Living in peace is the way that we practice what we should do to others and ourselves with right understanding. Those who practice the teaching of each chapter in this book wisely or bring the teaching to their daily life practice will live in peace without worry.
The western direction, or the direction behind us, represents the relationships we have with others as a result of marrying them i.e. our spouse.
The southern direction, or the right hand direction, represents the relationships we have with our teachers as a result of their giving us education and training.
The direction in front of us represents the relationships the relationships we have with others as a result of their giving birth to us, i.e. our parents.
Everyone knows that all are in the same cycle of existence (birth, oldage, sickness, and death). Even if we are strangers, we are friends in the same world.
When I was in high school, there was a semester when I spent time with friends who felt that smoking was fine, skipping classes was fun, going to bars or night clubs was great (we were younger than 18 at that time), and not listening to parents’ advice was cool.
Be continually aware of not behaving with negative actions or speech however minor, as there is always a risk that they can lead to bigger things if we are not careful
Good selected fruits with tasty seeds, whenever they are planted, always bear fruits of fine taste without taking much care of them. Meanwhile, and person who performed good deeds adequately in their past life,
All of the parents in the world want their children to be clever. The cleverer they are the more the parents will be proud of them. How to raise the children to be clever is not easy because there are different categories of cleverness
Generosity helps to dissolves our stinginess, or our unwillingness to help others
