Trustworthy Words If you lie, you will not be trusted. If you cannot be trusted, you will be ineffective in your own life and useless to other people. Lies hurt others because they damage their trust and their sense of what is right and wrong. This is a very serious kind of damage; it wastes…
If you keep your practice steady, morning and night, summer and winter, there is nothing you can not do and nothing that can harm you. — Upasakasila Sutra The Importance of Being Steady Laziness and fear of work will get you into trouble no matter where they appear. Laziness is a basic animal tendency that…
Control of the body means that we know when to act, and when not to act and that we know how to behave with moderation.
Greed narrows our vision as it obscures the wealth of wisdom contained in our inherent Buddha nature.
We should always try to see the good in others, not the bad. On the samsaric level of this saha world alone, back-biting and faultfinding are known by most people to be totally counter-productive. Not only does faultfinding produce nothing but anger and mistrust, but the effects of negative speech also create an environment in which it becomes difficult to do anything positive.
When someone benefits us even a little,we should repay them with all our hearts.Even if someone is angry with us,we should always treat them well. — Upasakasila Sutra Gratitude Is Fundamental to Buddhism A natural outgrowth of heartfelt gratitude is the desire to repay others for the kind things they have done for us.…