Traditional Buddhist wisdom is always universal and relevant for mankind in overcoming suffering, also in disaster situations. Mindfulness as a traditional Buddhist practice has become popular in academic research as well as in public domain during the past three decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has landed us in a lot of anxiety, stress, worry, as well as other unforeseen physical, social, emotional, and economic severities. In this situation, we have a challenge to maintain mental strength, stability and togetherness to cope with this situation. The present paper explores the relevance of mindfulness along with its benefits and mentioning some practices for everyday life in reducing stress, anxiety, fear, worry, unnecessary panic towards any threat as well as improving mental health and well-being.

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正念：传统佛教智慧以应付COVID-19的情况

传统的佛教智慧在灾难中也始终具有普遍性并与人类息息相关。在过去的三十年中，正念作为一种传统的佛教习俗在学术研究和公共领域都变得越来越流行。COVID-19大流行使我们陷入了许多焦虑，压力，忧虑以及其他无法预料的身体，社会，情感和经济状况。在这种情况下，我们面临着保持精神力量，稳定和团结以应对这种情况的挑战。本文探讨了正念的相关性及其益处，并提到了日常生活中减少压力，焦虑，恐惧，担忧，对任何威胁的不必要恐慌以及改善心理健康和幸福感的一些做法。