This seventh form of core value indicates that a person acknowledges hos or her debr of gratitude to his mother.
When we consider the subject of reforming human nature, the subject of this book, we mean the transformation process from the untrained to the well-trained mind.
I use the mantra ‘Samma Arahang’ (which means ‘purify the mind’) repeating silently three times at each key point, until resting my mind at the seventh base.
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
If we are someone who wishes for fulfillment by the sense-pleasures and habitually partake of those sense-pleasures
The Buddha characterized this sort of suffering as that which makes the mind depressed and dejected
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
Recall the Four Target Character Traits which will assist a person in absorbing the Positive Core Values necessary for reforming human nature and the quality of society, namely
Having them taught the arts and sciences: Education is the gateway to knowledge and wisdom for a child
The first and most important factor in influencing social development is the quality of the relationship between parents and their children