Tips on how to Recognize a Fool:

Sometimes it can be quiet hard to recognize a fool, as on the surface they may seem just like us, they seem okay, they have a crowd of friends, families and go to school or work

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

Building Good Foundations for Life

“A salesman makes profit because of a good location, capital and good administration

Looking for a Sympathetic Friend

A sympathetic friend possesses admirable characteristics far different from the one who leads you down the road to ruin

Why Does Effort have to be made to Refine the Mind?

There are various reasons that cause our minds to be clouded. There are both internal and external factors.

The Noble Truth of Suffering :10. Exposure to hateful things

The Buddha characterized this form of suffering as the sort of cloudedness of mind, grief and melancholy which result from cloudedness of mind

The Noble Truth of Suffering : 5. Sorrow [soka dukkha]

The Buddha characterized the suffering of sorrow as afflicting one with burning in the heart as if the mind has list all refreshedness

Overview : 1. The Path of Sensual Indulgence

The path of sensual pleasure [kamasukhallikanuyogal, is to seek for pleasures through the channels of the five outer senses: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and physical contact

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon

Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)

Abstaining from Unwholesomeness # 2

means: being ashamed of unwholesomeness. Even if others don’t see what we are doing, but we bear still witness to our own unwholesome deeds it will cause us to be discontent