Reflections and Introspection to be done by the Dhamma Practitioner in the Year of The Rooster 2017

1. 1
Introspection

2. 2
The years pass by so very quickly
Do we take time to reflect wisely?

3. 3
Ignorant ones live
life heedlessly.
Wise ones do
things that
matter truly.

4. 4
Do I intentionally
destroy living
beings?
Am I careless and
unmindful thereby
causing a life force
to end
prematurely?

5. 5
Am I cultivating
loving-kindness and
compassion
towards all beings?
Do I intentionally take
another person’s
property and cause
unhappiness?

6. 6
Do I cheat and have I
been dishonest in my
dealings with others?
Do I borrow and fail to
return another’s
belongings?

7. 7
Do I have a yearning to take and take
and not to give?
Have I made any progress in my DANA?

8. 8
Do I commit rape, adultery, sexual
molestation and harassment
of innocent parties?
Do my actions threaten the stability
and happiness of
a marriage or family?

9. 9
Am I excessive in my pursuit of sensual pleasures
to the extent that I have little
or no time for cultivation?
To what extent am I practising contentment?

10. 10
Do I lie causing others hurt,
pain and sorrow?
Am I hypocritical in my
interaction with others?

11. 11
Am I in the habit of saying things
which may not be true?
Do I deceive ? Do I spread rumors ?

12. 12
Do I make false reports that injure
another person’s reputation?
Does my speech cause others
to disunite or break up?

13. 13
When I speak of others, am I mindful and do I think
and reflect on the consequences?
Do I often abuse people, use rude and harsh speech?

14. 14
How often are
my speeches
accompanied by
thoughts of anger,
ill-will or hatred?
Do I think
before speaking?

15. 15
Am I impulsive?
Do I make a conscious effort
to use words of loving-kindness?

16. 16
Do I often engage in useless
and meaningless talks
that waste so much of my time?
Does my gossip cause others
to be hurt and unhappy?

17. 17
Does my idle talk bring about quarrels, friction,
disharmony and enmity among others?
Are my beneficial talks increasing
as my useless talks decrease?

18. 18
Do I desire others’ things?
Am I cutting my greed?
Am I mindful when unwholesome desires
arise in my mind and do I check them?

19. 19
Am I reducing my attachment to material things?
Am I thinking less and less of the ‘I’, ‘Mine’ and
more and more of the ‘You’ and ‘Yours’?

20. 20
Do I have thoughts
of harming others?
Am I reducing my jealousy,
cruelty, anger, and hatred?

21. 21
Am I relating well to
others – a
relationship based
on
loving-kindness and
compassion?
Do I practise METTA?

22. 22
Do I have right understanding?
Am I clinging to false beliefs of
permanence, a self and ego, the
non-existence of Kamma?
Do I abstain from intoxicants
that can delude my mind?

23. 23
Do I have
preconceived
notions,
indulgences in
sense experience
and neurotic
tendencies to get
more and more?
Am I taking steps to
walk the Middle
Way?

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The
End GONG XI FA CAI TO YOU
May Peace grow through Right View
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin