Is Buddhism about being less "sensitive"?
Upvote:0
The correct word would be to be less attached. The lesser you are attached, the less emotional you will be.
If you were less sensitive, you wouldn't be able to follow certain basic principles. You would not feel like giving, helping or showing compassion.
Confusing as it can be, you should be less attached from worldly things. It maybe a game, women/man, alcohol, friends etc. The stronger you are bonded to it, the harder it is when it goes away from you (ultimately everything in this world is impermanent).
I think in my opinion, what you should do is, realize this world is impermanent ( which is the truth). So if by nature you are sensitive, you will be able to realize that there is no point being sad over it because its not permanent and that it is a part of this world and its futile to be sad. Nothing in the world is unfair, it perfectly follows newtons third law : Every action has an equal but an opposite reaction.
Meaning, if you beat someone up, you will, for sure, get a beating equally to the one that you brought upon to the person earlier. Now this may and may not happen instantly, but with time it will happen.
With that said, do not get me wrong, If you are hyper sensitive and if it seems to bother you a lot, it is probably because of a past Karma that you have done. Well we all need to pay it. But never be discouraged, in this life that you have got, do good karma, and less bad karma, eventually you will be able to overcome these sins and live a happy life.
Keeping that in mind, a simple answer to your question:
how can I go about dealing with my innate sensitivity?
Follow a proper meditation. You should consult a Buddhist monk to select what is best type of meditation for you. With time you will eventually fight this sensitivity. :)
Upvote:3
The effect that the emotion has on you to evoke an immediate reaction has reduced. But you will still feel emotions normally. You start to see emotions as a part of the whole play of things. They come to pass, when earlier you just reacted to everything. This is a sort of calmed reaction to any emotion. Having said that, Buddhism is sensitive in that it has compassion in it which is something like how Jesus said, "they know not what they are doing, forgive them", when he was being nailed to the cross. He was able to forgive them even as they were doing that horrific thing to him. That is compassion.
More post
- π Feeling of unbecoming & losing I-hood
- π What are the personal consequences opposing, mobbing or even revile Noble Ones or right view?
- π Have Matreiya ever meet the present buddha?
- π Did the Buddha praise the practice of incest?
- π Avoiding neck pain
- π What is a "thought?" (Particularly in reference to thoughts that arise during meditation)
- π If consciousness arises from mental formations is it correct to say that consciousness has a specific tone or opinions with it?
- π A Peaceful Suicide of Old Age and with Critical Illnesses
- π During insight meditation, what does the meditator note in-between the rising and falling of the abdomen?
- π Quick-overview lists of Dhammas within Buddhism
- π How difficult is it to be a foreign monk in Asia?
- π Why does MN 117 refer to a dirty defiled (ΰΈΰΈ΄ΰΉΰΈ₯ΰΈͺ) right view of bondage?
- π How do you reach Nirvana when you are craving Nirvana?
- π What are the other Theravada Councils held between the 4th and 6th
- π How to deal with difficult in-laws?
- π Can we reach enlightentment with recreational drugs?
- π If no sentient being exists, for whom is there compassion? 'A Guide to the Bodhisattva Way of Life' by Santideva
- π How do you recognize the attainment of enlightenment?
- π Killing a bigger animal causes more bad karma than killing a smaller animal?
- π The meaning v of this phrase in Satipattana Sutta
- π How are Prasangika and SvΔtantrika different?
- π How to become a better decision maker?
- π Chinese Korean & Japanese aesthetic cultural practices at the altar
- π Does Buddhism apply to this formula for Christianity?
- π Where did the Buddha say: "What a person considers and reflects upon for a long time, to that his mind will bend and incline."?
- π πWhat did the Buddha say about courage?
- π Is there any Buddhist society / group / organisation in Mumbai, India? Where we can meet similar like minded people, attend cultural events
- π What is the Buddhist interpretation of the flow state?
- π Who am I- according to Buddhism
- π Can we apply the bundle of reeds simile to all limbs of Dependent Origination?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- π Is Buddhism about being less "sensitive"?
- π How to combine Buddhism with being a parent?
- π What does Buddhism literature and tradition say about transgender folks?
- π What does Buddhism say about boredom?
- π What does buddhism say about bodybuilding (and weights training)?
- π What does Buddhism say about how to manage other people's anger?
- π What does Buddhism say about dealing with negative people?
- π If Buddhism is about moderation, then why is it that you can attain nirvana only after renouncing worldly possessions?
- π What does Buddhism say about creativity and spiritual development?
- π What does Buddhism teach about fear of success?
- π What does Buddha and Buddhism say about fighting against enemy of dharma?
- π What does Diamond Way Buddhism say about obstacles at times of becoming more conscious?
- π Questions About Views in Buddhism
- π Why is Buddhism less evangelical than Christianity?
- π Anesthesia, being knocked out, unconsciousness...what does the Buddha have to say about it?
- π What does Buddhism teach about energy?
- π Learning about buddhism through text only
- π What does Buddhism say about the consequences of good and bad behaviour?
- π Source of quotation from Buddhaghosa about Buddha being trackless
- π What does Buddhism say about practicing Spiritism?
- π What does Buddhism teach or say about Tolerance and accepting differences in general?
- π What does Buddhism teach about anger?
- π Resources to learn about yogacara buddhism
- π How to explain to someone with no knowledge about Buddhism what is meant by "extinguishing" the self?
- π Buddhism about the Big Bang and Science in general
- π What does Buddhism say about intentionally killing dangerous insects and beings?
- π Question about Nichiren Buddhism
- π Do Chinese-language publications about Zen Buddhism usually use Simplified or Traditional Chinese?
- π What does Buddhism teach about healing others through the mind
- π Sutta Reference of Buddhism Not being a Philosophy