New Learnings

Didn't get a chance to blog for a while. Have to get this going. Have had a lot of experiences over the year

Leadership is about taking charge. The key is not hurting anyone while doing so.

This requires knowing the job and knowing the people who do the job

Take charge of your body and mind

Experience everything that you want to experience. Remember the law of karma.

Concentrate deeply and DO one thing at a time. It's very simple to get things done in the world if you believe it.

Remember that nothing can affect you or even touch you

Leave the world alone and change your conceptions of yourself

7 latent tendencies

According to ancient Buddhist texts there are 7 latent tendencies in all humans. These can stay dormant life after life until the conditions to trigger them sprout. In other words they lie dormant in the subconscious and ready to come to the surface at an opportune moment when they are in contact with the corresponding sense objects.

1. Kama.raga.anusaya : lust for sense pleasure
2. Bhava.raga.anusaya : disposition to cling to existence a.k.a egoistic impulses
3. Patigha.anusaya : hatred ( painful feelings will rouse latent anger and hatred)
4. Mana.anusaya : pride - the latent tendency of conceit ( in the long run the practitioner is fettered by egoistic feeling or self importance )
5. Dittha.anusaya : false views of body and mind
6. Vicikichcha.anusaya : tendency to have skeptical doubt and uncertainty
7. Avijja.anusaya : tendency to be in ignorance