When talking of our environment, the Lord Buddha meant both the people that surround us and the natural environment that surrounds us:
The 7th 1,000,000 Upasika Kaew Mass Training Project. What is upasika? How important is she? What is her role in Buddhism? And why does Dhammakaya Temple arrange this project?
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Thirteen :- Cherishing our husband or wife.
Those four responsibilities (oneself, society, economy, and environment) are difficult to practice. Yet one who practices will have a peaceful mind.
จากชีวิตที่ดำมืดของนักพนันเปลี่ยนเป็นชีวิตที่ใสสว่างของสมณะ ผู้ตั้งใจฝึกฝนตนให้เป็นพระแท้ บวชอย่างน้อยหนึ่งพรรษาให้อะไรมากว่าที่คิด
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Eleven :- Cherishing our parents.
People who are enthusiastic, patient, and charitable do good things, and therefore these people are the ones with whom we want to cooperate.
When we work in the same places as our relatives, close friends, and significant others, we may give them things that they do not deserve. This is a form of corruption beginning from our mind. If most people in society behaved with partiality, it would cause corruption in that society.
Meditation to attain the Dhammakaya has restrained me from having bad thoughts. When I have bad thoughts, I can clear them out very quickly before I end up feeling sorry about doing bad deeds or saying bad words.
Spouses should cherish each other. The longer they live together, the more they should care for one another.