Giac Ngo English Club - Parenting Mindfully 4
Research & Production: 2007.Jul.14.Sun.11h45-18h36Author: AD Marshall
The purposes of this session of Parenting Mindfully are to review the vocabulary covered in earlier sessions in a new context of mindful parenting and add some more to your vocabulary.
To this end, the Giac Ngo E-Club's Assistant Andi Marshall has written the discussion below using all of the vocabulary you previously learned, in the order that you learned it. See the earlier sessions presented on this blog, below, the those sessions and their vocabulary lists.
Note: Andi wants to point out, before you read, that he is not a Buddhist scholar or teacher and you should decide for yourself whether the opinions expressed below are reasonable or not. The primary purpose of the following discussion is to exercise your vocabulary, not to provide a well-researched, scholarly text.
To parent mindfully one should carefully use childcare to anticipate children's need to notice that welcoming hugs can come from those besides their parents and immediate family -- even from cats, dogs, cockroaches, full-grown tigers and various viruses they are sure to meet -- thus helping each child learn to positively engage all the new things and changes they will forever meet, both within and outside themselves, over every moment of their lives.
Of course, Engaged Buddhist parents should also not forget to tell and show their children that welcoming hugs can be also be hurtful, like that of the spider embracing a fly and that sometimes one must also embrace those who are irritable or lethargic, including one's self, instead of only welcoming those things they feel are exquisite, hilarious or comforting.
The Engaged Buddhist parent should know or learn themselves the sheer, extraordinary miracle of affording a welcoming embrace to every moment, mood and thing they meet in their lives. If they do not, their children will notice and follow their actions, not their lessons or words.
Practicing Buddhism is to mentally strive on a spiritual journey. It is constantly, rigorously fantacizing and engaging whatever is exciting and stimulating in everything one meets, instead of submitting to the pressures from one's society or economy apparently requiring one to become a repetitive zombie. It is yanking one's self consciously back into an awareness of the exquisite or hilarious aspects of every thing, even things that at first seem bad, until that awareness becomes almost always automatic.
In every society, ripening children will be mercilessly expected to meet the standards and expectations of whoever happens to be in power. Mindful parents will support their children with compassion for their struggles and fears about meeting such expectations and not berate or recriminate them when they cannot. Mindful parents strive to never be unhelpful and instead encourage their children to forge ahead, even unnoticed -- maybe even better unnoticed -- approaching everything they meet as a positive engagement. They are gentle, patient and persistent in teaching their children to memorize this approach to life, not only with their minds but with their bodies as well, for this is the ultimate lesson of self-sufficiency.
Finally, Engaged Buddhist parents must also always remember that children raised by people who enjoy what Christians call "sinning" have almost always ended up as teenagers who are on sight noticed more for their flaws than for their either knowing or being able to offer acceptance of others, for what each of us is, from a positive perspective. These are flaws that, themselves, almost always lead to more suffering than even that that one must expect from being an almost limitless being caged within a limited body that will forever want or need more than food, clothing or shelter until it dies and releases the being it houses.
English-Vietnamese Glossary
New
carefully: phó từ, cẩn thận, chu đáo
cockroaches: danh từ, (động vật học) con gián
various: tính từ, khác nhau; nhiều thứ khác nhau
virus: danh từ, (y học) virut
positively: phó từ, xác thực, rõ ràng; quả quyết, khẳng định, chắc chắn; tích cực; tuyệt đối
moment: danh từ, chốc, lúc, lát
hurtful: tính từ, có hại, gây tổn hại, gây tổn thương
embrace: danh từ, sự ôm, cái ôm, (nói trại) sự ăn nằm với nhau; ngoại động từ, ôm, ôm chặt, ghì chặt, nắm lấy (thời cơ...); đi theo (đường lối, đảng phái, sự nghiệp...); gồm, bao gồm; bao quát (nhìn, nắm)
self: danh từ, bản thân mình, cái tôi
mood: danh từ, tâm trạng; tính khí, tâm tính, tính tình
submit: nội động từ, chịu, cam chịu, quy phục
pressure: danh từ, sức ép, áp lực ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)), áp suất
society: danh từ, xã hội
economy: danh từ, sự quản lý kinh tế; nền kinh tế; tổ chức kinh tế
apparently: phó từ, nhìn bên ngoài, hình như
aspect: danh từ, khía cạnh; mặt
struggle: danh từ, sự đấu tranh; cuộc đấu tranh, cuộc chiến đấu
encourage: ngoại động từ, làm can đảm, làm mạnh dạn; khuyến khích, cổ vũ, động viên; giúp đỡ, ủng hộ
ultimate: tính từ, cuối cùng, sau cùng, chót
perspective: danh từ, luật xa gần; phối cảnh; tranh vẽ luật xa gần; hình phối cảnh; cảnh trông xa; (nghĩa bóng) viễn cảnh, triển vọng; tương lai, tiến độ
suffering: danh từ, sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
limitless: tính từ, vô hạn
limited: tính từ, có hạn, hạn chế, hạn định
being: danh từ, sinh vật; con người; sự tồn tại; sự sống; bản chất; thể chất
shelter: danh từ, chỗ che, chỗ nương tựa, chỗ ẩn, chỗ núp, hầm; lầu, chòi; phòng, cabin (người lái)
houses: ngoại động từ, đón tiếp (ai) ở nhà; cho ở, cho trọ, chưa (ai...) trong nhà; cất vào kho; lùa (súc vật) vào chuồng
Research & Production: 2007.Jul.14.Sun.11h45-18h36Author: AD Marshall
The purposes of this session of Parenting Mindfully are to review the vocabulary covered in earlier sessions in a new context of mindful parenting and add some more to your vocabulary.
