Abstract

In the modern society where the young people are trapped by the busy schedules, many of the elderly parents and the adults live in isolation. This isolation they suffer has become a root cause for both physical and psychological ailments in them. Anxiety in adults has developed to be a social issue from which both adults and the young suffer.

Abstract

Abstract

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Sigmund Freud defined death drive as one of the two basic instincts out of his research on anxiety. Since then, research on death anxiety has received great interest from psychologists, and it was found that death anxiety was associated with psychiatric symptoms, including anxiety, depression, obsession-compulsion, social anxiety, somatization, etc. The significance of its impact, however, was found moderated by pleasant and unpleasant beliefs about life-after-death.

I wish to congratulate the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy for organizing the World Peace Buddhist Conference. I hope to learn from the leaders and scholars from different religious faiths on this important topic at the conference.

Let me approach the subject of promoting world peace in two different perspectives – at institutional level and at individual level.

At Individual Level

I would like to share with you a story:

Miss SC Teoh and Miss JG Beh are two voluntary artists who assist and provide support to our Sungai Ara Wan Ching Yuen Old Folks Home in its recreation activities. They coach and share the skills in art and crafts with the senior citizens in the Home, at the same time bringing more fun and joy to them. They are surprised by the hidden talents in many of the senior citizens there.

The senior citizens are proud to display their work.

What a marvelous and meaningful work to enrich the life of and cheer up the senior citizens there.