Title - Ratthapala's good heart

Department - Sutta
Student Name - Ven. Indācāra
Register No - SBA-TL-000115
Submitted Date - 25.9.2020

Ratthapala's good heart

Introduction

As regards this title, it extremely makes us surprise because of good heart. In

my opinion, being good heart means that it is good at himself and others. All over
the world, there are only a few people who are good heart. However in this paper I
would like to present about Ratthapala's good heart on the basic of Ratthapala sutta
in Mizzimanigaya. A few people in the world are as good as Ratthapala. Even though
everyone likes a pair of good heart, they cannot make their heart good. Actually it is
one of the hard things to be a good heart.

Body

On one occasion, there is a person who was born from a great class. He is a
good heart and his name is Ratthapala. He is a person who went forth from the
household life into homelessness after listening to the Dhamma taught by the
Buddha. According to this Sutta, We can say he is a good heart. He left the
household life, join into Sasana, listen to the Dhamma and work hard to free from
liberation. As he has a good heart, he can do it.

There is another reason, when he becomes an arathant and speaks to

Karavya each other, Koravya spoke to him about the four kinds of loss. They are loss
through ageing, loss through sickness, loss of wealth, and loss of relatives. After that
Koravya asked Ratthapala about his joying to Sasana, at the time Ratthapala
explained to Karavya about his going to Sasana like that; "Great king, there are four
Dhamma summaries stated by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly
self-awakened. Having known & seen & heard them, I went forth from the home life
into homelessness. Which four?

The world is swept away. It does not endure': This is the first Dhamma summary
stated by the Blessed One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened.
Having known & seen & heard it, I went forth from the home life into homelessness.

The world is without shelter, without protector': This is the second Dhamma
summary.

The world is without ownership. One has to pass on, leaving everything behind':
This is the third Dhamma summary.

The world is insufficient, insatiable, a slave to craving': This is the fourth Dhamma
summary. These, great king, are the four Dhamma summaries stated by the Blessed
One who knows & sees, worthy & rightly self-awakened. Having known & seen &
heard them, I went forth from the home life into homelessness." Because of this this
reason, we can consider that he has a good heart.

Conclusion

All in all, as present above, All over the world, there are only a few people
who are good heart. After that in a family if there is a person who is a good heart,
this family will be peace and happy. What is more we can say that the more people
are good heart in a family, the more family will be peace and happy. What is why, I
wish everyone makes themselves good heart, everyone all over the world will
become a special person who is a good heart and makes the world peace and better
by making themselves.

Reference books

A Good Heart is Hard to Find by Trisha Ashley.

Good Heart by Alan Newman.