Blessings You Can D.i.y – Dr. Khammai Dhammasami (eng)

Blessings You Can D.I.Y

The Mangala-sutta and its reflection on life, education, family, social matters, ethics and mind training. 

By Dr. Khammai Dhammasami

The principle of the whole teaching of the Buddha is self-reliance. We have to depend on ourselves to make good of our life and the opportunity it presents. Accordingly the idea of blessings with a role for a mediator is ruled out in Buddhism. This underlines the difference between the concept of blessings in Buddhism and other beliefs. We should approach the subject of blessings, first and foremost, with the attitude of self-dependence. Then, the mind will not be confused or disturbed by superstition. In other words, the Buddha’s main point in the Mangala-sutta is that blessings come from our own efforts and those efforts have many dimensions: educational. social. economic, psychological and spiritual. The Mangala-sutta describes the kinds of effort we should make in order to be blessed in life and in the very here and now. They range from good friends to favourable locations, good education to proper job training, improving personality to engaging in the philosophy of life and liberation from suffering.

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