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discontentment with 133; in 
everyday life 363-6; practising 365-
6; practising the 357-70 
breadth, knowledge in 108 
breaking precepts, because of lack 
of 
wise ones 46; effort invested in 124; 
ingratitude of 124 
bribery 217 
bright side, looking on the 306-7 
brightness; in mind 105; 
self-discipline 
leads to 120 
broken families 168 
brothels, frequenting 94; running 
216 
brothers, object of respect 258 
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brushing-off of discretion 28 
brush-off, giving others is the 
source of 
stubbornness 315 
Buddha images, anointing as sign of 
respect 256-7; respecting 256 
Buddha, as object of respect 256-7; 
encountered vicissitudes 398; faith 
in 
existence of 93; gift to 191; inspires 
practitioners not to backslide 283; 
recollection of when bowing 54; 
three 
worthy qualities of 55; worthy of 
respect 54-5; more numerous than 
grains of sand in the ocean 388 
Buddhism; founded on correct 
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speech 
131; heart of 246; perpetuated by 
discipline of monks 127 
Buddhist duty to support religion 
191-
2 
budget, family 192 
burned out, feeling 403 
burning money, at chinese funerals 
174 
business, reinvesting in 192 
businessman's view of profit in life 
27 
businessmen, amenable location for 
67 
butchery 216 
C 
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cabaret 114; eight precepts prohibits 
watching 126 
calibrating discretion 27 
callous answering, source of 
stubbornness 315-6 
candles, as a token of respect 58; as 
428 A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps 
towards Enlightened Living 
suitable gift 188 
cane sugar, consumption allowed 
after 
midday 125 
capital punishment, humanest 125 
capital, working 192 
career setback, because of family 
problems 139 
careful, non-recklessness more than 
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246 
carefulness 247 
casinos 217 
caste system 263 
catalyst, mindfulness as 248 
catalysts, the four 85-6 
catastrophe in student-teacher 
relationship 107 
Catholic way of purification 197 
causes, analytic insight into 423 
caution when associating with fools 
32 
celebrities, as role models 51 
celibacy 357, 367; idealized in 
Buddhism 165; practising 367; 
preferable to remarriage for widow 
367; vs. marriage 165-6; 
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centre of body 229, 230 
centring mind, to let go of 
attachments 
189 
cessation of suffering, the noble 
truth 
of 376 
chambers of a millionaire's heart, 
four 
40 
champions, restraint from talk of 
336 
changing continuously, nature of 
mind 
234 
chanting 81; beneficial even if 
meaning 
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not known 297; books 57; daily 
308, 
323; every evening 87; persuading 
spouse to practice 173-4; together in 
family 73 
character deterioration 228; 
developing 
83; strengthening one's 197; 
weaknesses of 197 
charisma, character of true monk 
323 
charnel-ground dweller's practice 
351 
chastity 357 
chatted up, being 367 
chatter; idle 129, 132, 200; not 
succumbing because non-drinker 
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236; near pagoda 257 
cherishing one's spouse, damage of 
not 
167-8 
cherishing; one's parents 141-51, 
400; 
rationale 141 
child and parent, reciprocal 
relationship between 147-8 
child, development of respect in 
255; 
parental duty to instil with virtue 73 
child's debt of gratitude to parents 
143-
5 
childbirth, suffering of undergoing 
373; 
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unnatural 373 
childhood, loss of self-sufficiency 
207 
childishness, avoiding 106 
children sensitive to parental 
example 
33; abused 147-8; care for parents 
with filial piety 142; have parents as 
role model 51; should listen to 
parents in dhamma conversation 
338; violence in front of one's 167 
China, vengeance across 
generations 
264 
choicest rice, given to monks on 
alms 
188 
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chores, helping parents with daily 
chores 146 
Christian charity vs. buddhist 
generosity 186 
Christianity, rebirth in early 362 
chronic false view, because of lack 
of 
wise ones 46 
church, financed by state 191 
circumstances, catalytic 86, 96 
cities, restraint from talk of 336 
civilization, depends on unifying 
vision 
254 
claims to spiritual attainments, 
punishable by disrobing 127 
clarifying congregation's 
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understanding, 
