A sympathetic friend possesses admirable characteristics far different from the one who leads you down the road to ruin
A sharpened knife without a sheath or a dangerous bomb without a safety bolt: they could be equally advantageous or disadvantageous depending, because of their lack of a controlling mechanism.
The term ‘world’ in Buddhist terminology means more than just our planet. It means:
A wife should keep in mind that a husband wants support. Similar to her own needs for support, a wife needs to do these things because of the same reasons in the previous chapter.
The Buddha characterized the suffering of sorrow as afflicting one with burning in the heart as if the mind has list all refreshedness
The external wise one is an individual who behaves well, follows strong moral and ethical principles and uses their wisdom in everyday life.
Once upon a time, there was young man named Singala who was extremely arrogant. Singala did not listen to his parents’ advice despite the fact they were already enlightened beings-thus he had no idea of right or wrong.
The Soil of the Earth: Just as the soil is prerequisite for the growth of all forms of plant life the aggregates of Clinging are prerequisite to the arising of all other forms of suffering
According to the Buddha, the practice of self-mortification [attakilamathanuyoga] is fruitless
…he regarded the people around us as an important factor contributing to one’s prosperity or deterioration. Working alone, one cannot be successful
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