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defilements concluded as 416 
field of merit, parents as a child's 
first 
148 
fifth group of blessings 183 
fifth precept 124 
fighting: not suitable for monk 322; 
when insulted, not 307 
filial piety 141: but doesn't listen to 
parents' advice 284; children take 
care of parents with 142; 
fundamental of virtues 142; helps 
meditation progress 142 
financial: independence 104; 
support 
withheld 60 
finding fault, avoiding 48 
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fire, should never underestimate a 
small 295 
first absorption, prince Siddhartha's 
attainment of 358 
first blessing, importance of 27 
first precept 123 
fishermen, amenable location for 67 
fishing 128 
five precepts 120, 121-2, 245: 
components 122-4; protects from 
the 
unfortunate realms 360; reduces 
antisocial behaviours 405; vs. eight 
precepts 125 
five virtues [paticadhamma] 120: 
cultivating 199-200; indicator of 
ethical work 215 
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flattery 31: avoiding 265 
flesh, dealing in 216 
flexibility of mind, function of merit 
to 
bring 82 
flowers: as a token of respect 58; as 
suitable gift 188; restraint from talk 
of 336 
fluctuations of mind, daily 38-9 
followers, measure of a person's 
worth 
262 
food supply, good all year round 66, 
68 
food: amenable 66, 67, 68-9; as 
suitable 
gift 188; for the body 178; for the 
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mind 178; greed for 275; restraint 
from talk of 336; result of giving 
193; 
self-sufficient 66, 69 
fools 29: avoiding the influence of 
31-2; 
bearers of contagious 
misapprehension 29; behaviour 
towards others 31; caution when 
associating with 32; deeper meaning 
of not associating with 295; 
feebleness of 29; identified by 
words 
& actions 30; in the outside world 
33; 
inside 33; knowing your potential 
when associating with 32; 
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knowledge 
dangerous to 105-6; misunderstand 
profit in life 42; not associating with 
27-35; not worthy of respect 57; 
protecting ourselves from 29; 
putting 
in quarantine 31; reappearing 
because of lack of patience 301; 
recognizing 29-31; unrecognizable 
by 
external appearances 30; varieties of 
33; vs. wise man 37-9; worthy role 
model distances one from 52 
forest-dweller's practice 350-1 
Blessing Thirty-Eight: The Blissful 
Mind 433 
forfeiture & confession, rules 
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entailing 
127 
forgery 217 
forgetting favours received 284 
forgetting good deeds, respect as 
way 
to avoid 53 
forgiveness 41-2, 80, 186: result of 
193 
form realms, attachment to the 380 
form sphere 356, 360: happiness of 
363 
form-absorption 356 
formation of discretion 27-8 
form-brahma body 356, 378, 379 
formless realms, attachment to the 
380 
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formless sphere 356, 360: happiness 
of 
363 
formless-brahma body 356, 378, 
379 
formless-plane of mind 358: Prince 
Siddhartha's attainment of 358 
formless-pleasure, craving for 375-6 
form-plane of mind 358: Prince 
Siddhartha's attainment of 358 
form-pleasure, craving for 375 
fortune-tellers, cause prevarication 
179 
fortune-telling: pseudo-science of 
statistics 128; unsuitable for monks 
128, 323, 325 
four bases of sympathy, as Buddhist 
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teaching for practice 386 
four chambers of a millionaire's 
heart 
40 
four foundations of success 180: as 
buddhist teaching for practice 386 
four virtues of the householder 192 
fourth group of blessings 139 
fourth precept 124 
fraud 197 
free, mark of inner-based happiness 
274 
frequenting games & shows 31 
frequently meeting up with a wise 
one 
44 
friend: being someone others feel 
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privileged to call a 197; constant 43; 
giving as a 188; helpful 43; of wise 
counsel 43; protective 43; spouse 
like 
a 169; sympathetic 43; who gives 
more than is asked 43; who is a 
refuge 43 
friends as extended family 206; 
budget 
for generosity to 192; formative 
influence on discretion 333; 
measure 
of a person's worth 262 
friendship, destruction by alcohol 
235; 
result of encouraging others to 
make 
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merit 84; wise one's 43-4 
fruits of having practised until 
reaching 
an end of defilements 393 
fuel, as suitable gift 188 
fulfilment, result from giving 193; 
mark 
of inner-based happiness 274 
fun of the Dhamma, not making 257 
function in society, knowing one's 
270 
funds, shortage of 207 
funeral, helping extended family 
who 
have a 208; real purpose 406 
future, brightness depends on 
discretion 51 
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G 
gains, not teaching out of 
