[Vacets] Casino Planned for Vietnam

[Tho Vu]

> 2/28/07   <http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/art/null.gif> 	WSJ	 Developers Bet on Red: Casino Planned for Vietnam, pages B1 and B9. 	
 
The subject is one of the sicknesses from the west that should not be allowed to be deveoped in VN. Casinos in Minnesota have been destroying many VNese families. 
 
 
 

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From: Tho Vu [mailto:tho at topvu.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 4:56 PM
To:  <mailto:'vuxxx050 at umn.edu'> 'vuxxx050 at umn.edu';  <mailto:ttvu1 at stthomas.com> ttvu1 at stthomas.com 
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Subject: Select good friends. 


 
Good friends are the ones that practice the five rules: 1) no killing, 2) no stealing, 3) no sexual misconduct (adultery, ...),  4) no lying, 5) no intoxicants (drug, alcohol, ...) 
 
 
> Pls show me where to find good friends? 
 
In my technical profession, most of them practice the above 5 rules because we have certain conduct to follow (IEEE conduct, ...). Many other professions such as medical doctors, dentists, pharmacists, ... have similar rules and conduct to follow. Otherwise, you can find good friends at the universities and colleges in particular with a teaching profession, pagodas, temples, churches, ... For example, Christians have the Ten Commandments to follow, and 4 of them are listed above. To me if the Christians do not obey and practice the Ten Commandments then they're not Christians. Similarity is applied for other religions, ethics, practices, ...      
 
  
 
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From: nita truitner 
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 8:33 AM
To: nita truitner
Subject: 


Do not choose bad friends.
Do not choose persons of low habits.
Select good friends. Be discriminating.
Choose the best.

-Dhammapada 78 
 
Dear Co Nita,
Thank you so much for sending me such useful Dhamma. I will meditate about it today, so that I will have clear thought about making friend with the good friends.
I 've paid high prices for choosing the bad friends. I 've learned from it but it seems that there are less good friends than bad friends.
Pls show me where to find good friends? 
It is nice to talk to you.



With Metta, 
Nita Truitner 

The Importance of Mindfulness 
Sự Quan trọng của Chánh Niệm

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