Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life by Hsing Yun, Tom Graham

Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life Hsing Yun, Tom Graham ebook
Publisher: Buddha's Light Publishing
ISBN: 9781932293340
Format: pdf
Page: 195

Being an ethical life makes us value, honest, good citizens, friendship with our fellow men, we contribute to the good of society as well as to improve ourselves and community. This is an excellent, thoughtful post by Dennis Hunter, on the ethical dilemmas we face as 21st century Buddhists living in an increasingly interdependent world. Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. I am going to make those precepts a part of my daily life, or strive to, even though I am not Buddhist. To me those are not about being a good Buddhist but about being a good person. The intention of harmlessness, meaning The importance of speech in the context of Buddhist ethics is obvious: words can break or save lives, make enemies or friends, start war or create peace. Positive “imprints” come from consciously doing good, being generous and ethical, realizing that getting angry does no good, taking joy in constructive actions, being able to practice a deep state of concentration and meditation, and cultivating an attitude of compassion towards others. The intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life. Being Good is an invitation to readers to consider what it means to lead a good life as well as an offering of practical advice from Buddhist sources on how to accomplish this. Can we really live a life in which Badiou's notion of Events as “explosive” or “out of joint” or “haphazard” are experienced as the normal, but wondrous, reality of our everyday lives? If you believe what the author swears by as being true, these ideas will make a positive impact on your everyday life and make you more successful as a creative individual. The intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. In this study of The Role of Buddhist Ethics in Daily Life, I will mainly emphasize on Buddhist ethics as my subject field, from Buddhist perspective, which plays a very important role regarding as a basic foundation of Buddhist doctrine. Deal with modern ethical interests.