Relaxation is the heart of meditation, and it has to go hand in hand with mindfulness, no matter which meditation technigue we apply. This is the main principle that we should take into account.
A sympathetic friend possesses admirable characteristics far different from the one who leads you down the road to ruin
1. Do things with precision 2. Give value to resources and raw materials
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
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
“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
Do not worship objects or persons who are not worth to be worshipped. It will lead us astray and make us believe in what is wrong
Physical Token of Respect This refers to a gift that is used as a way for us to express our respect to our parents