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gratitude towards & repaying the debt to one's parents

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Consider these two texts: * https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.4.100-112.than.html the part that contains: > Mother & father, compassionate to their family, are called Brahma, first teachers, those worthy of gifts from their children. So the wise should pay them homage, honor with food & drink clothing & bedding anointing & bathing & washing their feet. Performing these services to their parents, the wise are praised right here and after death rejoice in heaven. * https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an02/an02.031.than.html > 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. What is are the appropriate ways to combine the meaning/purpose of these, considering that there is some potential to misunderstand the way these two guide us to treat our parents?
Asked by Erik Kaplun (263 rep)
Jan 6, 2020, 10:37 PM
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