duty of monks 55 
clean gift 189 
clean slate at birth 77 
cleansing the mind, function of 
merit 
82 
climate, not extreme 66, 68 
close family 206 
cloth, as suitable gift 188; result of 
giving 193; as a token of respect 58 
clothes, overcoming choosiness 
about 
349-50; restraint from talk of 336 
clothing, as suitable gift 188; 
honouring 
parents with gift of 146; result of 
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giving 193 
clouded mind, unwholesomeness at 
mind level 227 
clumsiness, unwholesomeness at 
personality level 228 
Cobain, unworthy role model 51 
collective merit 85 
colonization, vulnerability to 263 
combat, suffering of wounds in 373 
comfort zone, dhamma doesn't 
allow us 
to protect 331 
common sense about the world 27; 
giving way to emotions 348 
communal, gift 186 
companions, associating with evil 
94 
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comparison of different groups 412 
compassion 120, 148, 199; as true 
love 
403; basis of wholesome speech 
134; 
dhamma taught on the basis of 333; 
recollecting the Buddha's when 
bowing 54; teaching out of 294; 
worthy quality of the Buddha 55 
compassionate intention, giving out 
of 
193 
compatibility, virtues of 170 
competing to be born 286 
competition, avoiding 274; reduced 
by 
contentment 270 
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complacency 263, 265 
complaints, tolerating parent's 146 
complete in themselves, everyone 
165 
complexion, radiant 84; result from 
giving 193 
compliments, thanking others for 
265 
compromising yourself, when 
giving a 
sermon 294 
conceit 416, 413; overcome by 
associating with good friends 417; 
overcome by avoiding flatterers 
417; 
overcome by checking oneself for 
false views 417; overcome by 
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humility 417; overcome by not 
comparing oneself to others 417 
concentration, right 245; talk about 
135; worthy subject of dhamma 
debate 336 
concern for the object of respect 59 
condemnation, unwholesomeness at 
lifestyle level 228 
conditional: help for extended 
family 
206; love, repaying debt of 286 
conditioned versus non-conditioned 
phenomena 389 
confession: as a way of purification 
197; 
role in Buddhism 198; rules 
entailing 
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127 
confidence 41, 71, 92 
confiding friend 43 
conflict: giving without 193; in 
proportion to community size 305; 
patience in the face of 303 
congratulation, leading to influence 
85 
conscience: awareness of builds 
patience 306; inaccuracy 37; 
protects 
Blessing Thirty-Eight: The Blissful 
Mind 429 
human dignity 199 
conscientiousness in responsibilities 
172 
consequences, analytic insight into 
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423 
consideration: loss of in 
development of 
greed 275; wise 247 
consistency 45: of a relationship 
171; 
to duty 209 
constant friend 43 
Constantine the great 362 
contact with someone 
knowledgeable 
107 
contagious misapprehension, fools 
as 
bearers of 29 
contagiousness of habits 28 
contentment 269-80: to be alone 
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271; 
to do nothing 271; with one's 
spouse 
166, 199, 366, 417; with what you 
get 
272; cultivating 276-7; defined 271; 
for monks 324; misunderstood 271; 
monks displaying lack of 325; talk 
about 135; types 271-3; with what is 
appropriate 272-3; with what you 
already have 271-2; worthy subject 
of dhamma debate 336 
continued application of mind 356 
contraception, not prohibited by 
buddhism 166 
control, of distance in relationships 
178; 
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resentment of 177-8 
conventional aggregates 381 
conversing on the Dhamma 326; on 
worldly subjects, monks 325 
Conze, Edward 390 
cooling, self-discipline leads to 121 
cooperation, maximized by 
contentment 270 
core virtues 92 
corruption 128, 197, 201, 217: at 
high 
level, because of lack of wise ones 
47; 
because of lack of wise ones 46; in 
the 
name of gratitude 287 
cosmetics, eight precepts prohibits 
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wearing 126 
cosmology, as Buddhist 
metaphysical 
teaching 386 
cottage garden, available 66, 69 
counsellor, character of good friend 
336 
courteousness, makes a family 
worthy 
of help 210 
courting, distraction to work 179 
cousins as extended family 206 
covetousness 129: defilement of 
physical body 356 
craftsmanship, artful use 119 
craving 375 
crawling animal, next-lifetime 
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