what do you mean with this saying of confucius?

Question

1. "He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own."

2. "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change"

3. "The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them."

Answer 1

1. If you always try to please others with your actions (in other words are unselfish) you are, by definition, a good person.

2. A wise man has already achieved enlightenment whereas a stupid man doesn't understand that he needs to.

3. It's a parent's responsibility to teach their child responsibility. If they're then irresponsible - the parent must take the blame.

Answer 2

"Perhaps one who wishes to secure the good of others should secure his own good first", perhaps another way to say "Practice first yourself, what you preach".

Perhaps the call is to keep the Thought, Word and Deed within and without in line and harmony.

Changelessness in character need not necessarily mean One is Wisest or Stupidest. Perhaps can also be interpreted that one may not be able to discriminate much between the Wisest and the Stupidest based on their charecteristics shown outwardly. or May be Stupidity or Stupids are not something to be looked down upon and similarly Wisdom and Wise are not to be looked up upon. Perhaps all are Divine Instruments.

Simply speaking, may be the call is to treat all with respect as you never know whether this fellow could be Wise or Stupid from characteristics.

Sathya Sai Baba says, "Duty is God"

May be the Greatest Blessing the Father can give to Son is Godhood and the Greatest Blessing the Son can receive is also Godhood.

May be the call is, The ones who do not bother of and ignore this Greatest Duty, are all guilty.

Sathya Sai Thought for the Day,

"Man is the embodiment of Sath-Chith-Ananda (Being-Awareness-Bliss). But he is unable to recognise his true identity because egoism and possessiveness, pomp and pride envelop man's true form of Sath-Chith-Ananda. When he is able to get rid of attachment and hatred, egoism and acquisitiveness, he will recognise his divine nature. The Divine within is covered by these tendencies like ash over a burning charcoal. When the ash is blown away, the fire will reveal itself."

- BABA

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SAI RAM

Answer 3

Remember the time frame when he said these words when you interpret his sayings

1. He was a thinking socialist. He realized that when you are verbally espousing the good of others and securing the means to achieve the goal, you get awarded a trusted position by the people. Not only trust but a leadership position.

2. Self explanatory

3. Assigning blame. Again, pay attention to the time frame when he lived. There were no social structures to help parents who had to work, raise family and still be responsible for their offsprings public personas. Genetics and poor upbringing were the accepted explanations for bad behavior then.

Answer 4

1. You can't help others unless you have helped yourself. (it could be something mental or physical)
2. Seems pretty straight forward to me . . .
3. Kind of a "you reap what you sow" kind of saying. If you don't teach your son well, he is as bad as you are.

Answer 5

1...This is another way of saying "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"

Good begets good..

2....If you are clever you will always be clever, and fools cannot ever increase their brain

You are what you are..

3...If you don`t do the right things because you have never been tought them its not all your fault.

Parents are responsible for the teaching of morals..

Answer 6

1.Goodness seeks out other goodness.
2.The wise because they become intolerant of others who they believe do not possess equal wisdom and the ignorant or stupid because they do not seek enrichment in mind or body.
3.Like father, like son.A person not taught is a person not knowing.