Meditation

The Origin of the Singalovada Sutta

Once upon a time, there was young man named Singala who was extremely arrogant. Singala did not listen to his parents’ advice despite the fact they were already enlightened beings-thus he had no idea of right or wrong.

The Avoidance of All Evil.

Absolutely all human beings are sentenced to die. If a prisoner, who is going to be put to death, goes to his/her execution with joy, they would also be accused of insanity.

Primitive Belief

People have to face a mixture of happiness and suffering throughout their lives. It is likely that the proportion of suffering usually exceeds happiness.

Blameless Work.

It sweat does not perspire, it will be trapped and changed into tears. Hence, after being born as a human, a person must work and place his hope in future generations.

Concepts for the instilling of Core Values

All that has been mentioned in the forgoing chapter are virtues which need to be instilled in the hearts of the people destined for self-improvement-because anyone with positive core values has the seeds of growing up into the sort of person for whom society is crying out.

Looking After Our Extended Family.

All trees living together in the woods can live for a long time because each of them helps bump against a storm together.

Having Moral Conduct.

Before knowing what good and bad deeds is, or what merit and sin is, we have to have already performed many bad deeds. Certainly, when bad deeds bear fruit we nust have been affected by what we did.

The Relationship of Core Values to the Eightfold Path

Positive Core Values, or ‘Right View’ as it is called in Buddhism, will motivate one to practise in unhesitating accordance with the teachings of spirituality, our creativity and life assumptions corresponding more and more to the guidelines of the spiritual purity.

Giving Or Charity.

In reference to the uncomplicated and immidiate benefits of giving, these mertorious acts make our faith more firmly rooted and create greater opportunities to acquire more wisdom.

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.

Not Leaving One’s Work Undone.

It’s inevitable for us to avoid our life’s duties since we were bom starting from our duties as children, as brothers, as sisters, as pupils, as people, as husbands, as wives, as parents, as monks, as nuns, as leaders, as slaves, etc.

Cherishing One, s Children.

One day we must grow old and die. What we really need each moment is delight, and exaltation to clear and freshen our minds.

Core Value # 9 : Spontaneously arising beings exist

This ninth form of core value is acceptance of the existence of spontaneously arising beings-beings which arise not because of their parents but as the result of karmic action they have committed themselves in the past.

Cherishing One’s Parents.

When it is time for a tree abundant with water, soil and air to bear fruits but it doesn’t, it eventually must be cut down or destroyed.

Artfulness In Speech

Physical potential is also known as capability. Another ability is known as finesse of speech.

Core Value # 8 : We are endebted to our father

This eighth form of core value indicates that a child acknowledges his or her debt of gratitude to his father. The debt of gratitude a person has tovards their father is the same as that they have towards their mother, i.e,:

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.

Core Value # 7 : We are endebted to our mother

This seventh form of core value indicates that a person acknowledges hos or her debr of gratitude to his mother.

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.

Learning To Be Learned

Our life is surrounded by misery and decay appearing together since our birth, that we are distasteful towards. The things we prefer are happiness and the ability to progress in life.