are called Blue Zones,  Sardinia in Italy , Okinawa in Japan,  Ikaria in  Greece, the  Nicoya region in  Costa Rica, Loma Linda in the USA, and Singapore.  The key to living longer is that we have to make a few adjustments to our daily schedule. Some of them, like giving up smoking and exercising more, are already common knowledge. But there are also other, less obvious ways to live longer. The truth about living longer is that there are no lifestyle changes or magic pills that will stop the aging process. You will always age, every day, no matter what. It is the law of entropy of the Thermodynamics. Aging is one of the components of the Buddha's first noble truth of du...

खोइ कसरी समेटुँ यो खुसी , कहाँ लगेर पोखुँ यो खुसी । पुर्ण , पुर्ण , भरिपुर्ण छु म।

ब्यर्थ कुराबाट सन्यास लिनु, सार्थक कुराको साधना गर्नु। सदा खुसी सुखी  हुन्छौ । समाधिको निकट पुग्छौ। #sanyassadhanasamadhi

In the Buddhist spiritual path of liberation towards Nibbana, the state of complete freedom from all suffering, moral discipline (s ila ), is considered the basic foundation upon which the other two aspects of concentration and wisdom can be developed. Without proper morality, the right concentration cannot be developed and without the right concentration, wisdom cannot be developed. Moral discipline can be described as avoiding unskillful or unwholesome actions and engaging in skillful or wholesome actions. In Buddhist teachings, unwholesome actions are physical, verbal, and mental actions in which the intention behind a particular action is based upon negative qualities of greed ( lobha ), hatred ( dosa ), and delusion ( moha ) resulting in negative or harmful consequences to oneself, to others or to both. Wholesome actions are those in which the intention is based on positive qualities of generosity ( alobha ), loving kindness ( adosa ) and wisdom ( amoha ) with positive or benefici...

The six perfections are important as they allow a Buddhist the opportunity and the means to follow the Buddha's  Dhamma (Dharma).  This allows them to reach   enlightenment , which is what all Buddhists attempt to achieve in their lifetime. The six perfections give guidelines as a structure for how to live a good life and behave in a morally good way. Examples of morally good behavior include being generous and charitable, putting other people before yourself, always telling the truth, and being mindful of other people’s feelings. The six perfections are: Generosity (dana)  - The sincere and selfless desire to give to others with no expectations. Morality (sila)  - Following the five moral precepts. Patience (ksanti)  - Tolerance, forbearance, and endurance. Energy (virya)  - Making a concerted effort to achieve and attain enlightenment. Meditation (dhyana)  - A way of attaining the highest state of consciousness. Wisdom (prajna)  - Understan...

There are two main types of Buddhist meditation: Concentration or tranquil meditation ( samatha-bhavana) Insight meditation ( vipassana-bhavana) As the concentration of the mind becomes deeper and deeper, different stages of calmness and joy called Jhana or deep mental absorptions arise which are free from any mental hindrances. The deep state of concentration and the removal of mental hindrances can be the necessary foundation for the development of insight or wisdom into the real nature of physical and mental phenomena. When well developed, each of the five Jhana factors can suppress one of the five mental hindrances as follows; Initial application ( vitakka)  suppresses sloth and torpor ( thina middha ) Sustained application ( vicara)  suppresses sceptical doubt ( vicikiccha ) Rapture ( piti)  suppresses ill-will ( vyapada ) Mental bliss ( sukha ) suppresses restlessness and remorse ( uddaccha-kukkuccha ) One-pointedness ( ekaggata)  suppresses sensual desire ( ka...