Cleanliness alone is not enough. When children are allowed to remain dirty and unkempt, they fail to develop true self-love — they treat themselves as no more than dolls. They cannot take care of the clothes they have been given, and from there, they lose the ability to love their siblings. They then become unable to love their parents, aunts, uncles, and other relatives. Do not underestimate the matter of not knowing how to keep oneself clean — its consequences can spread this far.
Record of a Dhamma Teaching at Catumaharajika Pavilion 18 January B.E. 2559 (2016)
