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| Symmetry, lips, eyes, supreme complexion... |
At just three years old, she was called “
the most beautiful girl in the world.” Here’s what she looks like now at 17.
At just 10-years-old, she was given the title “the most beautiful girl in the world.” Many years later, many believe that description still fits her.
While many young girls dream of entering beauty competitions and taking home crowns, she gained worldwide attention without competing in any beauty pageants.
Her captivating look drew modeling agencies to her from an early age. With piercing blue eyes, long hair, a confident gaze, and full lips, she was labeled “the most beautiful girl in the world” before she even turned 10.
In 2010, she appeared in a controversial spread for Vogue that sparked debate about makeup use and the early sexualization of young girls.
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| It's all about their beauty and our money, right? |
She also appeared on the covers of
Teen Vogue and
Jalouse [which emphasized her math skills, test scores, nerdy habits, and thoughtful opinions on contemporary societal issues...uh, no, they just cared about her looks, too].
What is the cause of physical beauty?
Dear Venerables: 🙏 (*
anjali mudra*). Thank you in advance 😍 for your time and guidance. 😇 In the sutras (Pali canon discourses), it is said that
karma (our store of deeds) affects how we are reborn, that is to say, beautiful/ugly, wise/dull, wealthy/poor.
I have developed
confidence in the Buddha’s Teaching from my own personal observations. Now, as far as my practice has taken me, from the observation of my own mind/heart, I’ve seen how this could be:
EMOTIONS affect my physical appearance, particularly my facial features.
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| Bright feelings brighten the complexion. |
I’ve observed just how the heart/mind feels when it is feeding on joy (
piti) derived from kindness, compassion, and generosity. That to me is what the Buddha meant by wealth and beauty: The mind being bright, our next rebirth, our new physical form and character will tend to be pleasing.
Emotions project outward through our facial, speech, and bodily expressions so that everyone experiences them.
The real danger I find is the mind getting overcome by negative emotions. Negative emotions can become deeply ingrained when one hasn’t developed enough mindful awareness of them.
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| Don't tell me to "smile," Russell!!! |
For example, I have a friend whose life outlook isn’t that great; negativity is so ingrained in her mind that she doesn’t notice it at all anymore. I’ve tried my best to uplift her world view but with no luck at all.
Now to me, this is what the Buddha meant by ugliness and being poor, the mind clouded, on the next birth, the new physical form and characteristics tends to be just mediocre and at worst unpleasant (not pleasing).
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| Don't tell me what to do, Russell. Do you, Boo. |
Would it be right view, right understanding, to say that the mind, with its accumulated characteristics from previous deeds (karma), is the forming and conditioning force behind the physical body at rebirth?
This brings to memory a sutra in which the Buddha refers to the physical body as past karma. Have I approached this teaching and contemplated it correctly?
With gratitude (
katanyu) 🙏, Russell
REPLY by Ajahn Brahmali, Feb. 26, 2015
Dear Russell: That’s an interesting point you are making, and there may well be much truth to it. Our mind is certainly powerful, and its influence is enormous. However, I think there is a tendency for people to think of the results of karma [
vipaka, phala, karmic results and fruits] too much in physical terms, such as one’s physical appearance or one’s wealth.
But the really important issue is one’s mental life, and it is this that karma is really all about. We do good things and we feel good. The result is a rebirth where we feel good. Part of this can be physical factors, since there is obviously some degree of happiness to be derived from good material circumstances.
But we all know of cases of people who are wealthy have
miserable lives, including depression and all sorts of personal problems. If we are truly depressed, how much use is our wealth to us? With
metta.
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