Within the Buddhist community, temples are recognized as a centre for moral training. Another way of viewing this is that temple is a place that teaches people to be ‘human’
The word ‘kalyanamitra’ means good friend. A good friend must have all the Seven Characteristics described previously
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The First Group of Blessings. Blessing Three :- Expressing Respect to Those Worthy of Respect
The Master Nun Chand Khonnokyoong Centennial Building
This sort of view advocates any form of practice which praises pr honours the virtues of others. To give some examples:
We have always known that the Lord Buddha’s teachings contain a total of 84,000 topics. For me as a school teacher, I would like to ask which parts of the Teachings I should lecture to the school students at the primary and secondary levels.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Third Group of Blessings. Blessing Eight :- Artfulness in Application
Throughout its 45-year history, the Dhammakaya Temple has never wavered from its mission to create world peace through inner peace by promoting the Buddha’s method of meditation and teachings that have changed the world since 2558 years ago.
Training them in virtue: The first ‘good friends’ to each and every one of us in the world are our parents or guardians. As such
The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self-mortification
