The Four Noble Truths

The Artistry Behind Preaching the Four Noble Truths In the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta as in his other sermons

The Ten Assignments for all Meditators

The Ten Homework Assignments for Meditation Practitioners To improve our meditation experience, we must always observe how well we meditate every day.

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 7. Pain [dukkha dukkha]

The Buddha characterized this sort of suffering as that which makes the mind depressed and dejected

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 11. Separation from loved ones and treasured things

If we are someone who wishes for fulfillment by the sense-pleasures and habitually partake of those sense-pleasures

1. The Parent-Child Relationship # 1

The first and most important factor in influencing social development is the quality of the relationship between parents and their children

1.The Parent-Child Relationship # 4

Having them taught the arts and sciences: Education is the gateway to knowledge and wisdom for a child

Social-Disaster

Recall the Four Target Character Traits which will assist a person in absorbing the Positive Core Values necessary for reforming human nature and the quality of society, namely

Underlying Objective of Dividing Society into Six Sectors

No-one in the world is perfect. Therefore we must know how to interact with the different social groups around us in order to pick up the positive core values we lack from them

First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections

At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]

Noone can prosper in a social vacuum

…he regarded the people around us as an important factor contributing to one’s prosperity or deterioration. Working alone, one cannot be successful