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20 : Universal Goodness much material wealth as possible, since they will end up leaving all that material wealth behind after they die. A well-off person should make sure that he takes care of his aging parents and their needs. He should support the Buddhist temples and the Buddhist monks. He should help support schools, hospitals, the poor, the disadvantaged. He should regularly release live animals about to be slaughtered. In other words, he should accumulate wholesome deeds as provisions for his hereafter. A wealthy person must spend his material wealth for the good of himself, his family, his parents, his community, his country and Buddhism. Acts of generosity help him to be less possessive of his material wealth. Without them, he can very easily be plagued by "miserliness”, a mental disease, and a very bad habit that do follow one across many lifetimes. 4. Human Beings Are Dominated by Defilements Since human beings are dominated by defilements, it is very easy for them to commit misdeeds. One must earnestly and continuously make every effort to guard one’s mind, speech and body so that one does not fall prey to one’s defilements which are more than ready to rear their ugly heads at any moment.