Bài giảng 26: Nhu thuận

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Favor (softness, convenience is surrender): obedience, means obeying the teachings, obeying the commands, following everyone's feelings.

However, in order to be obedient to others, we must give up our opinions, give up our intentions and opinions. This is not an easy thing to do. Living in this life, each human being is a private universe, has feelings, has his own thoughts, has his own lifestyle that is never repeated with others.
Not to mention having to put aside great things to do according to other people's requests, just taking a simple example in daily activities, we will find how difficult it is to do what others want ...
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This is the lecture on Psychology of Ethics (Lesson 26: Nhu Thuan) that teacher Chan Quang taught at the College of Buddhism in Long An province, session 2.

Although the lecture is taught by a monk in a Buddhist environment, the content is extremely practical for all who wish to have a virtuous life, as well as a happy and practical life. lasting. Therefore, the series of lectures on Psychological Ethics of Master Chan Quang has naturally become lessons not only for monastics or followers of Buddha.