To this end, the Giac Ngo E-Club's Assistant Andi Marshall has written the discussion below using all of the vocabulary you previously learned, in the order that you learned it. See the earlier sessions presented on this blog, below, the those sessions and their vocabulary lists.
Note: Andi wants to point out, before you read, that he is not a Buddhist scholar or teacher and you should decide for yourself whether the opinions expressed below are reasonable or not. The primary purpose of the following discussion is to exercise your vocabulary, not to provide a well-researched, scholarly text.
To parent mindfully one should carefully use childcare to anticipate children's need to notice that welcoming hugs can come from those besides their parents and immediate family -- even from cats, dogs, cockroaches, full-grown tigers and various viruses they are sure to meet -- thus helping each child learn to positively engage all the new things and changes they will forever meet, both within and outside themselves, over every moment of their lives.
Of course, Engaged Buddhist parents should also not forget to tell and show their children that welcoming hugs can be also be hurtful, like that of the spider embracing a fly and that sometimes one must also embrace those who are irritable or lethargic, including one's self, instead of only welcoming those things they feel are exquisite, hilarious or comforting.
The Engaged Buddhist parent should know or learn themselves the sheer, extraordinary miracle of affording a welcoming embrace to every moment, mood and thing they meet in their lives. If they do not, their children will notice and follow their actions, not their lessons or words.
Practicing Buddhism is to mentally strive on a spiritual journey. It is constantly, rigorously fantacizing and engaging whatever is exciting and stimulating in everything one meets, instead of submitting to the pressures from one's society or economy apparently requiring one to become a repetitive zombie. It is yanking one's self consciously back into an awareness of the exquisite or hilarious aspects of every thing, even things that at first seem bad, until that awareness becomes almost always automatic.
In every society, ripening children will be mercilessly expected to meet the standards and expectations of whoever happens to be in power. Mindful parents will support their children with compassion for their struggles and fears about meeting such expectations and not berate or recriminate them when they cannot. Mindful parents strive to never be unhelpful and instead encourage their children to forge ahead, even unnoticed -- maybe even better unnoticed -- approaching everything they meet as a positive engagement. They are gentle, patient and persistent in teaching their children to memorize this approach to life, not only with their minds but with their bodies as well, for this is the ultimate lesson of self-sufficiency.
Finally, Engaged Buddhist parents must also always remember that children raised by people who enjoy what Christians call "sinning" have almost always ended up as teenagers who are on sight noticed more for their flaws than for their either knowing or being able to offer acceptance of others, for what each of us is, from a positive perspective. These are flaws that, themselves, almost always lead to more suffering than even that that one must expect from being an almost limitless being caged within a limited body that will forever want or need more than food, clothing or shelter until it dies and releases the being it houses.
English-Vietnamese Glossary
New
carefully: phó từ, cẩn thận, chu đáo
cockroaches: danh từ, (động vật học) con gián
various: tính từ, khác nhau; nhiều thứ khác nhau
virus: danh từ, (y học) virut
positively: phó từ, xác thực, rõ ràng; quả quyết, khẳng định, chắc chắn; tích cực; tuyệt đối
moment: danh từ, chốc, lúc, lát
hurtful: tính từ, có hại, gây tổn hại, gây tổn thương
embrace: danh từ, sự ôm, cái ôm, (nói trại) sự ăn nằm với nhau; ngoại động từ, ôm, ôm chặt, ghì chặt, nắm lấy (thời cơ...); đi theo (đường lối, đảng phái, sự nghiệp...); gồm, bao gồm; bao quát (nhìn, nắm)
self: danh từ, bản thân mình, cái tôi
mood: danh từ, tâm trạng; tính khí, tâm tính, tính tình
submit: nội động từ, chịu, cam chịu, quy phục
pressure: danh từ, sức ép, áp lực ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng)), áp suất
society: danh từ, xã hội
economy: danh từ, sự quản lý kinh tế; nền kinh tế; tổ chức kinh tế
apparently: phó từ, nhìn bên ngoài, hình như
aspect: danh từ, khía cạnh; mặt
struggle: danh từ, sự đấu tranh; cuộc đấu tranh, cuộc chiến đấu
encourage: ngoại động từ, làm can đảm, làm mạnh dạn; khuyến khích, cổ vũ, động viên; giúp đỡ, ủng hộ
ultimate: tính từ, cuối cùng, sau cùng, chót
perspective: danh từ, luật xa gần; phối cảnh; tranh vẽ luật xa gần; hình phối cảnh; cảnh trông xa; (nghĩa bóng) viễn cảnh, triển vọng; tương lai, tiến độ
suffering: danh từ, sự đau đớn, sự đau khổ
limitless: tính từ, vô hạn
limited: tính từ, có hạn, hạn chế, hạn định
being: danh từ, sinh vật; con người; sự tồn tại; sự sống; bản chất; thể chất
shelter: danh từ, chỗ che, chỗ nương tựa, chỗ ẩn, chỗ núp, hầm; lầu, chòi; phòng, cabin (người lái)
houses: ngoại động từ, đón tiếp (ai) ở nhà; cho ở, cho trọ, chưa (ai...) trong nhà; cất vào kho; lùa (súc vật) vào chuồng
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