The Ethical Issues
Before you research a Buddhist perspective on ethics, we need to understand in a general way about the meaning of morality. From this attached to the distinction between right and wrong, good and evil in action, the will and character. It concerns the nature and application of moral life. Moral sense is the ability to understand the difference between right and wrong. The concept of ethical rules concerning the processing of merit or behavior that, with the moral or not moral, or the law for how to behave properly.
Recently, the media of most countries around the world have reported several incidents at the local, national and international. With increasingly alarming increase, we know the serious failures of human beings - men, women, old and young, rich, poor, educated or smart contrast, regardless of race, religion , color and language. Although the rules and regulations plus the equipment to stay safe for life and property, is difficult living without feeling uncertain and anxious. Do people worry about wild animals or disaster? No. Most people are afraid that the element has no discipline, no reliable in its category - other human beings. People fear that people are selfish, greedy, unethical, indifferent to the duties and responsibilities of his indifference to the rights of others, and people probably unreasonable to think, the mind distorted harm others. These thoughts, actions and words go against society, against the left ego spread too wide, too much, too often and too common. Some of the common and the most popular include the manufacture of many drugs and consumer life-threatening danger, weapons, robbery, rape, deception, exploitation and extortion, intimidation, torture, terrorism, harassment, rape, child abuse ... The crimes occurred from small to large from the level of family, community, national and international, privately and in public. These offenders obviously this does not seem to be endowed with proven or be trained to develop a moral sense to guide them to follow the right path.
One could say that there is nothing new in these reviews are not good behavior popular since ancient times has this. At the same time we tend to pride that we now live civilized, progressive, elegant, cultured, and have more advanced science, who has conquered space, the master of brilliant inventions. Well, we do not doubt that mankind has progressed rapidly in terms of material, but we've regressed mentally. People need to conquer the soul to understand and enjoy the civilization and progress in common sense, with the greatest meaning and truth of words.
Looking at the outcomes, we found that our concept of civilization, culture and progress seems inaccurate and superficial, in which people with a cloudy mind to go astray. This may be a reason for making ethical problems are put on top, and many points of view and suggest who was responsible for the clergy and laity of many faiths including Buddhism teachers, educators, consultants and politicians posed. In short, ordinary people and sensitive are shocked by a series of consequences of unethical behavior occurs constantly in modern society. It's a brilliant show that they are thinking in the right direction to help humanity become the property of another.
Buddhist Ethics
The Buddhist ethics can be summarized in the following verse:
Avoid the evil
Try to do good works
Keep your mind clean
As word Buddhas.
We need to understand what is good and what is evil in the Buddha's teachings. Again the Buddha explains the ethical standards when he advised Rahula (Rahula):
"Before doing anything, think that would harm themselves or others or for themselves and others. If that can be taken to avoid suffering, not to do. "
"If that can lead to peace and not harm, your practice and practice."
This teaching shows us that the best job is caring something useful for themselves and for others.
Buddhist perspective on ethics is particularly clear in the Sigalovada Sutta Vyagghapajja, Parabhava, Vasala, Mangala, Metta and the Dhammika and of course in the Dhammapada. Ethics is presented and explained in the sutra is not what comes from the mysterious revelations. Those are the practical reasons and based on verifiable facts and individual experience. Individuals who practice these teachings in our daily lives, and diligent effort of yourself, practice self-discipline and self-reliance, and take refuge in his own self-purification for yourself. There is no dogma to believe and practice blindly, not the dogmatic thinking and experimentation. Praying Buddha or other beings, practicing rituals and superstitious rituals, sacrifices and mortification meaningless without any benefit. Buddhist Ethics provides guidelines for human behavior, describe what to do and what not to do with a desire to bring benefit to themselves and to others. It guides children who achieve and enjoy material progress in harmony with joy and spiritual sublimation. It leads us to a life of peace, resolve the conflict between the minds and hearts, help us advance to the job, tasks and duties with peace of mind and joy.
Buddha's precepts are given not difficult to understand and practice in every conscious moment of our lives. Discipline does not need to wait until retirement or to a certain time. It needs to be done in thought, word and action in daily life practice of us.
We should also teach children to practice the precepts. Discipline must be considered as part of non-formal education and our official. Those who are responsible not only taught by counseling, teaching, but also an example for children to follow. The first of these adults are parents, teachers, clergy, and those who need contact with children.
Buddhist Precepts For In-Home
For those at home as we are given the Five Buddhist incorporates the Eight Fold Path (eight right path.)
Obtaining and practice of the Eight Fold Path is the right and privilege of any person to, the rights and privileges of all the people at home like we do. It is a guide tree is never wrong for our behavior in this life. It needs to shine in every relationship of our relationship as husband and wife, parents and children, teachers and students, siblings, friends, relatives, owners and workers, clergy and lay government and people as well as in international relations, between religions and between races.
Here, we analyze the impact of the Five Eight Fold Path combined with the daily lives of us in particular, in the peaceful and harmonious society in general. This work will shed light on the Buddhist perspective of morality of the laity.
A. Life is precious to all living things and nobody has the right to destroy another's life for any reason. But we know that people have killed others, individual or collective, in the name of human rights, religion, peace, race, culture and population control - all for the purpose better. Jealousy, envy, power, greed, malice, selfishness, cruelty, cruelty, pride, ignorance is the engine creating and guiding the people are killing themselves. Things go out of Right Understanding (true knowledge), Right Thought (right thought), Action (righteous action) of the Eight Fold Path.
In recent times we heard the news about children killing children, children killing parents, students killing teachers, killing one another and many atrocities occurred.
