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.
The mind that is afraid or disappointed by Worldly Vicissitudes is worrisome that is might encounter something unpleasant or something that it is afraid of
A fool will have a cloudy and dull mind, as it is full to brimming with negative and damaging thoughts
The Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is one of the most important teachings for Buddhists to know. It is so important because it acts like a master-plan for all the subsequent teachings on Buddhism given during the Buddha’s lifetime
A fool is someone who believes their misdeeds or bad actions are okay and right, when in truth they are negative and wrong
A pig content to wallow in dung: Indulging in sensual pleasures is rather like a pig, which spends all its life wallowing in the warm mud and dung of its pigsty because it thinks that this is the ultimate happiness.
A wise person will behave in the following ways: 1. They will support others to do the right thing and encourage them to reject negative habits e.g. smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs and stealing
People have different ideas about right and wrong. Some think that different opinions on right and wrong mean there is no final answer to the sort of behaviour we should try to have in life
The benefits we will get from planting apple trees depend o their productiveness. At the first period of planting called the pre-pro-ductivity stage, the apple trees have only trunks, branches and leaves.
Basically, the one who leads you down the road to ruin likes persuading you to do bad, unnecessary, or useless things.
