Required Literature:
The Wisdom of the Buddha

Chapter one: The Twin-verses
Chapter one talks about the differences between good and evil, right and wrong, good and bad. If a person is good they will be rewarded accordingly and vise versa. It appears to be a basic rule that is similar to the ying-yang sign and holds the same meaning. Nothing good is that far from bad, but being aware of what a person is doing is the right way, when doing the virtuous thing.

Chapter seven: The Venerable
Chapter seven says that eliminating the pride that people have within will bring one closer to inner harmony and nirvana. A person that is selfish will not have the accurate understanding of the truth is their path is not true and selfless.

Chapter eleven: Old Age
Chapter eleven discusses the idea that as people get older and the physical body begins to deteriorate, a realization should occur to them that the spirit does not end here on Earth as the bodies travels do. The spirit inside each one of use is again born into another body until we take ourselves from this process by realizing nirvana.

Chapter fourteen: The Buddha-The Awakened
Chapter fourteen encourages individuals to follow leaders such as the Buddha because these types of leaders are not around everyday at ones convenience. To be awakened or enlightened is a difficult path to master because that person only focuses on the elimination of desires and not just eliminating worldly desires. The Awakened but simply live a life of contentment because they know of the pain that can come from desire.

Chapter fifteen: Happiness
Chapter fifteen states that if a person wants to be happy they cannot dwell in activities once they know that they are harmful to finding nirvana. Happiness does not occur while in the company of others that are unhappy. The only way to find contentment and happiness is to seek out the leader that has attained nirvana and learn from the teacher in order to reach nirvana yourself.