38 blessings
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The 38 Blessings:
- Not associating with fools
- Keeping the company of wise ones
- Paying reverence to those who are worthy of reverence
- Having one’s abode in a favorable place
- Gaining merit in the past
- The pursuit of higher aspirations
- Being rich in knowledge
- Being rich in skill
- The moral precepts, well practiced
- Using only well-spoken words
- Supporting parents in every way
- Caring for the family
- Unconfused actions
- Generosity
- Right living
- Caring for one’s realatives
- Refraining from unskillful things
- To abhor unwholeseom things
- To avoid unwholesome things
- To avoid intoxicants
- Diligence in righteousness
- Reverence
- Humility
- Contentment
- Gratitude
- Hearing the Dhamma at the right time
- Patience
- Compliance
- Seeing the monks
- Discussing the Dhamma
- Self-restraint
- A holy life
- Seeing The Four Noble Truths
- Realizing Nibbana
- A heart not trembling, unshaken
- A heart not trembling, sorrowless
- A heart not trembling, stainless
- A heart not trembling, secure
(from Khuddaka Nikaya, Sutta Nipata 2.4)
References
- The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
- http://www.thedhamma.com/