ethical conduct
Teachings on ethical conduct, a fundamental Buddhist practice that is based on avoiding harmful actions and engaging in constructive actions.
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How to live in modern times
A Buddhist perspective on contemporary issues ranging from fundamentalism to the environment.
View PostCreating a happier future
How to live in a virtuous way and broaden our worldview so as to create…
View PostVerse 7: Secured by the root of virtue
How the virtue we create secures us for good rebirths, liberation, and in this very…
View PostEthics in daily life
A look at ethical conditioning and the factors in our lives that lead to our…
View PostEthics and conditioning
The role of ethics for achieving worldly happiness, and also the happiness of liberation and…
View PostGetting along with others
How to remove oneself from difficult, even dangerous, situations by maintaining integrity, consistency, and ethical…
View PostBhikkhuni pārājika 1
An exploration of the first pārājika: the variety of rule formations and disrobal methods, re-ordination…
View PostHandling fear and potential violence
A person in prison discusses strategies he has used to defuse potentially violent situations. Earning…
View PostChanging our mind
A person in prison learns about placing others above self and describes the choice we…
View PostVerse 6-2: Consideration for others
Abandoning negativities out of care, affection, consideration, and an awareness of how our actions impact…
View PostVerse 6-1: Robes of integrity
Seeing an opportunity for non-virtue but restraining ourselves because of a sense of our own…
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