Creating the virtuous society for which the world awaits The kind of Society the World Awaits
In this chapter we will not only meet the word’ Good Friend’ [kalyanamitra] in addition to the ‘True Friend’
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Blameless Work (1)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Eighteen :- Blameless Work.
Social Disaster : 4. The Relationship between Friends
If a person does not cherish his or her friends according to the duties described in the Six Directions, the harm that will come to them can be concluded on three levels
Mechanism # 4 : Practising our Dutise in the Six Directions & Conserving the Environment
When talking of our environment, the Lord Buddha meant both the people that surround us and the natural environment that surrounds us:
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Looking After One's Extended Family (3)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Seventeen :- Looking After One's Extended Family.
Global Warming or Climate Change
The Global Warming has been caused from people making more Carbon dioxide such as from the fuel burning, transportation, and production in the industrial factories
Conclusions
Our Human Environment in the Six Directions includes those who are the most influential in our lives
Target Character Trait # 4 : Responsibility towards the Environment
Having responsibility towards the environment means having responsibility both towards the natural environment (by conservation) and our immediate human environment (by performing our duties towards the ‘ six directions’ discussed earlier).
Filtering Out False Friends
The majority of people around the world from the Lord Buddha’s time until now have been under the misconception that success and failure in life depend mainly on the environment around them.
Self-Discipline in allocating one’s earnings
The Lord Buddha not only taught scrupulous ethics for earning a living, but also how earnings should be allocated so that one can live without financial problems
