Guide to Conduct and Ceremony
Part 1. General Propriety
Chapter 13. Congratulations and Condolences
Section 2. Appropriate Manners in Expressing Congratulations
1. One should make a special visit to relatives and close acquaintances and congratulate them when a new baby has been born.
2. One should especially participate in the congratulatory celebration when relatives or close acquaintances have a coming‐of‐age ceremony, a wedding, a sixtieth‐birthday celebration, or a sixtieth wedding ceremony.
3. One also need to visit one's relatives and close acquaintances to congratulate them on finding employment, attaining a high promotion, winning an election, recovering from illness, opening a business, or constructing a new building.
4. When a relative or close acquaintance receives public acclaim for a great work, or becomes popular in a proper way for attaining a high post, one should pay a special visit and give congratulations on that person's gains.
5. When a dharma‐friend who is practicing in a religious order has a ceremony for initiation into the Way, forging of relationships, or grade advancement, one should especially attend and offer congratulations on that occasion.
6. When one attends or makes a visit to offer congratulations or to in the ceremonies, one can present a congratulatory gift or congratulatory money, depending on the situation and relationship with the person. If one is unable to make such a visit or participate, one should send a congratulatory telegram or letter in order to express appropriately one's feelings to that person.
Guide to Conduct and Ceremony
Part 1. General Propriety
Chapter 13. Congratulations and Condolences
Section 2. Appropriate Manners in Expressing Congratulations
1. One should make a special visit to relatives and close acquaintances and congratulate them when a new baby has been born.-br- 2. One should especially participate in the congratulatory celebration when relatives or close acquaintances have a coming‐of‐age ceremony, a wedding, a sixtieth‐birthday celebration, or a sixtieth wedding ceremony.-br- 3. One also need to visit one's relatives and close acquaintances to congratulate them on finding employment, attaining a high promotion, winning an election, recovering from illness, opening a business, or constructing a new building.-br- 4. When a relative or close acquaintance receives public acclaim for a great work, or becomes popular in a proper way for attaining a high post, one should pay a special visit and give congratulations on that person's gains.-br- 5. When a dharma‐friend who is practicing in a religious order has a ceremony for initiation into the Way, forging of relationships, or grade advancement, one should especially attend and offer congratulations on that occasion.-br- 6. When one attends or makes a visit to offer congratulations or to in the ceremonies, one can present a congratulatory gift or congratulatory money, depending on the situation and relationship with the person. If one is unable to make such a visit or participate, one should send a congratulatory telegram or letter in order to express appropriately one's feelings to that person.
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