The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Two :- Associate with the Wise.
The mind is the nature of thought inside our body and can collect and assimilate all kinds of sense-objects
In this chapter we will not only meet the word’ Good Friend’ [kalyanamitra] in addition to the ‘True Friend’
The person with openness to criticism refers to someone who learns easily and is gentle in response to teaching
The sort of wholesome speech which arises from a mind which is wholesome at the mundane level is well illustrated by the tale of Sujata
Within the Buddhist community, temples are recognized as a centre for moral training. Another way of viewing this is that temple is a place that teaches people to be ‘human’
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Third Group of Blessings. Blessing Ten :- Artfulness in Speech.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The third group of blessings. Blessing Seven :- Artfulness in Knowledge
If a person does not cherish his or her friends according to the duties described in the Six Directions, the harm that will come to them can be concluded on three levels
The 38 Ways to Happiness The Second Group of Blessings Blessing Five :- Having done good deeds in one's past