motivation 
for 294 
gambling 31, 94, 107: distraction to 
work 179; monks encouraging 325 
games: frequenting 31; unsuitable 
for 
monks 325 
Ganges, sacrificial bathing in 198 
gang-fighting 103, 265 
garden, cottage 66, 69 
gardening, physical skilfulness 114 
garlands, restraint from talk of 336 
gene, selfish 142 
generosity 40, 41, 45, 79, 
80,185-196, 
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199, 365: abstract 186; basic virtue 
185-6; benefit of not drinking 236; 
categories 186; concrete 186; 
cultivating 187-90; defined 186; 
degree of 192; encouraging parents 
towards 147; in ten virtues of a ruler 
201; leading to wealth 85; mark of 
personal potential 270; on a daily 
basis 248; overcomes greed 349; 
perfection of 190; persuading 
spouse 
to practice 173; reasons for 186-7; 
respect for 186; to cultivate 
contentment 276-7; vs. christian 
charity 186 
genetically identical twins 77 
gentle: speech 265; teaching 333 
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gentleness, in ten virtues of a ruler 
201 
gesture of respect 58 
gestures, exaggerated 257 
getting around to doing work 179 
getting closer to fools 31 
ghost-stories, restraint from talk of 
336 
gift of wellbeing, catalytic 86 
gift: appropriate 188; benefit to 
recipient 80; communal 186; 
dedication of merit from 189; 
exclusivity of 186; nature of 188-9; 
personal 186; pure 190; quality of 
186; quality of 188; to a saint 190 
gifts: homage through 54; wives 
should 
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be given 172 
ginger, consumption allowed after 
midday 125 
giver, pure 190 
giving: a discourse on the dhamma 
81; 
for giving's sake 187; more than is 
asked, friend that 43; resources 171, 
208, things to fools 33; to those who 
give to us 173; appropriate amount 
191; importance of 185-6; nothing 
to 
those who give us nothing 173; 
results of 192; 
giving up frivolous behaviour, to 
overcome sensuality 417 
globalization, blessings of life cope 
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with 
20 
Gnostics 362 
GNP, misleading as economic 
indicator 
276 
god, blaming 375 
gold & silver, not handling 122 
good & evil: ability to discriminate 
25; 
average person between the 
extremes of 39 
good actions, non-recklessness 
reminds 
us to do 246 
good conduct, makes a family 
worthy 
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of help 210 
good deeds: assisting others to 80; 
continuing even when insulted 307; 
having done in one's past 77-89; 
mindfulness of doing 258; 
performing 
continuously 32 
good fortune, congratulating others 
on 
their 44 
good friends: associating with 40; 
characteristics of 336 
good health, from not torturing 
animals 
84 
good qualities, identifying in others 
254 
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good, self-discipline leads to 120 
goodness: comes as part of the 
exemplifier 25; doesn't come 
unpackaged 25 
goodwill of critics, appreciating 313 
goody-goody, reluctance to be 177 
go-slows 219 
gossip: as worldly vicissitude 396; 
avoiding 200; behind back 31; 
malicious 129; not succumbing 
because non-drinker 236; not 
suitable for monk 323; restraint 
from 
434 A Manual of Peace: 38 Steps 
towards Enlightened Living 
talk of 336 
Gottman, John 170 
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government, just 66, 69 
grace: character of true monk 323; 
physical 83 
gradual removal of defilements 349 
graduates, uselessness of fresh 113 
grandparents as extended family 
206 
grasping: defilement of the 
formbrahma 
body 356; for existence 230; 
for the form realms 414, 413; for 
the 
formless realms 414, 413; for the 
sensual realms 414, 413 
gratitude 40, 281-9: abused as 
corruption 287; appreciating our 
debt 
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of 142; benchmark for judging 
strangers 142; benefit of not 
drinking 
236; bolsters respect 282-3; debt of 
141; debt of in unwholesome 
speech 
132; defined 283; degrees of 283-4; 
developing in everyday life 286-7; 
development in children 286-7; 
expressing facilitates receiving 
criticism 313; for favours received 
281; important factor in cherishing 
parents 141; in the cultivation of 
virtue 282-3; instilling from early 
age 
284, 286-7; makes family worthy of 
help 210; necessity of 142; not 
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employing those who lack 284; not 
helping those who lack 284; objects 
of 284-6; pitfalls 287; setting 
example 
to one's children 142; vs. respect 
284-
5 
Great abbot of Wat Paknam 388, 
423 
Great Seth 362 
greed: defilement of angelic body 
356; 
defilements of 412; overcome by 
being generous 349; overcome by 
contentment 417; overcoming 229; 
removing from the mind 80; slightly 
damaging but long-lived 412; 
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