Discipline - A Broad Perspective

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DISCIPLINE

A BROAD PERSPECTIVE


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L I F E

LIFE IS DIFFICULT

This is a great truth, one ofthe greatest truths


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Four Noble Truths

The first tenet of fournoble truths which LordBuddha preached is, lifeis suffering. Birth is pain,

old age is pain, sickness ispain, death is pain.The second tenet is the

cause of the pain. This isthe craving (trust) that

leads to rebirth. Thecraving of the passions, thecraving for (continued)existence, the craving fornon-existence.


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Four Noble Truths

The third tenet is cessation

of pain consisting in the

remainder less cessation of

craving, its abandonmentand rejection, emancipation

and freedom from support.

The fourth tenet is the

noble eight-fold path

actual means of arriving at

these truths.


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Eight fold Path

Right views Right intention

Right speech

Right action

Right livelihood Right eort

Right !indfulness, and

Right concentration

These enco!pass thewhole training of adiscipline" #e who su$!itsto discipline is disciple"


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%iew of Life & '

If we accept the pre!ise that the life isdi(cult, then life re!ains no longerdi(cult"

Then, we !a)e eorts to solve our

pro$le!s of life" Life is a series ofpro$le!s" *e !a+ !oan the! or solvethe!"

Process of confronting and solvingpro$le!s is a painful process" ecause ofthe pain that events or con-icts engenderin us that we call the! pro$le!s"


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%iew of Life & .

/et, it is in this whole process of!eeting and solving pro$le!s, lifehas its !eaning"

Pro$le!s are the cutting edge thatdistinguishes $etween success andfailure"

Pro$le!s allows us to grow !entall+

and spirituall+" Those things thathurt&instruct"


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*ISD01

It is for these reasons, wise people learn tooverco!e pro$le!s"

1ost of us are not wise"

*e avoid pro$le!s, we procrastinate, we

ignore the!, we forget the!, we pretendthat it does not e2ist" *e atte!pt to get outof the! rather than suer through the!"

*e !ust, therefore, teach ourselves how tosuer and how to grow"

E2periencing the pain of the pro$le!constructivel+ with intention of solving it, isdiscipline"


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TOOLS TECHNIQUES METHODS

There are four tools and techniques

/ methods to inculcate discipline.


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Delaying gratication

It is the process of scheduling the painand pleasure of life in such a way as toenhance the pleasure while meeting andexperiencing the pain first. It is theonly decent way to live.

Dont eat the frost of the cake first

Do the homework before watching theT

Do hard work to earn a holiday


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Acceptance of Responsibility-1

It is an integral part of discipline.Children watch their parents and learnbehaviour from them.

If the child sees self-discipline, self-restraint and regulated behaviour, theywill learn to love and respect.

Loving, admiring and caring is positive

acceptance of responsibility. This is how comes the concept of a role

model


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There are people who would never accepttheir responsibility.

If they drink, they will find out reasons for theirdrinking as bad weather, hard work, bad boss,

nagging wife, difficult life etc. They wouldnever assume that drinking is his choice.

uch people also will not accept any form ofdiscipline.

!cceptance of responsibility bestowsaccountability.

"ne who cannot account for has to be led.

Acceptance of Responsibility-2


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TIME

! "nce we accept responsibility# we haveto devote time. Time to observe eachperson closely to become aware of whentheir need for disciplinary assistance canbe expressed subtly.

! "ften we do not devote time and try toimpose discipline brutally out of angerrather than active deliberations. $e do

not even examine the problems properly.! The time and quality of time spanindicate the degree to which people arevalued.


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IMPORTANCE

This indicates the sense of beingvaluable.

The feeling of being valuable is

important.If we feel ourselves valuable, thenwe will feel our time to be valuable,

if we feel our time to be valuable,then we want to use it well.


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CARING

Caring is involvement in problemsolving.

The feeling that there are peoplewho care about our problems andfeelings is important.

The degree of trust generates andpeople feel secure.

We cannot solve our problemsexcepting by solving them.


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Dedication to Truth

#edication to truth is the path.

This is the right view of life. The path is

difficult yet simple, because truth is

simple.

$ntruth can be divided into two types,

white lies and black lies. There are

gray lies also. This is a big and grayarea which we may avoid delving very

deeply.


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Withholding Truth

! $ithholding truth may besometimes realistic and

unavoidable.

! $e need to however maintaincertain basic concepts of remaining

on the side of the truth i.e.remaining dedicated to truth.


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First, never speak falsehood.

Second, bear in mind the act of

withholding the truth is always

potentially a lie and that each

instance in which truth is to be

withheld a significant moral

decision is reuired.

Third, the decision to withhold

the truth should never be based

on personal needs, such as need

for power, a need to be light, or

a need to protect self.

Withholding Truth-1


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Fourth, the decision to withholdthe truth must always be based on

entirely upon the needs of the

person or people from whom the

truth is being withheld.Fifth, the assessment of

another!s needs is an act of

responsibility which is so

complex that it can only beexecuted wisely when one operates

for the genuine love for the

other.

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Sixth, the primary factor in theassessment of another!s needs is

the assessment of that person!s

capacity to utili"e the truth

for his or her own spiritualgrowth.

Finally, in assessing the

capacity of another, utili"e the

truth, the general tendency is to

under#estimate the capacity.

Withholding Truth-3


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CHOICES

! %ost people opt for a life of a verylimited honesty and openness andrelative closedness# hiding

themselves from the world.! It is easier that way.

! &et rewards of the difficult life of

honesty and dedication to thetruth are more thancommensurate with the demands.


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ROLE MODEL

%y virtue of the fact that their mentalmaps are constantly being challenged,open people are continually growingpeople.

Through their openness, they canestablish and maintain intimaterelationships far more effectively than

most closed people.Therefore, inculcating discipline by a rolemodel concept becomes easy when oneis open and dedicated to truth.


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3L3NCIN4 & '

Balancing is the discipline that gives us flexibility.Extraordinary flexibility is required for successful

living in all spheres of activities. To use one

example, let us consider the matter of anger andits expression.

Anger is an emotion bred into us by countless

generations of evolution in order that our survivalmay be encouraged.


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3L3NCIN4 & .

We experience anger henever e perceiveanother organism attempting to encroach upon

our geographical or psychological territory or

trying one ay or another to put us don. !tleads us to fight bac". Without anger, e ould

be exterminated.

#nly ith anger e can survive. $et ourperceptions go rong most of the times about

the attempted encroachment of others hen e

examine them closely.


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3L3NCIN4 & 5

Thus, it is necessary that the highercenters of our brain &'udgment( we will

be able to regulate and modulate our

lower centers &emotion(. To handle ouranger with full ade)uacy and

competence, an elaborate, fle*ible

response system is re)uired. To agreater or lesser degree, all people

suffer from inade)uacies of their fle*ible

response systems.


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Process of alancing

6 It is $eco!ing increasingl+ clear that thee2ercise of discipline is not onl+ ade!anding, $ut also a co!ple2 tas)re7uiring $oth -e2i$ilit+ and 8udg!ent"

6 Courageous people !ust continuall+push the!selves to $e co!pletel+honest +et !ust also possess thecapacit+ to withhold the whole truth

when appropriate"6 alancing is related to giving up

so!ething and is a painful process whichis di(cult to i!$i$e and practice"


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INTEGRATION

! Discipline is to be integrated withlife.

! The integration has to be such that

it takes care of the body and mindand leads to the formation of suchhabits which make the difficult lifeeasy.

! Disciplined habits apparentlybecome a great competency whichhelps to handle the intricatesituations of life with ease.


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