What Increase Matters We have a very rare opportunity to learn things that we should give priority to in this life. Normally, if we don’t know the teachings of the Supreme Buddha, then we give priority to insignificant things. Later on, we feel regret and remorse when we realize that we have wasted our time and effort. But when we learn the teachings of the Supreme Buddha, we can very clearly understand the areas where we should give priority, so that we won’t feel regret and remorse in the future. Today we are going to learn some Dhamma about these things. One day, Supreme Buddha taught like this. “Insignificant, bhikkhus, is the increase of relatives. The best thing to increase is wisdom.” AN 1:77 Isn’t that a very important statement made by the Blessed One ? Normally, when somebody has lots of relatives, friends, and companions, one is proud of that, thinking, “I’m a very special person.” Because of this, some people are somet