If the family atmosphere is formed with the elements of a noble spirit with compassion, kindness, compassion and calm, children will not be a violation of the instructions first, ethics will be in them, will guide the thought of them before the crisis, to flourish fresh ideas and eliminate evil thoughts.
Two. The second - not stealing - can range from small things like stealing a candy or a toy to the pillage, theft, bribery, fraud, identity theft etc. at multiple levels greater than degrees.
Respect their own property and person, open our hearts to those who need help, not selfish, fun, simple, honest, trust is the virtue that can be easily cultivated as a young lacking in the family. He has the qualities that will keep themselves from all forms of overt theft or stealth. Unless a person is persuaded to know that stealing is evil, punishment, suppression will not work so much. Therefore, the chief knowledge (true knowledge) is an essential virtue, and the basic foundation for this second sex.
And we see that the amount of loss due to theft resulting in poverty, despair, fear of the victim, the worries, the government penalties etc. to be transferred to the taxpayers to bear.
3. No sexual misconduct can be considered as a gender are essential for any society around the world today. The violation of this has caused countless disastrous and alarming: physical illness and the spirit of individuals, the breakdown of the family, the husband evade responsibility, as wife, as parents, put their children on the road miserable and dangerous.
On 01 December each year, is taken as the World Day of the Sick Regarding AIDS, say the alarm about the serious epidemic threatens to destroy our species. There are children, wives, husbands, these patients have never committed adultery this world has also been the victims of these deadly diseases.
Violence against children, rape, incest and many other relations of human debauchery seemed to rise in all societies, Western and Eastern. These crimes are mostly adults, not children. The incontinence, not having a background knowledge of right and wrong, selfish motives lover of money and other trade brought a person to commit this plane and others committed by temptation. Children often witness the vices would think that's normal, leading them into the path mistakes. Right Thought (right thought), Right effort (rightly tries) and Right Livelihood (righteous action) have been infringed, while this virtue can be developed and nurtured is not difficult .
4. The fourth precept refers to speech or right speech (true words) in the Eight-Fold Path. This is a special reward for man. Right speech involves avoiding words untrue, slander, saying gruffly say gross and useless blabbering. Observe the other gender may also result has been the honest, reputable, friendly, cheerful, courteous, and efficient means of the things unsaid. The words to write down or print out well beyond the scope of this plane.
The good nature of words that can be easily trained for children from the moment we started speaking. Just let them be nurtured in an environment only beautiful words and not harm, caution and conviction, satisfaction, benefits, kind, clear and polite. Everyone can say good without a intensive course of language. If in a family with decent standards are made, a child growing up in it will be less affected from the outside. Therefore, the Eight Fold Path practice can begin at an early age.
Five. The fifth is to avoid using intoxicating drugs in any form. About this related to Mindfulness (remember to think rightly), the chief knowledge (true knowledge), Right Thought (right thought), Right Livelihood (true professional), Action (righteous action ) and Right effort (rightly tries) in the Eight-Fold Path. Keeping this plane can avoid breaking many things in the Eight-Fold Path and vice versa.
Under the influence of intoxicating drugs, people lose control of both body and spirit led to cause more problems for themselves and society. Alcohol, drugs ... is a global problem at any age, any gender, race and religion. In the home, at school and wherever there gathered were affected, and contact number of victims is increasing. Family breakdown, child injury, robbery, illness, murder, abuse, death, loss of wealth etc. ... a lot is known. Many people with heart cruel and unusual has manufactured, distributed and sold these products to enrich the life was the price paid by millions of fellow human beings. The government does not help but spend money on facilities quell the drug circulation, treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, put on trial, imprisoned, etc. The result is tragic degradation of moral society, the hell of the relatives of the ape-man on such things, when they lose reason, no memory, no ability to think, frail health ...
Features of Buddhist Vinaya
First and foremost Buddhist precepts are based on wisdom, freedom of thought, free interrogation and the law of karma. No dogma, no force, no threats, do not believe in blindly. Buddhism spread from (loving kindness), compassion (karuna), harmlessness (ahimsa - no damage) and tolerance (khanti) to foster morality. The reciprocal relationship as husband and wife, parents and children, siblings, friends, relatives, teachers and students, owners and workers, clergy and laity are documented.
It is recommended in the teaching of Buddhism is not distorted or flexibility to adapt to the evil. Killing is an evil action (akusala kamma), whether the name of religion or country. Manufacture and sale of weapons can not be regarded as legitimate even though it offers great income for countries like the United States and England. No one can forgive and pardon for the atrocities of a person whether that person how much we pray. There are a number of religious thought. Good actions will bring good results and bad actions bring bad results, whether that person is the king or the Dalits. According to the Buddhist way of life taught by moral example is considered the best way of teaching. Buddha is a good example. It is a practical ethic to help people behave in harmony and justice to everyone.
People have been trained to feel responsible and value in his work. Buddhist ethics established standards and principles of good manners to show in word and act upon the right path and autonomy. The virtue of this development from the self, not from fear or punishment. They guide us how do people make things good and avoid evil.
Buddhist ethics (About) associated with meditation and wisdom - sex, meditation and wisdom. Wisdom here is not just wisdom. If there is only wise without wisdom, wisdom can become a threat.
Living an active life and good in the world under the guidance of Buddhism will bring happiness, peace and joy to ourselves and to others. That life really more valuable than life bon chen to satisfy the ego and greed. Life also set up an insurance contract for the future after death. If we can speak honestly and seriously to each other that he or she is a blessing to us, we are on the way practitioners of Buddhist ethics, is on the Eight Fold Path path. A code of ethics for life to be tested over time, reasonable and practical is essential for everyone, like the driver needs to know and obey the road rules. Buddha's teachings give us such a law if we accept and live by.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.( TAM THANH ).NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).11/2/2012.
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