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.
Those four responsibilities (oneself, society, economy, and environment) are difficult to practice. Yet one who practices will have a peaceful mind.
The problem is that no person is a perfect exemplar of all the qualities of a True Friend. It is therefore necessary to have tactical friendship starting with those around us
Having responsibility towards the environment means having responsibility both towards the natural environment (by conservation) and our immediate human environment (by performing our duties towards the ‘ six directions’ discussed earlier).
What would society be like if husbands and wives ignored each other, parents and children ignored each other, teachers did not take responsibility for their students, employers ignored their employees, and monks ignored their teaching?
The first three defilements of actions are physical evil action. The fourth is verbal evil action. The fourth is verbal evil action.
Bias because of desire [chandagati]; results in unjust treatment due to the influence of personal love and pleasure.
It is not an overstatement to say that teaching children to abide by the Five Precepts is the most important responsibility of their parents
When a person thinks a bout selecting a spouse, or thinks about getting married and having a family, one must prepare oneself because nobody can avoid the four Problems previously mentioned
A government officer once came to a venerable monk at the temple for advice about a problem regarding the way teenagers dress these days
