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Ways to help Depression

Yesterday, I have discussion with few people on how meditation can help depressed people. Meditation is mind training.
1. We train the mind to stay in the present moment without let them wanders to the past and future.
2. We guard the 6 sense doors from being disturbed by bad objects, like bad thoughts at mind door.
3. We change the bad objects to good objects. how to do it? by changing to good environment. so, to keep the mind happy, we should go to exercise, walk in the garden, or peaceful and quiet place like meditation centre.

昨天,我和一些人讨论如何通过禅修可以帮助失落的人。禅修是心的培育。
我们训练心留在现在,而不让他们走向过去和未来。
我们确保6根门不被坏的事物所打扰,如头脑中的坏想法。
我们将不良事物改为好的事物。怎么做?通过转变到良好的环境。所以要保持心的快乐,我们应该去锻炼,走在花园里,或者和平安宁,一个地方就像是个一间禅修中心

what is the simple way to improve the mind in the house, especially for old people like our old parents who cannot come out from house?
1.put in more green plants that require little maintenance.
2. grow plants out of seeds. it is a joy to see the sapling come out from the seeds. The young people can help elderly to plant outdoor later.
3. bring old people out once in a while to the garden or Buddhist centre, or meditation place.

For the old people who always like to live in the past, always dwelling on negative thoughts, we try to give them more future thoughts.
like discussing on future holiday trip etc, where to plant the plants the grow when it grow up, where to give donation  etc.
怎樣提升在家时的思想,特别是对于不能从家里出来的老父母来说呢?
1.放置更多不需持續照顾的绿色植物
2.种植植物。看到树苗从种子开始成长是一种快乐。年轻人可以帮助老人在户外种树。
3.偶而把老人带到花园或佛教中心或禅修中心的地方。

对于一直以来喜欢活在过去的老人们,并总是以消极的想法为生,我可以试图给他们更多的未来想法。
可以讨论未来的假期旅行等,哪里种植植物,长大成长,捐赠等等。
by Ven Sayalay Cala.

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