The Discipline of the Enlightened Ones
“(I count amongst my) noble disciples those who have the self-discipline to refrain from the Four Defilements of Action, who restrain themselves from the Four Forms of Bias and who do not indulge in the Six Directions…”
Core Value # 4: That good & bad actions have karmic results
This fourth sort of core value implies that a person takes responsibility for the effects towards themselves and others of their own actions, It implies thaat a person assumes that the law of cause and effect is in force in their lives.
Good Friends Should...
Giving and forgiving is a key to making friendships and making relationships. There should be no resentment of any mistakes or misunderstandings occur in relationships.
The Efficiency of the well-trained mind
The stated qualities cause those who have well-trained minds to have the courage to take responsibility for human dignity on various levels.
The Essence of Human Reformation
When we consider the subject of reforming human nature, the subject of this book, we mean the transformation process from the untrained to the well-trained mind.
Erroneous Core Values are the Fruit of Mental Defilements
Before we proceed to the topic of ‘core values’ in detail, it is necessary to understand ‘erroneous core values’ which make one misunderstand life and the world.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Raising our children (2)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twelve :- Raising our children.
The 100,000–Monk Summer Mass Ordination Nationwide Project 2011
How I Proceeded
I use the mantra ‘Samma Arahang’ (which means ‘purify the mind’) repeating silently three times at each key point, until resting my mind at the seventh base.
How many kinds of meditation are there?
How many kinds of meditation are there? (Part 1)
