Cattāri Brahmavihārā

“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.”
Somehow I feel that the way out of this full has everything to do with cultivating gratitude and contentment and seeing how much energy I have been putting into getting. There is banjo medicine like true Dhamma so I hope you’ll forgive me for sharing yet another sutta.