People should have clear goals in their lives. When we have good goals to accomplish, we will not waste our time and life doing other useless things.
Good friends usually lead us in the right directions. They prefer only thoughts, words, and actions that benefit their lives and others. Whatever is right and appropriate they know how to do.
This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas
The external wise one is an individual who behaves well, follows strong moral and ethical principles and uses their wisdom in everyday life.
There are various reasons that cause our minds to be clouded. There are both internal and external factors.
A sympathetic friend possesses admirable characteristics far different from the one who leads you down the road to ruin
The lord Buddha defined Suffering resulting from aging as the form of suffering that has the characteristic of deterioration of the bodily organs and faculties such alarming symptoms as the hair turning grey
The mechanism of overcoming suffering requires the practitioner completely to uproot craving from the mind by transcendental extinction
Before we proceed to the topic of ‘core values’ in detail, it is necessary to understand ‘erroneous core values’ which make one misunderstand life and the world.
Choose a location that is appropriate and thriving. It should be easy to find good schools, appropriate employment and a good location for building a house and so on
![Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon : 2. Self-Mortification [attakilamathanuyoga]](https://images.dmc.tv/article/images/cover/1671751638.jpg)
![The Noble Truth of Suffering : 2. Suffering as a result of Aging [jara dukkha]](https://images.dmc.tv/article/images/cover/1650479644.jpg)
