"Monks, I will teach you the level of a person of no integrity and
the level of a person of integrity. Listen & pay close attention. I
will speak."
"As you say, lord," the monks responded.
The Blessed One said, "Now what is the level of a person of no
integrity? A person of no integrity is ungrateful & unthankful. This
ingratitude, this lack of thankfulness, is advocated by rude people. It
is entirely on the level of people of no integrity. A person of
integrity is grateful & thankful. This gratitude, this thankfulness,
is advocated by civil people. It is entirely on the level of people of
integrity."
{II,iv,2} "I
tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which
two? Your mother & father. Even if you were to carry your mother on
one shoulder & your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and
were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, & rubbing
their limbs, and they were to defecate & urinate right there [on
your shoulders], you would not in that way pay or repay your parents. If
you were to establish your mother & father in absolute sovereignty
over this great earth, abounding in the seven treasures, you would not
in that way pay or repay your parents. Why is that? Mother & father
do much for their children. They care for them, they nourish them, they
introduce them to this world. But anyone who rouses his unbelieving
mother & father, settles & establishes them in conviction;
rouses his unvirtuous mother & father, settles & establishes
them in virtue; rouses his stingy mother & father, settles &
establishes them in generosity; rouses his foolish mother & father,
settles & establishes them in discernment: To this extent one pays
& repays one's mother & father."
integrity=សេចក្ដីសុច្ចរិត
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