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symptomology of 275 
grim-reaper 408 
gross unwholesomeness 228-9 
group eight, introduction to 301 
group of blessings, first 25 
groupings of blessings, relationship 
22 
grudge, bearing a 374 
guarding required, mark of 
externalbased 
happiness 274 
guiding a friend in the direction of 
heaven 44 
gullibility 92: makes it too easy to 
accept criticism 314; next-lifetime 
consequence of alcohol 236 
gun-running 217 
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habits: contagious 28, 38; dictate 
future 
behaviour 348; prevarication about 
improving bad 95 
habitual evil-doers, identifying 25 
habitual state of mind, may dictate 
afterlife destination 359 
habituation to unwholesomeness, 
nature of mind 234 
hair-dye, eight precepts prohibits 
wearing 126 
hallucinations, next-lifetime 
consequence of alcohol 236 
handicapped child, risk of sexual 
relations 166 
hands, holding in a gesture of 
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respect 
259 
handsomeness, misuse of 287 
hands-on knowledge 105 
handwriting, messy 115 
hanging out on the street 103 
hankering after impossibilities, 
avoiding 270 
happiness 356: as worldly 
vicissitude 
396; benefit of not drinking 236; 
brought to monastic community by 
discipline 126; dependent on 
external 
factors 273-4; expressing facilitates 
receiving criticism 313; function of 
merit to bring 82; inner 274; of 
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monk, 
spiritually derived 323; result from 
giving 193; self-sufficiency in 274; 
transcendental versus spiritual 371; 
two types 273-4; vs. poverty 273-4 
happy monk, exemplifies virtue 301 
happy society, result of merit 85 
harbouring bias, because of lack of 
wise 
ones 46 
hard times: friend who doesn't 
abandon 
one in 43; helping extended family 
who are in 208; not abandoning a 
friend in 45 
hard to pacify, nature of mind 234 
hardship: patience in the face of 
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305; 
unwholesomeness at social level 
228 
harmonious society, result of merit 
85 
harmony: in family life 139; lacking 
in 
earning livelihood 168; speaking to 
engender 400 
harsh speech 129: avoiding 40 
hatred: bias because of 200; 
defilement 
of angelic body 356; defilement of 
the 
form-brahma body 356; defilements 
of 415; gravely damaging but 
shortlived 
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412; in learning 106 
having done good deeds in one's 
past 
77-89, 96 
having heard much, basis of 
spiritual 
dialogue 331 
health: destruction by alcohol 235; 
drunkenness concerning good 235; 
of 
body & mind 73; result from giving 
193; safeguarding 114; too precious 
for recklessness 244; undermined, 
risk of sexual relations 166; 
ungrateful to body to destroy 285-6 
hearing teachings 108 
heart of Buddhism 246 
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heaven: as afterlife destination, 
helping 
parents towards 146-7; as buddhist 
metaphysical teaching 386; attained 
by receiving monk at home 326; 
generosity first step to 185; giving 
to 
reborn in 187; guiding a friend in 
the 
direction of 43; misunderstood in 
modern literature 389; seven virtues 
of the king of 400 
heavenly birth, not true aim in life 
423 
hell: as Buddhist metaphysical 
teaching 386; falling into because of 
insulting 133; mindfulness of 
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suffering in 258; misunderstood in 
modern literature 389; 
nonrecklessness 
reminds us about 246; 
recollecting to develop conscience 
230; suffering of birth in 373; 
themselves, those who can't be 
bothered 38 
help: accepting only when really 
necessary 286; conditional for 
extended family 206; one-off 206; 
spiritual 209-10; unconditional for 
close family 206 
helpful friend 43 
helpfulness 171: dhamma taught on 
the 
basis of 333 
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helping & acting for their welfare 
45 
helping hand, lending a 209 
helping: ourselves before helping 
others 
205; society as a monk 368; wise 
ones 
in times of need 44 
helplessness 403 
Hemingway, unworthy role model 
51 
Hendrix, unworthy role model 51 
hereafter, profit in life for 41 
hereditary sin 142 
hero, effect on one's discretion 51-2 
Blessing Thirty-Eight: The Blissful 
Mind 435 
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hesitation before giving 194 
hiding faults, source of 
stubbornness 
316 
hindrances 229, 398: freedom from, 
for 
monks 324; overcome by 
meditation 
229 
Hindu: conduct 120, 121; 
purification 
