Archives Dhamma 102
AllChoosing Virtuous Friends and AssociatesEmotional IntelligenceIntegrity in Conduct and the Principles of Wholesome SpeechMerit-Making and Unwholesome KammaMiscellaneousPrinciples of Decision-Making and Mental TrainingPrinciples of Self-Care in Times of Illness and the Preservation of One's PossessionsProfessional Advancement for Both Superiors and SubordinatesRespect and EmpathyThe Art of AdmonishmentThe Benefits of Propagating BuddhismThe Development of Good HabitsThe Development of Knowledge Alongside VirtueThe Resolute Cultivation of Wholesome ConductThe Role of the Family as a Kalyāṇamitta (Virtuous Friend) Toward Children
The Most Magnanimous Investors in The World
If one were to compare one’s parents to investors, they can easily be regarded as the world’s most magnanimous investors. Not only do parents barely glance over the amount of money they’ve put in, unlike regular investors, they do not…
Don’t Argue Before Bed
Before, our elders would follow this teaching: talk about good news in the morning to lift the spirits. If there was anything serious that needed to be addressed, it should also be addressed in the morning. This is because after…
Good Role Models Are Essential for Future Generations
Children are like clean white cloth — they need examples and role models to guide how they think, speak, and act. Whatever reaches them first, whether good or bad, will be absorbed and taken as their standard. Therefore, if children…
Children Who Do Not Help Each Other Do Their Chores Means That They Do Not Love Each Other
Let’s say that it’s our children’s responsibility to do the dishes, but when it comes time to do them, there’s no one to be found. Even when it comes to simply doing dishes, they fail to help each other. Whatever…
The Qualifications of a Teacher
Three Qualifications of a Teacher 1. Wisdom 2. Compassion, in order inspire us to share our wisdom with our disciples 3. Being without reservations, that is, having no conditions or expectations for any gain Whether lecturing, teaching, or training any…
Using Hospitality to Show Your Children What a Role Model Looks Like
Since I was a child, whenever my father received guests, he would welcome them with water regardless of whether their character was good or bad. If he had his true friends or family over, he would also welcome me to…
Respect as the Path to Goodness
The Lord Buddha offered us a teaching on the accumulation of merit, concerning the matter of respect. The Lord Buddha pointed out that reverence is a source of great merit, for wherever reverence arises within a person, it is a…
Humility and non-conceit
The saying that the body should be likened to a doormat refers to the simple fact that an ordinary doormat, when someone wipes their dirty feet upon it, never complains — not once. No doormat in any household has ever…
Grudges in This Life — Carried Free of Charge into the Next
Whoever has a relative, a friend, or a descendant come to sincerely apologize, and yet refuses to grant forgiveness — harboring resentment and holding a grudge — will find that across however many lifetimes they are reborn, upon meeting that…
