The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (4)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.

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]

Overview : Introduction

After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhatthe Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara

Target Character Trait # 2 : Responsibility for the human dignity of others

Bias because of desire [chandagati]; results in unjust treatment due to the influence of personal love and pleasure.

Carefulness In All Dhamma.

The nature of a mind is always thinking and wandering. Normally one’s mind is often unconscious and indulges in the five sensual pleasures namely: forms, odors, sounds and tangible objects that usually tempt one to do bad deeds with his/her body, speech and mind.

Summary

Those who wish happiness in this life, the next life and the most happiness so as to extinguish all the defilements to reach Nirvana, have to develop themselves by following the steps to happiness

A Mind Free Of Particles Of Defilements.

A particle means fine dust, which is so small that eyes could hardly see it. It could only be seen when sticking to something clean like a looking glass. In small quantities of particles, we still could not see them

Meeting Monks Often.

Both of them when compared, result in the latter one being a much more exceptional and desirable happiness that nothing could be compared with.

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Generosity (3)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Fifteen :- Generosity.

Core Value # 9 : Spontaneously arising beings exist

This ninth form of core value is acceptance of the existence of spontaneously arising beings-beings which arise not because of their parents but as the result of karmic action they have committed themselves in the past.