198; reincarnation 362; concept of 
self 390 
holistic, quality of blessings of life 
system 20, 23 
Holy Sites of buddhism, respecting 
256 
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holy-life 357 
homage: risking one's life to pay 
61; 
through gifts 54; through practice 
54 
home location: choosing 72-3; 
improving amenability 73 
home visit, by a monk 326 
homosexuality, no genetic 
explanation 
142 
honesty: of population 66, 69; 
favouring 
42 
honour: as worldly vicissitude 396; 
attained by receiving monk at home 
326; destruction by alcohol 235; 
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merit 
doesn't imply 78 
honouring parents, while alive 146 
Horner, I.B. 390 
hospitality: as filling in gaps 258; as 
object of respect 258; budget for 
192; 
material 258; spiritual 258; to 
monks 
257; training one's subordinates in 
258 
house interior, well planned 66, 68 
household leader, responsible 66, 70 
household: proper care of 172; 
violence 
167; wife given responsibility for 
172 
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householder, four virtues of 192 
house-to-house seeker's practice 
350 
housing, honouring parents with gift 
of 
146 
how alcohol affects the mind 234-5 
human being, constitutes body and 
mind 37; made of two parts 347 
human body 378, 379 
human dignity: in Buddhist 
economics 
214; responsibility for 103-4 
human environment, influence 
ethical 
learning 22 
human life, preciousness of 95 
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human realm, as crossroads 95 
human relations, objective of 
expressing respect to train oneself 
in 
255 
human rights, difficulties of 37 
human status, recollecting to 
develop 
conscience 230 
human strengths, the four 29 
humane culture, objective of 
expressing 
respect to perpetuate 255 
humble person, characteristics 
264-5 
humility 80, 186, 261-8, 264-5: 
humility, allows to accept criticism 
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312-
3; basis of spiritual dialogue 331; 
characteristics 264; defined 264; 
leading to high social standing 85; 
makes family worthy of help 210; 
vs. 
respect 262-3 
Humphreys, Christmas 390 
hunger: of spirit 93; of the mind 19 
hungry-ghosts, suffering of birth in 
373 
hurt, of love 404 
husband: as close family 206; 
cherishing one's 165-176; 
contentment with 271; duties to 
wife 
171-2 
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hypocrisy, lying as mental 124 
Hyppolitus 362 
I 
ideals, underestimated 104 
idle chatter 40, 129 
ignorance 230, 380, 413, 416: bias 
because of 200; darkness of 421; 
dealing with stubbornness from 
317; 
defilements of 415; gravely 
damaging 
and long-lived 412; in learning 106; 
shackle of 422; source of 
stubbornness 314; 
unwholesomeness 
at personality level 228; uprooting 
81 
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ignoring: another's respect 256; 
good 
advice, not patience 304 
ill, helping extended family who are 
208 
ill-chosen words, inappropriate 
from an 
old person 209 
illegality, indicator of non-ethical 
work 
215 
illness: danger of 421; grave 
because of 
insulting 133; loss of 
self-sufficiency 
207; recovered from slower with 
age 
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408; self-induced 119 
ill-temper, not succumbing because 
non-drinker 236 
ill-will 229: provoking 114 
immaterial problems, material 
solutions to 348 
immodesty, not indulging in 122, 
126 
impatience, unwholesomeness at 
personality level 228 
impermanence 397 
impoliteness when making an 
offering 
64 
importance of discretion 27 
improper, favouring the 30 
improvement 116 
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impurity, as mind malfunction 227 
inanimate, objects gratitude to 285 
incense: as suitable gift 188; 
lighting 
244 
incest 123, 124: gravest 
consequence of 
desire 412 
incompatible working hours, 
distraction to work 179 
inconsiderate, disadvantages of 
being 
253 
independence: of body and mind 
247; 
lost at certain times of life 206-7 
India's colonization by Britain 263 
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indolent sleeping habits, avoiding 
126 
Indonesian constitution 122 
inefficient study 103 
inferiority complex 416 
inflexibility of mind, 
unwholesomeness 
at mind level 227 
influence of fools: avoiding 31-2; 
worthy 
role model protects from 52 
influence: attained by receiving 
monk 
at home 326; on formation of 
discretion 27 
ingratitude: blindness to virtue 141; 
degrees of 284; expressed by 
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