Australian Team Meet Dalai Lama To Attain Ultimate Bliss
Jan 13, 2019 at 4:14 PM
The Australian team, in a quest to attain ultimate bliss, paid a visit to his holiness Dalai Lama at Dharamsala, the adopted home of the Buddhist monk. The Kangaroos put up few questions ahead of the spiritual leader to which he replied.
First, it was the Australian opener David Warner who asked about how to attain peace of mind,
“His Holiness, how important is it to have peace of mind?” Warner asked.
“You yourself (should) experiment,” Dalai Lama replied.
“The day you met some of your trusted friends and spent some moment or with lunch or a few drinks, I think that day you feel happier,” His Holiness continued.
“And then one day you see you met someone, you feel uncomfortable, the whole day you feel not very happy.
“So physically nothing changed but mentally it makes differences.
“And then the unhappy day you may drink more like that. So then you may start quarrel with your wife.
“So peace of mind is very, very important.
“I think animals, they have no language, but they also love peace of mind.
“But since we have much sophisticated interests, much sophisticated brains, brains I think have the ability to create more disturbances or create peaceful mind.
“Animals have not. So since we have this remarkable brain, now you must (use) this brain for further strengthening of basic human values,” the spiritual man added.
Steve Smith, the Aussie skipper was the next one to put up his query. He asked about techniques to have a sound sleep,
“His Holiness, do you have any good meditation techniques to fall asleep?” Smith asked.
“That I don’t know,” Dalai Lama replied.
“I think indirectly when your mind is at peace, then sleep automatically or naturally comes.
“If your mind is much disturbed and too much anxiety, too much anxious and too much stress and anger of course. These are very bad for sleep.
“Sleeping pills are is just temporary. One day, two days OK. But if you rely on taking sleeping pills, then eventually (they have) less effect. Then amount of pills increase and that is very harmful for our body
“So relax your mind and go there. Usually, I spent nine hours sleep. Very peaceful. Around 6pm sleep then 3am wake up. Then at least four hours some meditation,” his Holiness explained.
It was a visit where the Australian team tried to shed off all the problems and negativity which has pertained in the current tour. Surely, the visit must have helped Kangaroos to overcome the stress and pressure to breathe a sigh of bliss.
The fourth and final Test match starts from March 25 at Dharamsala where both the teams will take on each other with an eye on the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.