Good environments for living do not only contain comfortable places, but they also need to contain good neighbors. Creating good neighbors might be more difficult than creating comfortable homes.
A good neighborhood is essential for living in peace. If our neighborhoods are noisy, dangerous, hot, do not have trees, and are crowded, we will not live in physical peace.
I have heard many reasons for drinking: family problems, work problems, addiction, seductive advertising, society, health, curiosity, peer pressure, availability, and depression.
Why do some people not take responsibility for themselves? “Nobody taught me” is just a bad excuse. People always have opportunities and choices. How we respond to things depends on how we perceive them. There are many good and bad things in this world.
The Sunday Merit–Making Activities at Bhavana San Jose Temple
An audience has a question that if he makes merit for his parents before they will pass away is different from doing after they passed away, how does it differ?
When a man had passed away, according to the Buddhist custom his relatives could make merit and dedicated to him for 7 days, 50 days, and 100 days. What is the reason behind this custom?
How does the name relate to the merit dedication?
