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being.” 122 So, all Buddhist leaders or followers must take responsibility to propagate
and demonstrate to society those principles for the benefit of all beings in peace.

3.4.4 Sappurisa-Dhamma: The seven virtues of a gentleman

To define a good man and bad man is most Buddhist finds the virtuous

behaviors and actions what has done on him or her. In Buddhism, we recognize
someone is a good or bad person when we can find some valuable action, speech, and

thought beads on Buddha’s teachings. For example, there are seven properties or
treasures of a good man such as “Saddhā, Sīla, Hīri, Ottappa, Suta, Cāga, Paññā” in

English “Treasure of faith, of moral, of conscientiousness, of discretion, of learning, of

self-denial, and of insight.” 123 So, when one is found with these seven treasures none
of Buddhist denies that he is a good person or a person who is in the way to moving

forward. Without these certainly, he is a bad person the one who is trying to destroy his
own human value. In the same way, one becomes an effectively leader if one is found

these seven Sappurisa-Dhamma: the seven virtues of gentleman in him. Leader will be

fully successful and respected by colleagues when he embraces these seven qualities or
virtues firmly through his leadership journey. The Sappurisa-Dhamma: the seven

virtues of a gentleman are as follow: 124
1) Dhammanutta defined as knowing the law of jurisdiction, knowing

cause and effect of the problem, and knowing the Dhamma originally beads on the truth
of the teachings of the Buddha basically such as wholesome (Kusala) and unwholesome

(Akusala). As a great leader, must know the source of problem or source of the solution

after solving some kind of problem in organization. This is one of the good qualities
which is similar to vision in modern society. When leader does not have clear vision,

the organization will go around and it is very difficult to maintain the community to be
live in long term. When leader does not know the Dhamma, the truth, the root or the

122 Most Ven.Dr. Thich Nhat Tu and Most Ven.Dr. Thich Duc Thien (eds.),
Buddhist Approach to Global Leadership and Shared Responsibilities for Sustainable
Societies, (Ho Chi Minh: Vietnam Buddhist University Publication, 2019), p. 43.
123 Dīgha Nikāya [Dialogues of the Buddha], Vol. 3, T.W. Rhys Davids, C.A.F.
Rhys Davids (trans), (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2000), p. 235.
124 Dīgha Nikāya [Dialogues of the Buddha], Vol. 3, T.W. Rhys Davids, C.A.F.
Rhys Davids (trans), (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2000), p. 235.