The Meaning of a True Friend
In the previous chapter we defined the meaning of ‘friends’ as those in whom we invest time, energy and respurces for example, someone with whom we associate regularly, working together or at least in the same place. In fact, such a definition is only a small part of a much wider scope of meaning covered by the word ‘friend’
False Friendship 4: The One Who Leads You Down the Road to Ruin
Basically, the one who leads you down the road to ruin likes persuading you to do bad, unnecessary, or useless things.
What do we mean when we say ‘Associating or Mixing with a Fool’?
It can mean spending time with them at school, at work, when studying, as friends, in chat rooms, by texts
A Person Who is wise:
Is grateful to those who have helped them in the past.
Endurance.
“khanti” means Endurance, referring to maintaining our normal condition of mind and body when affected with something unpleasant or dissatisfying.
Good Friends Should...
Giving and forgiving is a key to making friendships and making relationships. There should be no resentment of any mistakes or misunderstandings occur in relationships.
Artfulness In conduct
A sharpened knife without a sheath or a dangerous bomb without a safety bolt: they could be equally advantageous or disadvantageous depending, because of their lack of a controlling mechanism.
Underlying Objective of Dividing Society into Six Sectors
No-one in the world is perfect. Therefore we must know how to interact with the different social groups around us in order to pick up the positive core values we lack from them
Associating with Bad Friends
Bad friends lead us to bad lives. And many bad lives lead to irresponsible behavior, and irresponsibility often ruins the ethical economy in our society.
The Ten Ways to accrue Merits can be summarized into Three Simple Ways
Generosity helps to dissolves our stinginess, or our unwillingness to help others
