31 August 2009

Guidelines to Self Development

1. There is to be No Practice of Wickedness.

2. There is to be No Stealing.

3. There is to be No Selfishness.

4. There is to be No Covenant Breaking Nor Falsehood.

5. There is to be No Hypocrisy.

6. There is to be No Acts of Atrocity committed against one's neighbors.

7. There is to be Honor and Respect to the Elders.

8. There is to be Protection of the Women.

9. There is to be Truthfulness and Uprighteousness.

10. There is to be Kindness and Generosity.

11. There is to be Sensitivity in respect to person-to-person relationships.

12. There is to be Chastity in respect to vows to mates.

13. There is to be Hospitable Directives.

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
(guidelines adapted from Bolaji Idowu's Oludumare: God in Yoruba Belief