Buddhini Karunathilaka

  1. Make Yourself a Priority  First  you should  feel good about yourself. " Look after yourself and make it a habit to do those little self-care things that make you feel good. It’ll make a big difference in the way you carry yourself." Satisfy you, for being you, before you go to satisfy others.  2. Use Positive Words "Saying, I’m grateful for…, I am willing to..., I’d love to learn..., etc. will take you a long way."How we communicate with others matters a lot. Therefore, "The way we communicate directly impacts the energy we give off, so using words like love, solution, happy, secure, etc", will help you find the energy that you need to energize yourself. 3. Live in the Moment Put your phone away when you’re having lunch with a friend, or turn the TV off when you’re talking with your loved ones. "Distractions prevent us from living in the moment and savoring even the most seemingly mundane tasks." If we live in the moment, then we'll be ...

  1. Growth isn’t always linear "Often the adage two steps forward and one step back is a fairly accurate description of the change process. No one is constantly moving forward." It's ok to keep your path moving slowly. Speed doesn't matter, but the final result of achieving your goals matters. Keep your path moving slowly when it is needed. 2. Set realistic expectations.  Unrealistic expectations are a quick path to frustration and hopelessness. Your expectations need to be realistic so that you'll get motivated more than ever before. Try it. 3. Ask for help.  "Having supportive, positive people to cheer you on is key to staying motivated and being able to push through obstacles." If you have such a supportive person, then you're lucky, go ahead! But if you don't have such a person, then you can be your own hero and you'll be able to guide yourself through all the ups and downs. 4. Be honest and accountable.  "Real change requires us to...

 “Stand tall, stand proud. Know that you are unique and magnificent. You do not need the approval of others.” – Jonathan Lockwood  There are times in our lives where the life seems challenging to us. You might feel it differently. But the consequences looks similar. It depends on your choice, which is to face the challenges or to give up the whole thing. Your future is in your hands. There's nothing to do with your past or your future. What matters is being in the present. What you're doing in the present decides what you contribute to your future. "Life is a true miracle. Life is a gift and many other things but it is not easy. There will be times when you’ll feel like all hope is lost and that giving up is the only right thing to do. T here will be times when you’ll wish you could rewind the past and do things differently or when you’ll feel completely helpless or devastated. If this is how you’ve been feeling lately or how you’re feeling today, fear not! Life is a mirac...

1) Remove Distractions 2) Write down what you want to accomplish, both long term and short term. 3) When you set a goal, figure out how you are going to quantify success. 4. Feed Your Brain- Read the success stories for motivation, and read the downfalls for perspective. 5.  Exercise 6. Meditate Take some time in the morning and at night before bed to quiet your mind and let the creativity come to you — instead of you relentlessly chasing it.It doesn’t take much.Just allow yourself to sit in silence for 5–10 minutes. https://nicolascole77.medium.com/10-ways-i-stay-ridiculously-focused-on-my-goals-686e2e39b0e2

Kālāma Sutta, is a discourse of the Buddha contained in the Ańguttara Nikaya of the Tipitaka  It is often cited by those of the Theravada and Mahayana traditions alike as the Buddha's "charter of free inquiry. It states that, Do not go upon what has been acquired by repeated hearing (anussava), nor upon tradition (paramparā), nor upon rumor (itikirā), nor upon what is in a scripture (piṭaka-sampadāna) nor upon surmise (takka-hetu), nor upon an axiom (naya-hetu), nor upon specious reasoning (ākāra-parivitakka), nor upon a bias towards a notion that has been pondered over (diṭṭhi-nijjhān-akkh-antiyā), nor upon another's seeming ability (bhabba-rūpatāya), nor upon the consideration, The monk is our teacher (samaṇo no garū) For instance, when you believe everything you hear, if what you hear is not true and you react to it, then you're misguided.  The Buddha said,  Kalamas, when you yourselves know: "These things are good; these things are not blamable; these things a...

Machiavelli has stated “it is necessary for a prince to have the people friendly; otherwise he has no security in adversity” (Machiavelli, 1992, p. 45). According to him, it is a requirement not to reveal the real intentions of the prince to the citizens. He should appear as a virtuous person while doing its opposition. He should pretend as a ruler who wants the betterment of the people in the kingdom. Thus, it is stated in The Prince that a prince should “be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired” (Machiavelli, 1992, p. 110). However, the prince should hide his real objectives on spreading power over the men and pretend to be a virtuous person. But he should not be a virtuous person in real.  Furthermore, Machiavelli has explained about the characteristics of human beings from a naked eye. According to him, human being are naturally acquisitive and appetitive. Thus, they crave for the things that they do not have as they l...

