This week's learning resource:

IV. The Happiness Visible in This Present Life

The Happiness Visible in This Present Life

Introduction (Read)

1. Upholding the Dhamma in Society
   1. The King of the Dhamma (AN 3.14)
   2. Worshipping the Six Directions (from DN 31 Part 1 Part 2)
2. The Family
   1. Parents and Children
      1. Respect for Parents (AN 4.63)
      2. Repaying One’s Parents (AN2. iv, 2) [AN2.33]
   2. Husbands and Wives
      1. Different Kinds of Marriages (AN 4.53)
      2. How to Be United in Future Lives (AN 4.55)
      3. Seven Kinds of Wives (AN 7.59)
3. Present Welfare, Future Welfare (AN 8.54)
   1. Present Welfare, Future Welfare (AN 8.54)
4. Right Livelihood
   1. Avoiding Wrong Livelihood (AN 5.177)
   2. The Proper Use of Wealth (AN 4.61)
   3. A Family Man’s Happiness (AN 4.62)
5. The Woman of the Home (AN 8.49)
   1. The Woman of the Home (AN 8.49)
6. The Community
   1. Six Roots of Dispute (from MN 104)
   2. Six Principles of Cordiality (from MN 104)
   3. Purification Is for All Four Castes (MN 93, abridged)
   4. Seven Principles of Social Stability (from DN 16)
   5. The Wheel-Turning Monarch (from DN 26)
   6. Bringing Tranquillity to the Land (from DN 5)

This is the fourth section of: In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Bodhi, published by Wisdom Publications, but linked to the free translations available on SuttaCentral.net.

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