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Mental health is an integral component of health that helps a
person to realize his or her own relational abilities using the
psychomotor, affective and cognitive domains. A high prevalence of
mental disorders is seen in old age and predominant among these is
depression. The community-based mental health studies have revealed
that the point prevalence of depressive disorders among the
geriatric population in India varies between 13 and 25 per cent.
Another common mental health problem of the elderly is dementia.
The total prevalence of dementia rises sharply above age 75.
Individuals with dementia have reduced survival. The prevalence of
cognitive impairment has been estimated between 11% (cognitive
impairment- no dementia: ages 65-74) and 98% (memory impairment on
at least one objective test). The financial burden including
medications, care giving and institutional care; increases with the
severity. This book explores the mental health status of the
elderly Indian population. It also evaluates the National Mental
Health Programme in India and identifies the scope of improvement
in the mental health care delivery systems for the elderly.
"Applied Buddhism" is the foundation of our true understanding of
all the events occurring in nature. It explains how every person
can relate Buddhist ideas in his or her daily life and in
profession. This book is a humble endeavour to motivate the new
learners and provide them first-hand guidance on the vastness of
the Philosophical approach of Buddhism. It provides effective
guidance on the application of Buddhist teachings in modern
mathematics.
The Buddha himself admitted that he was the Buddha and not a
supernatural being. Though the concept of glorification was never
desired by the Buddha, but it had attracted various communities
across the world for centuries (in the form of Buddhist Art,
Meditation and Prayers) and served as an invisible and inseparable
bond of unity and harmony in the society. It is impossible to
perfectly identify the time when the first concept of glorification
of the Buddha and the Bodhisatta was initiated in Buddhism. This is
due to the fact that by the time the Canon was put to writing, the
Buddha concept had already undergone significant glorification. So,
what we have today in the Canon is a mixture of old and new
materials.
This book is a humble endeavor to make the new learners understand
the vastness of Philosophical approach of Buddhism. This book is a
simplified version and provides guidance on how to apply the
Buddhist concept of emptiness in modern science. This is the first
episode in this series which basically deals with the emptiness of
matter in perspective of Applied Buddhism. "Applied Buddhism" is
the foundation of our true understanding of all the events
occurring in nature. The term "Applied Buddhism" explains how every
person can relate Buddhist ideas in his or her daily life and in
profession. However, many people even today, are unaware of the
fact that modern science has its long history of origin which can
be traced back far from the Buddhist era.
Amoghapa (Avalokitevara Bodhisatta with the Unfailing Rope) is one
of the popular esoteric forms of Avalokitevara, who protects all
sentient, living beings by means of his rope of compassion and has
their wishes fulfilled. Amoghapa owes his existence to the rise of
the Diamond Vehicle (vajrayna) in India and is mentioned in various
works of esoteric Buddhism. Though the initiation of this
Bodhisatta in East Asia remains unclear, but the examination of
Amoghapa images suggests that the cult of Amoghapa in East Asia
arose in the late seventh to eighth centuries. It was widespread at
Dunhuang, Sichuan, Java, Sumatra, Bali, Japan and received impetus
from the Himalayan tradition as well as local adaptations. The
oppression associated with the revival of Hinduism followed by the
Muslim invasion during the 12th Century C.E. had resulted in
extinction of Amoghapa cult from India.
Though, in simple terms, Yog c ra means, "the school that practices
the way of yoga," but the practical methodology of yogic meditation
merely reveals the meaning of the underline philosophy. The key
emphasis of Yog c ra is on insight meditation which is actually
considered to be a means of abandoning delusions regarding self and
the world. This book is a humble endeavour to propagate the vast
Philosophical content of the Yog c ra school of Buddhism.
"Applied Buddhism" is the foundation of our true understanding of
all the events occurring in nature. The term "Applied Buddhism"
explains how every person can relate Buddhist ideas in his or her
daily life and in profession. This book provides guidance on how to
apply the principles of the Doctrine of the Buddha in our day to
day life in an effective manner to enrich our phenomenal and mental
cultivation.
Stem cells are blank cells that have the potential to develop into
any type of cell in the body. Scientists are trying to harvest the
cells before they have differentiated, then coax them into becoming
certain types. These cell lines are colonies of embryonic stem
cells of different types. There is a rapid and astonishing progress
in the field of cloning since the making of "Dolly" - the first
cloned sheep, a few years ago. The Stem Cell Research may lead to
cloning a whole human being. During cloning of various organs and
bone marrow transplants, these organs would be an exact genetic
match of the recipient and so there will be no rejection. Every
form of reproductive technology raises the question of human
values, dignity, worth, jurisdictional rights. Cloned embryo may
undergo mutation and can lead to the creation of a monster instead
of a human being. In cloning, the values of love and human
procreation are missing. It violates the principle of equality
among human beings and principle of non-discrimination through
selective eugenic dimension used for specific cloning.
Many scholars of Indian history and religion are devoted to
unraveling the mystery of what led to disappearance of Buddhism
from India. Due to the lack of historical and archeological
evidence, there is no absolute consensus on this matter till date.
However, the whole sequence of events was initiated by the Buddhist
monks and clergy when they had ignored the teachings of the Buddha
and concentrated on accumulation of abundance of wealth in the
monasteries. They had abandoned the community visits and
concentrated on their own salvation instead of helping the common
people and oppressed classes to end their sufferings. As the lay
devotes were ignored, Buddhism started losing the general support
from the community. Subsequently, the Brahmins took advantage of
this situation and deepened the rift between the common people and
the Buddhist practitioners. They also manipulated the contemporary
rulers to withdraw their support from Buddhism and help in reviving
the existing Brahmanism. This was followed by the revival of
Hinduism and further decline of Buddhism. Towards the end stage of
this decline, there was the Muslim invasion of India.
Buddhism has now involved against participation by incorporating
individuals from various occupational fields and various religious
backgrounds. In recent years, Hong Kong has become a platform for
the exchanges of ideas among the Buddhist organizations in Greater
China. The academic studies of Buddhism unite and facilitate
exchange among organizations Based in Taiwan, China and Hong Kong.
Although the majority of Hong Kong Chinese believe in Buddhism or
some folkloric forms of the religion, the higher-educated
professionals have become Buddhists. The Hong Kong Government has
also provided favorable support to Buddhism and all activities of
the Buddhist organizations. The Birthday of the historical Gautama
Buddha is an official holiday in Hong Kong and the activities
organized to celebrate this auspicious event are attended by
millions of people.
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