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… to be good person, you have to abide by the Five Precepts. The writer hopes that this account will help parents to teach their children to observe the Five Precepts, so that they grow up to be good peopl…

How do you keep the Five Precepts intact? When I was a student, I started training myself to observe the Five Precepts. This is how I did it. Before I was ordained, I wore a Buddha image around my nec

…nswer is....very little. I realized right there that I must not do anything to hurt them if I could help it. These two close shaves played a major part in spurring me to ordain. I wanted my mother and gra…

that one can do whenever one wants to. Ordination requires merits accumulated from one's past life, as well as meeting all the qualifications set out in the discipline section of the Tripitaka. Unfort

…ave to offer. Daily reflection on death and the separation from all loved ones and treasured things helps develop consciousness and progress in meditation. A person who performs this reflection will live …

do not know when we are going to die. We must sooner or later be separated from all loved ones and treasured things. How can people think about death? 1. Thinking about death with the false view: Thin

…, persuading them to listen to spiritual teachings and teaching them how to meditate. All these can help keep them on the path to Nibbana. "Even when your parents have passed away, your duty as a grateful…

parents, we are overwhelmingly in debt to them. 2. Parents always forgive us without being resentful. The scolding and punishments they may have given us for doing unacceptable things are out of their

…take good care of your own parents first. At the same time, you must train your children to be good helpers. One day, when they become adults, they will take good care of you as well. You will not be affe…

grandparents. Moreover, they must extol their grandparents' virtues to their children, both in the grandparents' presence and out of earshot. By setting a good example, children will clearly see and l

…d gaped at him in fear, as if she was dying in front of him. "Venerable Angulimala really wanted to help her, but what he could do about it? In the end, he gave her a blessing based on his honesty towards…

A respected senior monk gave an explanation regarding this matter. He said, "A blessing's sacredness" is dependent upon "how honest the blessing-giver is towards his virtues." If a blessing-giver is h

…. When instilled with the teachings of the Lord Buddha, people will develop faith and be willing to help the monks and novices at the temple. They will then be able think of their contributions to the tem…

For example, if there were statements about constructing a Dhamma Hall or a monk's shelter soon, then this must happen. In short, the temple must produce results as soon as it can. Thus, the first sac

…ple is that Buddhist males of retirement age should think about ordaining as monks so that they can help revive those abandoned temples. They can apply their life experiences and network to benefit Buddhi…

minds only when they practice meditation until their minds reach a profound level of peacefulness and becomes so bright that they are able to see their minds through the brightness. Most people in thi

… The accused person should continue to perform good deeds as best as he can. Strict discipline will help to protect him and in the end, he will defeat the situation. The Warm Hearted Family. 396 The Lord …

3) When the Lord Buddha was confronted by a furious elephant (similar to a frantic person), His solution was to spread loving kindness. In short, when people receive and are moved by loving kindness,

…ficult, the Lord Buddha once gave the following analogy: The number of times He donated His eyes to help others in order to become enlightened is greater than all the stars in the sky. To devote one's ent…

examine this so that we will not miss the opportunity to do so. We should clearly understand the importance of contributing a Buddha image so that we do not obstruct our grandparents when they wish to

…tice meditation in order to attain Nibbana like He did. Thus, the Buddha image a person contributes helps to rid people of their impurities, lust and desire, as well as motivating them to improve the worl…

Those who are not born during the life of a Buddha must seek refuge in the Lord Buddha's teachings, unaware of His appearance. Our country's ancestors, who experienced and attained high levels of medi