Meditation

A Person Should Cherish His Friends

The northern direction, or the left-hand direction, represents the relationships we have with others as a result of friendship i.e. our friends – but this also extends to more distant acquaintances that affect our lives and resources.

A Wife Should Cherish Her Husband

A wife should keep in mind that a husband wants support. Similar to her own needs for support, a wife needs to do these things because of the same reasons in the previous chapter.

Husband Should Cherish His Wife

The western direction, or the direction behind us, represents the relationships we have with others as a result of marrying them i.e. our spouse.

Teachers Should Make Sure...

Teachers need to keep in mind that we are important role models for children in our society. If we are good role models, children will look at us, follow us, and respect us.

A Student Should Minister to His Teachers

The southern direction, or the right hand direction, represents the relationships we have with our teachers as a result of their giving us education and training.

Parents Should Cherish Children

I believe that many parents always want to cherish their children. No matter how good or how bad they are, they are your own flesh and blood. They actually are pure when they are born.

Child Should Minister to His Parents

The direction in front of us represents the relationships the relationships we have with others as a result of their giving birth to us, i.e. our parents.

Our Relationships: Six Directions

Everyone knows that all are in the same cycle of existence (birth, oldage, sickness, and death). Even if we are strangers, we are friends in the same world.

Looking for a Sympathetic Friend

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

Looking for a Friend of Wise Counsel

I believe that we still can find a lot of friends like this in our society. That means the world is not too bad. However. “not too dad” does not mean it is all good.

Looking for a Constant Friend

How lucky we are, if we can have a friend like this, or we can behave in these ways toward our friends. We are impressed by these characteristics.

Looking for a Helpful Friend

I am sure that we may practice any of these actions with our friends when the time comes. Whoever behaves in these ways is admirable.

The Best Catalyst of Creation is Good Friends

Good friends usually lead us in the right directions. They prefer only thoughts, words, and actions that benefit their lives and others. Whatever is right and appropriate they know how to do.

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.

False Friendship 3: The Flatterer

Many times we might behave like that without knowing how evil we are. These poor behaviors certainly can cause us worry because nobody thinks that we are sincere in the long run.

False Friendship 2: The Man of Empty Promises

We may wonder what behaviors are performed by the man of empty promises.

False Friendship 1: A Selfish Person

We may wonder what behaviors are meant when one is selfish.

The Easiest Cause of Ruin is Following False Friends

When I was in high school, there was a semester when I spent time with friends who felt that smoking was fine, skipping classes was fun, going to bars or night clubs was great (we were younger than 18 at that time), and not listening to parents’ advice was cool.

Making Choices to Cooperate, Employ, or Coordinate with Others for Social development, Management, etc.

People who are enthusiastic, patient, and charitable do good things, and therefore these people are the ones with whom we want to cooperate.

Distributing knowledge to Others

There are three forms of knowledge. They are knowledge from memory, wisdom, and brightness from meditation.