According to the Buddha, the practice of self-mortification [attakilamathanuyoga] is fruitless
A hungry dog had only gruel enough for seven days. On the 8 th day he wanted to eat rice. He then had rice for seven days.
The Lord Buddha stresses that the three categories of defilement: greed, hatred and delusion are like usurpers in the mind. They darken our minds and obstruct us from enlightenment.
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
To learn the maximum about good and bad from such good influences, we should look for opportunities to associate with them
Actually, good and outstanding personalities are the most desirable for all human beings, which is impossible for everyone. The main cause of this impossibility is failure of consideration.
This sort of view advocates any form of practice which praises pr honours the virtues of others. To give some examples:
A sympathetic friend possesses admirable characteristics far different from the one who leads you down the road to ruin
The Buddha characterized this form of suffering as the sort of cloudedness of mind, grief and melancholy which result from cloudedness of mind
“Since the time when we were born we have found ourselves surrounded
