The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty :- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.

Code of Good Conduct #1

A sword without a scabbard or a hand-grenade without a safety catch can bring as more danger as benefit to the user because there is no way of controlling them

Code of Good Conduct #2

Precepts refer to the regularity and normality of what humans should do. They are the basic disciplines in the Dhamma and distinguish humans from animals

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Blameless Work (2)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Eighteen :- Blameless Work.

1. The Parent-Child Relationship # 1

The first and most important factor in influencing social development is the quality of the relationship between parents and their children

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Dhamma Practice (3)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Sixteen :- Dhamma Practice.

The kalyanamitra Home

The word ‘kalyanamitra’ means good friend. A good friend must have all the Seven Characteristics described previously

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Not Leaving one's Work Undone (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Fourteen :- Not Leaving one''s Work Undone.

The Discipline of the Enlightened Ones

“(I count amongst my) noble disciples those who have the self-discipline to refrain from the Four Defilements of Action, who restrain themselves from the Four Forms of Bias and who do not indulge in the Six Directions…”

Core Value # 10: Wise enlightened ones exist

If someone whose mind has been illuminated by a proper understanding of the nine previous sorts of core value has the chance to meet up with a wise ‘good friend ‘ [kalyanamitta], they will appreciate how the level of illumination in their ownn mind has increased as the result of behaviour.