We need to associate those who can point out our delusions on a regular basis. Such friends could help us to assess what we do and show our weaknesses
They enjoy praising themselves, love compliments; pay increasing attention and care to their appearance
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’
In this chapter we will not only meet the word’ Good Friend’ [kalyanamitra] in addition to the ‘True Friend’
คุณลักษณะพระนิพพาน มีกล่าวไว้จำนวนมากในพระไตรปิฎก แต่ในที่นี้จะนำมากล่าวเฉพาะคุณลักษณะที่น่าปรารถนา อันมีอยู่ในพระนิพพาน ซึ่งพอจะเทียบเคียงกับความรู้สึกของคนโดยทั่วไปให้เข้าใจได้
A wise person knows what is right and wrong and conducts their life accordingly.
A fool will have a cloudy and dull mind, as it is full to brimming with negative and damaging thoughts
“…the wise man [pandita] knows four kinds of True Friends well. They are: The Helpful Friend [upakaraka], the Constant Friend [samanasukhadukkha]
Naturally we need to carefully observe the behaviors of those with whom we associate. It may to be easy to be able to tell what kind of a person they are because the persons may appear as our friends when is fact they could be false friends or even enemies
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.
