38 True Blessings

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 1 To avoid the company of fools

LUMBINI – Where Siddhartha Gautama was born 2

 2 To associate
with the wise

LUMBINI 3
3 To honour those
worthy of honour

LUMBINI 4
 4 To live in a
suitable place

LUMBINI 5
 5 To have done
good deeds
in the past
LUMBINI
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 6 To be on
the right path

BODHGAYA – Where Buddha

attained Enlightenment 7
 7 To have a
good education

BODHGAYA 8
 8 To be
proficient
at work

BODHGAYA 9
9 To follow a code of discipline

BODHGAYA
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BODHGAYA

10 To
practice
pleasant
speech

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BODHGAYA 11 To support
our parents

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12 To take care of our spouse and children

SARNATH –
Where The
Buddha preached
The First Sermon 13
13 To have occupations
which do not cause harm

SARNATH
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 14 To be charitable

SARNATH
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 15 To practice virtuous conduct

SARNATH

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16 To be of help to relatives and friends

SARNATH
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17 To do social services

KUSINARA –
Site where
Buddha was
cremated 18
 18 To abstain from evil

KUSINARA
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19 To have no desire for evil

KUSINARA
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 20 To refrain from
intoxicants

KUSINARA
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KUSINARA
21 To be diligent
in wholesome
practice

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 22
To have
reverence

KAPILAVATTHU – Where Siddhartha grew up

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 23 To be humble

KAPILAVATTHU

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 24 To be content

KAPILAVATTHU
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 25 To be grateful

SAVATTHI – Where The Buddha preached

The Metta Sutta and The Mangala Sutta
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26 To hear the Dhamma at the right time

SAVATTHI
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27 To have patience

SAVATTHI

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 28 To listen to advice

SAVATTHI

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 29 To associate with monks
and spiritual teachers

NALANDA – Where the

Nalanda University
Complex was founded
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30 To discuss
and talk about
Dhamma

NALANDA 31
31 To practice self-restraint

NALANDA
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 32 To live according to
The Noble 8-Fold Path

VESALI – Where The Buddha

preached The Ratana Sutta
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33 To understand The Four Noble Truths

VESALI
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 34 To attain Nibbana

VESALI
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 35 To be unaffected
by worldly conditions

VESALI
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 36 To be free from sorrow

RAJGIR – Where The Buddha

meditated and preached
many discourses

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37 To be free from defilements

RAJGIR 38
 RAJGIR

38 To have
lasting peace
and security
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 The End

“True Blessings will be upon one who walks The

Noble Eightfold Path”

Points from The Buddha’s

Discourse on Blessings. With Metta,
From ‘A Life of Blessings’ Bro. Oh Teik Bin
By T Y Lee 40