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🧑🤝🧑 20 days 20 Qualities
Patience
The ability to let go of something in order to avoid defilements and problems
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- When we get into arguments about things that are not useful
- Letting go of material things when problems occur through them
- Not letting disagreements ruin friendships
- Letting go of doing things we like to do for someone else
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Makes us someone who is very pleasing to associate with
- Using pleasant words avoids us from using bad word
- Anger is well-maintained
- Creates harmony with the people around us
📚 What are we going to learn?
- God Sakka against a yakkha
- Magga Manavaka
- Bath-balaya’s story
Giving
The ability to let go of something in order to avoid defilements and problems
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- When we get into arguments about things that are not useful
- Letting go of material things when problems occur through them
- Not letting disagreements ruin friendships
- Letting go of doing things we like to do for someone else
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Makes us someone who is very pleasing to associate with
- Using pleasant words avoids us from using bad word
- Anger is well-maintained
- Creates harmony with the people around us
📚 What are we going to learn?
- God Sakka against a yakkha
- Magga Manavaka
- Bath-balaya’s story
Letting Go
The ability to let go of something in order to avoid defilements and problems
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- When we get into arguments about things that are not useful
- Letting go of material things when problems occur through them
- Not letting disagreements ruin friendships
- Letting go of doing things we like to do for someone else
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Makes us someone who is very pleasing to associate with
- Using pleasant words avoids us from using bad word
- Anger is well-maintained
- Creates harmony with the people around us
📚 What are we going to learn?
- God Sakka against a yakkha
- Magga Manavaka
- Bath-balaya’s story
Mindfulness
- The ability to be aware of wholesome and unwholesome states in us
- Like a gatekeeper of a palace who is aware of those who enter and exit
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- By learning and understanding what are wholesome and unwholesome states according to the Buddhas teachings
- Before doing actions with body, speech and mind, consider whether they are good or bad
- Reflect often that I’m a virtuous disciple of the Buddha
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Can avoid doing bad actions and live a virtuous life even among immoral people
- Helps meditation practice and achiving Samadhi
- Helps improve memory power and other wholesome qualities
- Helps maintain an unconfused mind even at the last moment of life
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Ambalattika Rahulovada Sutta (Advice to novice monk Rahula)
- Digiti Kosala Jataka
The Foundation of Mindfulness – Part 1 | What is a Gatekeeper to a Mind?
The Foundation of Mindfulness – Part 2 | About a Wonderful Place to Live
The Foundation of Mindfulness – Part 3 | How to Strive for Mindfulness
Pleasant Speech
- The quality of speaking pleasing and kind words to others
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Understanding the downsides of harsh words and the benefits of pleasant words
- Taking oneself, for example, think “If others talk to me in harsh words, how would I feel?”
- Understanding the underlying defilements in harsh words and the underlying wholesome states in pleasant words
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- We will be dear to many and will make many friends
- Will help maintain a peaceful and happy environment
- Defilements like hatred in people’s minds will not be aroused.
- Others will be happy to offer us help when we are in need
- We will be able to maintain a peaceful state of mind throughout life
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Nandivisala Jathakaya
- God Sakka’s Throne
Loving Kindness
- Having non-hatred and kindness towards all living beings
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Make sure that nobody will be affected negatively by our actions
- When we get angry, think that the Buddha eradicated anger
- Think about the danger of hatred. if I die when my mind is affected by hatred, I will be reborn in a bad destination
- Practice Loving-kindness meditation every day
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- If one lets go of hatred completely the Buddha guarantees that they will become Anagami (Non-Returner)
- Have a peaceful mind
- Abstains us from using bad speech
- Peaceful sleeping
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Mettanisansa sutta
- Uthara’s katha
- Satha sooriya… sutta
- Karaniya metta sutta
Compassion
- The ability to feel others” pain and have empathy towards them
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Stopping what you are doing when you someone else is effected negatively
- Being careful with your words in a way where you don’t hurt others
- Remembering when you have been hurt in the past, to make sure you don’t do the same to others
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Our quality brings out the qualities of others
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Rajovada Jataka (#151)
Non Jealousy
- The ability to be happy about and rejoice in others’ gains
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Understand that jealousy makes our lives impure and non-jealousy is noble
- When others improve in material and spiritual gains, be happy for them
- Always be content with what you have and do not compare what you have with others
- Share what you have with others and try to be happy when others are benefited by your giving
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Non-jealousy helps us abandon discontent and live a happy life with what we have
- The spiritual happiness in ones mind will not be affected by the external world
- We will be dear to our friends and they will trust us
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Chula kammavibhanga sutta(results of jealousy)
- Devadatta’s jealousy
- Yashodara’s rejoicing
- Nanda Jataka (#39)
- Losaka Kataka (#41)
- Dummedha Jataka (#122)
Neutral (Equanimity)
- The ability to be tranquil and composed when we face ups and downs in life
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Not jumping into emotional states immediately when problems occur.
