1.The Parent-Child Relationship # 4
Having them taught the arts and sciences: Education is the gateway to knowledge and wisdom for a child
1.The Parent-Child Relationship # 5
Arranging for their marriage to a suitable apouse: As if giving all manner of basic needs and education is not enough, children even expect parents to give approval (or otherwise) when in doubt about who to marry
Social Disaster : 3. The Husband-Wife Relationship
With or without divorce, the consequences of marital neglect are far-reaching. If a husband and wife do not cherish one another according to the advice of the Buddha
1.The Parent-Child Relationship # 6
Passing on their heritage to them in due course: In non-Buddhist countries, where social values dictate that sons and daughters shouldn’t expect to look after their parents in their old age
Social Disaster : 1. The Parent-Child Relationship
The catastrophe brought to society by parental neglect can be enlarged ad follows: Loss of Respect for One’s own Human Dignity
Social Disaster : 4. The Relationship between Friends
If a person does not cherish his or her friends according to the duties described in the Six Directions, the harm that will come to them can be concluded on three levels
1.The Parent-Child Relationship # 3
Training them in virtue: The first ‘good friends’ to each and every one of us in the world are our parents or guardians. As such
Making Things Practical.
Each direction in the six directions serves as a good environment. Within each relationship, we learn from each other through our actions. Our mind is the most powerful thing.
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.
Social Disaster : 2.The Student Teacher Relationship
The ideal student is someone who never ties of learning new things either about worldly or spiritual matters. It is not enough just to be curious-to learn in depth
