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In the end the dying man takes no on a religious way of life. When you 2. Happiness of Enjoyment - using
solace in dancing and singing, only doubt, you think, investigate, then what you have earned you can
in meritorious deeds will you get accept or reject. enjoy good food, nice house,
confidence and this will support nice dress, without abusing,
the kammic energy in the rebirth. Others say if there is doubt, then God bluffing, cheating others.
You must know how to handle life, will punish you. All over the world 3. Happiness of Debtlessness - try
by doing service to others to help different schools have sprung up best not to borrow from others,
release their suffering. Many die and they follow their own traditions spend within your means; you
with fear and confusion in mind; which they have maintained for a gain self respect.
can’t take rebirth in upper realm. long time. Buddha had rejected old 4. Happiness of Blamelessness -
Meditation is important to maintain traditions, but it was introduced to try to lead life without doing
purity. Prince Siddharta, when he the primitive narrow minded people. harm to anybody.
was born, there were 5 astrologers People in Asian countries don’t study
invited to predict his fate. Four of the dharma. These 4 kinds of happiness must
them said that he would either grow be with you. Don’t be lazy; do some
up to be a sage or monarch, and one Next do Good. Reduce the anger work, do not neglect whatyou
said definitely a sage. and do something to train the have earned, maintain and protect
mind through right understanding. what you have earned, then you
When craving and attachment is Change the mind - through your can decide what to do including
completely removed, the mind is own experience you can understand adopting a Buddhist way of life up
then completely pure. This body is right and wrong. to arahant, know how to adjust
not life. It’s a house built by energy your way of life, how to associate
and 4 cosmic elements. I have been in Malaysia for 53 with others. Associate with good
years, used to have even no room people, not harmful, wicked people.
Unfortunately in the past 2,500 to sleep. The Chinese were the Support your father and mother,
years, Buddhists in Asia have main Buddhists here and through look after your spouse and children,
introduced a lot of rites and Buddhist societies we made them don’t neglect relatives, help them.
rituals, never introduced by the understand what Buddhism is. Develop your mind to the extent
Buddha. Just keep away from that you are not shaken by the 8
evil by reducing anger, jealousy, My mind mental and life energy is winds of change: praise/blame,
enmity, and try to do meritorious still active but I am half way dead. fame/shame, gain /loss, pleasure/
deeds, and try to develop the mind Although the end of my life is now pain, and treat all the same, then at
through understanding. Try to near, I have no fear. Arahants can this stage nothing will affect you.”
purify the mind. disconnect mind from body to
experience nibbanic bliss and at All meetings end in partings. That
If you are cruel, hot tempered, or that time you cannot tell if they are which rises must fall. That which
stingy, try your best to take this out. dead or alive, their bodies are still is collected will be dispersed. Birth
If you pray to God to take this out do warm and their complexions will ends with death.”
you think God can do that? Buddha remain ruddy. They can do that for
can’t also, but he can tell you how 1 week at the most. *This was the last Dhamma
to do that. Waris declared by the Talk by the late Most Ven K. Sri
human mind, peace also comes from Remember there are 4 kinds of Dhammananda at Buddhist Maha
our our minds, not from heaven nor happiness: Vihara on July 7, 2006. EH
from God. 1. Happiness of Possession - in
owing your own property, your
First by understanding without house, land, business, bank
believing, when you develop a right account.
understanding, then you can carry