Is there any place in the world that is without suffering? No. How come Prince Siddhartha became ordained?
After having burned away grasses and having uprooted the fields, the gardeners and agriculturists quickly have to set seeds needed to be planted in the ground at once
After having padded the 30 steps of life, we found that there are many bad habits such as improper manners we display that are is need of much improvement.
The majority of people around the world from the Lord Buddha’s time until now have been under the misconception that success and failure in life depend mainly on the environment around them.
It was due to the great compassion of the Lord Buddha that he deigned to teach Noble Discipline, not only for monks, but for householders too, in the form of Noble Self-Discipline for Householders [gihivinaya], as a guideline for achieving happiness in life and developing society.
Both of them when compared, result in the latter one being a much more exceptional and desirable happiness that nothing could be compared with.
“khanti” means Endurance, referring to maintaining our normal condition of mind and body when affected with something unpleasant or dissatisfying.
Having responsibility towards the environment means having responsibility both towards the natural environment (by conservation) and our immediate human environment (by performing our duties towards the ‘ six directions’ discussed earlier).
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.
Bias because of desire [chandagati]; results in unjust treatment due to the influence of personal love and pleasure.
