Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Location: Home, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Mongolians have recently celebrated Lunar New Year. It is said to be more auspicious to recite holy texts and do Buddhist special practices within 15 days of the New Year.
My sister arranged a visit by a monk from Ganden monastery, the main monarchy center of Mongolia, to do the text recitations for my family. After completion of the recitation, I had a chance to talk to the Buddhist monk and clarify a few points that he mentioned while he was explaining the meaning of the texts and rituals.
In addition, he advised me to ‘relax and enjoy’. According to him, I looked strongly preoccupied by some heavy thoughts. He strongly recommended entertaining myself, going out, chatting with friends, laughing and doing whatever I liked. He said “Be easy-going, just relax, just enjoy!”
Surprisingly, my brother, a 20 year old management student and aspiring hip hop singer, immediately supported him saying I was never going out to watch movies and meeting with friends for the last few years.
I realized I was too serious about my job and other things, but was never tender to myself. So I decided to enjoy the life to the fullest by following three points in my life:
1. Think positively
2. Eat well
3. Never work hard
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