- Not being overly elated when gaining things.
- Which doesn’t overly break you down when that thing is lost
- Not having huge aspirations for things that are unrealistic
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- One can always maintain a still mind in every situation
- The calmness helps us make better decisions
- Helps create the environment for other qualities
- Practicing “Brahma Viharana” leads to rebirth in heavenly worlds
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Nanda-matha’s 7 qualities
- Bandula Senevi’s Wife
- Upekha Paramathi
Harmony
- The ability to keep the peace between the people we associate with through conflict
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Not letting arguments hurt friendships
- Agreeing to unanimous decisions prudently
- Avoiding talking about topics that make certain people uncomfortable
- Not bringing up old issues once they are already finished
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Maintains long-term friendships
- Creates the environment for self and group developments
- Creates trust between others
- Having a trustworthy group of people around you allows great development
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Nakula Jataka (#165)
Reverential Salutations
- Paying Respect to those who are worthy of reverential salutations like the Buddha and Sangha
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Do Buddha vandana daily
- Understand the meaning of worshiping the Stupas, Bodhi trees, and Buddha images
- Worship your parents before leaving for shool
- Worship the Sangha by reciting the Okasa Vandami Bhante verse
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Cula kamma vibhanga sutta
- Kakantaka Jataka (#170)
- Tittira Jataka 37
Gratefulness
- Knowing and remembering the good that others have done for you (big or small)
- This quality is the foundation that opens to door to understanding the Dhamma
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Saying Thank you or giving merit to every small thing that is done to you
- Knowing that you are forever in debt to your parents
- Not hurting those who have done good to you
- Being respectful to those who have taught us things (teachers, monks, etc)
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Silavimamsana Jataka (#86)
- 12 Akatannu Jataka (#90)
Non Selfishness
- The quality of thinking of others and working for the benefit of all instead of working for one’s own benefit
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Sharing what we own with those in need
- When we use public resources we should always think about the next person to use it
- When using a resource to satisfy our needs leaves another with a shortage, we should take only a little so that others will have enough
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Kuhaka Jataka (#89)
- Suvannahamsa Jataka (#136)
Concentration
- The ability to keep our mind focussed on a wholesome thought for a long period of time
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Practice daily meditation
- Avoid things, people and situations that will disturb and distract your mind
- Reduce the use of smart phones, watching entertainment such as cartoons that will distract your minds
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- N/A
Non Addiction
- The ability to let go of bad habits so that our minds will not be obsessed with continuing that habit
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Understand the downsides of being addicted to a bad habit like wasting of time, money and energy etc.
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- You will be able to use your time, money and energy effectively
- The chance of associating with bad friends will be lessened
- You will be able to develop higher spiritual qualities
📚 What are we going to learn?
- 15 Sigala Jataka (#148)
Book Reading
- Reading Dhamma Books to enhance our knowledge on the Dhamma
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- N/A
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Mahilamukha Jataka (#26)
- Sakuna Jataka (#36)
Time Management
- Ability to do the right thing at the right time
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Have a daily or a weekly schedule so that it will be easy to manage your day-to-day activities
- Plan your future and sort out your priorities
- Take advantage of rare opportunities being heedful
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- N/A
Organization
- Organise your tasks and the environment you live in to avoid unwanted troubles
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- N/A
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- N/A
Understanding dangers of demirt
- N/A
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- N/A
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- N/A
📚 What are we going to learn?
- N/A
Confidence in Buddha
- Having faith, trust and confidence in the Buddha and his dispensation by properly learning the Dhamma
🧘♂️ How can we practice it?
- Do Buddha Vandana daily
- Visit the monastery regularly
- Listen to Dhamma sermons
- Read and understand Suttas
🤝 What are the benefits of practising?
- Will help you to suppress your unwholsome thoughts
- You’ll be able to practice higher virtue and improve meditation
- You will be self encouraged to practice the Dhamma
📚 What are we going to learn?
- Buddhanussati