Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient beings.
21st-century Buddhists
Tag Archives | ethical conduct
Putting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare of all sentient beings and to put the teachings into practice
Practical advice on manners
Covering Verses 91-100 of Chapter 5, discussing advice on manners, namely actions such as spitting, eating, using the bathroom, and giving directions
Giving our body and the Dharma
Discussing how to skillfully give our body and the Dharma for the benefit of ourselves and others in the commentary to Verses 84-90 of Chapter 5
Joyfully engaging in virtue
Discussing ways to think, speak and act in order to joyfully create virtue in the commentary to Verses 79 – 84 of Chapter 5
Rejoicing in others’ qualities
Covering Verses 74-79 of Chapter 5, discussing the transformative practice of rejoicing in others’ qualities, and speaking and acting in ways that others enjoy
Acting appropriately
Covering Verses 71 – 75 of Chapter 5, discussing practical advice about how to do daily activities in a way that is pleasing and beneficial to others
The filth of the body
Covers Verses 5.60-5.70, discussing how to cultivate a sense of the body’s lack of cleanliness, reduce our attachment to it and use it to create virtue
Resolute and stable
Covering Verses 5.54-5.60 on how to be resolute in the Dharma practice, cultivate mental stability, respect, and politeness, and abandon attachment to the body
How to act when afflictions arise
Covers Verses 46-54 of Chapter 5 discussing skilful ways to act when afflictions arise