A Mind Invulnerable to Worldly Vicissitudes
The mind that is afraid or disappointed by Worldly Vicissitudes is worrisome that is might encounter something unpleasant or something that it is afraid of
Who is a Fool?
A fool is someone who believes their misdeeds or bad actions are okay and right, when in truth they are negative and wrong
The ways to Recognize a Wise person:
A wise person will behave in the following ways: 1. They will support others to do the right thing and encourage them to reject negative habits e.g. smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs and stealing
Commentorial Metaphors: Indulgence in sensual pleasures:
A pig content to wallow in dung: Indulging in sensual pleasures is rather like a pig, which spends all its life wallowing in the warm mud and dung of its pigsty because it thinks that this is the ultimate happiness.
Establishing Oneself Properly
A merchant can be wealthy be wealthy because of acquiring a favorable. Location, making sound investments and demonstrating good management.
Artfulness In The Application of Knowledge.
The benefits we will get from planting apple trees depend o their productiveness. At the first period of planting called the pre-pro-ductivity stage, the apple trees have only trunks, branches and leaves.
The Four Noble Truths
The Artistry Behind Preaching the Four Noble Truths In the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta as in his other sermons
Contentment.
A hungry dog had only gruel enough for seven days. On the 8 th day he wanted to eat rice. He then had rice for seven days.
Mixing with Fools, Just isn’t Cool!!
People have different ideas about right and wrong. Some think that different opinions on right and wrong mean there is no final answer to the sort of behaviour we should try to have in life
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta for Pursuers of Perfection # 1
In this Appendix we delve al little deeper into the meaning of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta. The Dhaamacakkapavattana Sutta itself is a very brief teaching because it serves merely as a reminder to listeners who were already well versed in the materials covered