DHAMMA CELEBRATION 
ON THE OCCASION OF 
BHIKKHU PANYANANDA'S 84 th BIRTHDAY 11 MAY 1995

G O O D   P E O P L E

 1. Good people have good knowledge.
 2. Good people have good etiquette.
 3. Good people are honest.
 4. Good people have right conduct.
 5. Good people have goodwill.
 6. Good people care about others.
 7. Good people speak harmoniously, politely, gently, 
    without harshness or crudeness.
 8. Good people speak what needs to be said and do not speak 
     nonsense.
 9. Good people speak the truth and never tell lies.
10. Good people speak words that build friendship and unity, 
     not words that incite discord and strife.
11. Good people are diligent and never lazy.
12. Good people are thrifty, spend moderately, and are not 
     extravagant.
13. Good people know how to protect their honor.
14. Good people help protect the honor of family and friends.
15. Good people help protect the honor of their work place
     and co-workers.
16. Good people love peace.
17. Good people can build themselves into righteous pillars 
       of society.
18. Good people know how to govern themselves.
19. Good people know how to govern others justly.
20. Good people are well grounded in justice.
21. Good people do not insult or trample upon others.
22. Good people do not harm their relatives and friends.
23. Good people feel gratitude and show it joyfully.
24. Good people are good citizens of their country 
      or wherever they may live.
25. Good people have faith in religion and strictly practice 
      according to the teachings of their religions.
26. Good people are knowledgeable, use their knowledge 
      for the genuine benefit of all, and abandon the kind of 
      knowledge that makes trouble for themselves and others.
27. Good people do not forget themselves.
28. Good people do not sell themselves (to those who are 
      unrighteous).
29. Good people are consistent; they do not rise and 
      fall according to worldly conditions.
30. Good people have no evil intentions, do not allow 
      themselves to be tricked by rascals who flatter them, 
      and do not over-estimate scoundrels by esteeming
      them above genuine friends.