So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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If we must find a cause, all four are somewhat related to 'lack of attention.' Slipping on stairs, and while traffic accidents are often unavoidable, they tend to happen more when attention is lacking. So upon reflection, you might consider whether you were perhaps a bit scattered or inattentive. In Buddhist terms, this means lack of mindfulness, or in secular terms, you need to stay alert. I'd say about 20 percent was due to inattention, and the remaining 80 percent was simply overlapping coincidences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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Looking carefully at the four incidents you mentioned, they're all things that could reasonably happen. In daily life, you could slip and fall down stairs, get into a traffic accident, catch the flu. Voice phishing is something anyone can fall victim to if they're not careful.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we must find a cause, all four are somewhat related to 'lack of attention.' Slipping on stairs, and while traffic accidents are often unavoidable, they tend to happen more when attention is lacking. So upon reflection, you might consider whether you were perhaps a bit scattered or inattentive. In Buddhist terms, this means lack of mindfulness, or in secular terms, you need to stay alert. I'd say about 20 percent was due to inattention, and the remaining 80 percent was simply overlapping coincidences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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In the past, people would call this 'bad luck,' or interpret it positively as 'small accidents preventing big ones' - a form of warding off misfortune. They would accept it positively, thinking 'This prevented greater disasters, so it's actually a good thing.'<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking carefully at the four incidents you mentioned, they're all things that could reasonably happen. In daily life, you could slip and fall down stairs, get into a traffic accident, catch the flu. Voice phishing is something anyone can fall victim to if they're not careful.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we must find a cause, all four are somewhat related to 'lack of attention.' Slipping on stairs, and while traffic accidents are often unavoidable, they tend to happen more when attention is lacking. So upon reflection, you might consider whether you were perhaps a bit scattered or inattentive. In Buddhist terms, this means lack of mindfulness, or in secular terms, you need to stay alert. I'd say about 20 percent was due to inattention, and the remaining 80 percent was simply overlapping coincidences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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From a probability standpoint, such occurrences are very rare. Four incidents happening in succession within a month is as rare as rolling a 1 six times in a row with dice. However, it's not impossible either.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past, people would call this 'bad luck,' or interpret it positively as 'small accidents preventing big ones' - a form of warding off misfortune. They would accept it positively, thinking 'This prevented greater disasters, so it's actually a good thing.'<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking carefully at the four incidents you mentioned, they're all things that could reasonably happen. In daily life, you could slip and fall down stairs, get into a traffic accident, catch the flu. Voice phishing is something anyone can fall victim to if they're not careful.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we must find a cause, all four are somewhat related to 'lack of attention.' Slipping on stairs, and while traffic accidents are often unavoidable, they tend to happen more when attention is lacking. So upon reflection, you might consider whether you were perhaps a bit scattered or inattentive. In Buddhist terms, this means lack of mindfulness, or in secular terms, you need to stay alert. I'd say about 20 percent was due to inattention, and the remaining 80 percent was simply overlapping coincidences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Thank you. I understand well.\"<\/p>\n","post_title":"How Should I Accept a Series of Misfortunes?","post_excerpt":"September 18, 2025- Visit to Battambang Campus of Sihanouk Raja Buddhist University, Cambodia","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"pomnyun_250918","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-09-20 05:26:36","post_modified_gmt":"2025-09-20 10:26:36","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.jungtosociety.org\/?p=31072","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":false,"total_page":1},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_2o3","class":"jnews_block_37"};
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However, incidents and accidents sometimes happen in clusters, and sometimes nothing happens for an entire year. When rolling dice, the probability of getting a 1 is one-sixth, but when you actually roll, it might come up exactly once in six rolls, all six times, or not at all. In other words, one-sixth is just a mathematical probability, and actual results can vary from never appearing to appearing all six times.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
From a probability standpoint, such occurrences are very rare. Four incidents happening in succession within a month is as rare as rolling a 1 six times in a row with dice. However, it's not impossible either.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the past, people would call this 'bad luck,' or interpret it positively as 'small accidents preventing big ones' - a form of warding off misfortune. They would accept it positively, thinking 'This prevented greater disasters, so it's actually a good thing.'<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking carefully at the four incidents you mentioned, they're all things that could reasonably happen. In daily life, you could slip and fall down stairs, get into a traffic accident, catch the flu. Voice phishing is something anyone can fall victim to if they're not careful.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we must find a cause, all four are somewhat related to 'lack of attention.' Slipping on stairs, and while traffic accidents are often unavoidable, they tend to happen more when attention is lacking. So upon reflection, you might consider whether you were perhaps a bit scattered or inattentive. In Buddhist terms, this means lack of mindfulness, or in secular terms, you need to stay alert. I'd say about 20 percent was due to inattention, and the remaining 80 percent was simply overlapping coincidences.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But there's no need to nurture anxious feelings. In the past, people carried amulets or performed rituals for psychological stability. If you're really anxious, praying at a temple could be one approach. What's important is gaining psychological comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, from a practice perspective, it's good to use such incidents as an opportunity to resolve: 'I should maintain better mindfulness and live with more attention.' The rest can simply be regarded as mere incidents and accidents.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"The moment I asked Sunim the question, my fear seemed to disappear. I realized 'I was fooled by momentary emotions again,' and I'll live with attention and alertness.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"But accidents happen even when you're alert. Just yesterday at the airport, I suddenly couldn't remember where my passport was. It wasn't in my bag or pockets, and no matter how I searched, I couldn't find it. I was worried it was serious, but eventually someone else found it for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the evening before, when I opened my glasses case to put on my glasses, they weren't there. I remembered taking them off, but had no memory after that. I thought 'I must have left them somewhere,' but someone with me said, 'Sunim, you were wearing them during the site visit earlier.' I had no memory of wearing glasses today. When I checked the photos taken then, I was indeed wearing glasses. I finally discovered them on the bathroom sink much later. I couldn't have found them alone - someone else found them for me.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things can happen to anyone. It's partly due to age, and in Buddhist terms, it's inattention - losing mindfulness. When it's hot and you're living frantically, it happens even more.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
So first, maintaining mindfulness is necessary, and second, they say that as we age, small blood vessels in the brain can become blocked, causing memory decline or temporary forgetfulness. Considering this, there's no need for excessive worry.\" <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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