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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Hearing, thinking, and meditating
Teaching on a text that was written in response to a debate in Tibet in…
View PostImbued with the Buddhist worldview
How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.
View PostDeveloping inner peace through generosity and ethica...
How Buddhist teachings can help us align with four keys to mental health: resilience, positive…
View PostScience and technology in service of society
Whatever innovations emerge in the fields of science and technology, our motivation and ethical conduct…
View PostFollowing in the Buddha’s Footsteps
An overview of "Following in the Buddha's Footsteps", Volume 4 of The Library of Wisdom…
View PostKnow your mind: Virtuous mental factors
Explanation of the virtuous mental factors of nonattachment, nonhatred, nonconfusion, joyous effort, pliancy, conscientiousness, equanimity,…
View PostKnow your mind: Object-ascertaining and virtuous men...
Explanation of the five object-ascertaining mental factors and the first three virtuous mental factors —faith,…
View PostThe path to liberation
How to cease the twelve links, an outline of ethical practices, and the antidotes to…
View Post21st-century Buddhists
Ethical conduct and compassion are the keys to happiness for ourselves and for all sentient…
View PostMonastic precepts and community life
How monastic precepts and community life are set up to help work with our afflictions…
View PostThe five precepts
How the five precepts guide how we live and relate to each other for the…
View PostPutting the dharma into practice
Covering Chapter 5 Verses 100-109, discussing the advice to dedicate our merits for the welfare…
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