The scope of ethics in Kantian ethics and Bhagavat Gītā is based on deontological foundation that can be emphasized as doing ones duty without considering about its results. Both Kantian ethics and the ethical concepts in Bhagavat Gītā emphasize the value of doing ‘the duty for the sake of duty’. In the critique of practical reason, it is mentioned that do duty for the sake of duty because only if ones action is motivated by a moral duty, then it has a moral value. According to Kant, moral duties are generate through moral laws. It is immoral to lie. Kant distinguishes two types of duties; perfect duties and imperfect duties. Perfect duties can be consider as the duties that one should do all the time. To illustrate, although in some situations people suggest it is moral to lie or steal by taking into consideration about the results of the particular action and other consequences according to Kant stealing and lying promise is immoral. When dealing with a murder people cannot lie, even...

  Virginia Woolf was an English writer who is considered as one of the most important modern novelist and a short story writer in the 20th century. The Voyage Out (1915), Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and The Waves (1931) are some of her fiction. She inspired feminism through her works. She was a pioneer in her use of stream of consciousness and her narrative device.  She is also identified as a precursor of postmodernism as she has presented postmodern features in her novel The Waves. The Waves, which has written in 1931, can be recognized as the greatest novel that she has written which is formally and thematically different from her other literature works. Although this novel is composed in the modern period, it includes postmodern features.  The Waves is composed in 1931 and it can be considered as Woolf’s most experimental work.  In the incidents in The Waves have gone through six different characters; three men (Bernard, Neville and Louis) and t...

  Mindfulness is the quality of being present and fully engaged with whatever we’re doing at the moment — free from distraction or judgment, and aware of our thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them.Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.  The effectiveness of meditation for various conditions, including: Stress Anxiety Pain Depression Insomnia High blood pressure (hypertension) There are many simple ways to practice mindfulness. Some examples include: Pay attention Live in the moment Accept yourself Focus on your breathing. When you have negative thoughts, try to sit down, take a deep breath and close your eyes. Focus on your breath  https://www.headspace.com/mindfulness https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/consumer-health/in-depth/mindfulness-exercises/art-20046356

   “You don’t overcome challenges by making them smaller but by making yourself bigger.” – John C. Maxwell Motivation might be extrinsic, whereby a person is inspired by outside forces—other people or events that transpire. Motivation can also be intrinsic, whereby the inspiration comes from within a person—the desire to improve at a certain activity. Intrinsic motivation tends to push people more forcefully, and the accomplishments are more fulfilling.According to Maslow, humans are inherently motivated to better themselves and move toward expressing their full potential—self-actualization—by progressively encountering and satisfying several levels of need from the most fundamental, such as for food and safety, to higher-order needs for love, belonging, and self-esteem. Without motivation in life, it’s hard to strive for success and achieve internal happiness. How can you pass your exam if you aren’t motivated to study. The first step to set specific, achievable objectives.Di...

  1) Focus on one thing “Don’t do any task in order to get it over with. Resolve to do each job in a relaxed way, with all your attention. Enjoy and be one with your work.” – Thich Nhat Hanh focus on the task at hand without getting distracted. Whatever is in your presence at that moment, dedicate your attention to it fully. 2) Focus on the present moment “When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.” – Thich Nhat Hanh To do something with every pulse of your being means to be fully concentrated on the present moment. 3) Let go of what you can’t control “You can only lose what you cling to.” — Buddha. When you realize the impermanence of everything around you, you begin to let go and enjoy the world for what it is. 4) Own only what you need According to Buddhist philosophy, it can be harmful to desire superficial objects. It doesn’t lead to much meaning in...

 The Buddha’s use of Language Language is the prominent achievement of human thinking process. According to the Lord Buddha, language does not merely use to communicate with the other human beings, but also for gaining the perceptual knowledge, conceptual analysis and for freedom of thinking. Lord Buddha has used Māgadhiya language or in other words, Pāli language was prominent at that time than the other languages. For that, Pāli language is used when composing Dammapada, which consist the lord Buddha’s teachings. In Buddhism, Sanskrit language has widely used along with Pāli language. Mainly, the Buddha has used a wide range of terms in order to describe language in a general sense. The Buddha used various types of terms to highlight different functions of language “as sound (sadda), word (akkhara, vacana), concept (saṅkhā, paññatti, dhammā), synonym (adhivacana, vevacana), name (nāma), term (pada) and grammar (ākāra, veyyākarana)”.  The lord Buddha has explained the way to ...