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Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life Hsing Yun, Tom Graham
Publisher: Buddha's Light Publishing

'Just Sitting' is a receptive practice that combines with both of the above approaches. In your daily life you are able to maintain the vision of impermanence, the vision of no-self as a living experience. Buddhism for Companion Animals - Dogs are involved in every aspect of our daily lives - they should be involved in our spiritual lives as well - especially if we're Buddhist. 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. I have chosen to disrobe as a Buddhist Priest, and will stop giving Buddhist Precepts or Ordinations, but I will continue teaching Big Mind. Buddha distinguishes three types of right intentions: 1. It's believed that just to hear the Dharma will help but I wanted them there so they could suck in any auspicious wafts that might be going around - with them both being so old - they need all the good vibes they can get right now, that's for sure! Together with the Four Noble Truths it constitutes the gist of Buddhism. Response towards ourselves and other people. A handout (see below) summarized four different approaches to ethical questions. The intention of good will, meaning resistance to feelings of anger and aversion, and 3. The intention of renunciation, which means resistance to the pull of desire, 2. This is a very good example of what I'm talking about, this idea that the law has a life of its own in a sense, that independently of anything, the law is the law, and it must be obeyed. Good scientists see that nothing is born and nothing dies. So, that level of practice of ethics in Buddhism, to refrain from negative, destructive behaviour in order to get a better rebirth, this would be as a stepping stone to be able to achieve liberation and enlightenment. "The plain tea and light food of everyday life are the deep meaning of the Buddha's teaching and the instructions of the ancestors." -- Dogen, "Kajo" ("Everyday Life"). Only that insight There's only continued manifestation in different kinds of forms; that is rebirth, continuation, in the context of impermanence and no-self. These practices can be supported by ethical awareness of our actions and their consequences in daily life.