Filial Piety.

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Meditation for Peace

 

Filial Piety.

 

Both kinds of individuals help to foster progress in the world.

 

The rainwater will be evaporating back into the sky if there is only rain from the sky, without water reservoired in a valley,  canal or ocean. Sooner or later there will be no rain any more. The world will be extremely dry and all the earth will be turned into desert.

 

Hence, in order to live we would need to rely on each other’s support and exchange services and goods with each other (Barter system).

 

All living beings normally live with happiness, away from sufferings because of the following!

 

1. Upakara, which is to subsidize each other.

 

2. Patikara, which is to repay a benefactor’s kindness.

 

 

a son pays back debts of gratitude to his parents by taking fine care of them when they are old,

 

For example, a son pays back debts of gratitude to his parents by taking fine care of them when they are old, or a student pays respect to his teachers.

 

Both kinds of individuals help to foster progress in the world. Parents and a student did not pay respect to his teachers, a big chaotic chain of event would absolutely occur in the world, so the world depends on repaying a benefactor’s kindness by gratefully doing favors, regarded as “Katavedi” which is conducive to “Katannu” or honoring the person who has done the favor by being grateful.

 

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