We may wonder what behaviors are performed by the man of empty promises.
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
…he regarded the people around us as an important factor contributing to one’s prosperity or deterioration. Working alone, one cannot be successful
In many countries, there is growth in materialism, civilization and consumer goods, job availability and the ability to earn high salaries
1. Do things with precision 2. Give value to resources and raw materials
Is to be skilled in vocational fields including: design, sculpture, mechanics, photography, etc
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
1. A long life because one did not kill in the past 2. Freedom from illness because one did not treat animals badly or cause them distress
“A bodhi tree that grows up in a pot will have life, but its growth will be hindered by the space that is available for it to grow in the pot