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| Symmetry, lips, eyes, supreme complexion... |
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What is the cause of physical beauty?
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| Question: Russell J. Taeza |
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!!! |
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. |
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
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| Ajahn Brahmali | BSWA |
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. Source
- Nirvana (Buddhism), Ajahn Brahmali in Wikipedia
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