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Not About Being Good

A Practical Guide to Buddhist Ethics

By (author) Subhadramati
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Windhorse Publications, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Published: 26th Jul 2013
Dimensions: w 149mm h 236mm d 11mm
Weight: 315g
ISBN-10: 1909314013
ISBN-13: 9781909314016
Barcode No: 9781909314016
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Synopsis
While there are numerous books on Buddhist meditation and philosophy, there are few books that are entirely devoted to the practice of Buddhist ethics. Here Subhadramati, an experienced teacher of meditation and ethics, communicates clearly both their founding principles and the practical methods to embody them. She begins by stating that Buddhist ethics don't see human nature as something to be beaten into submission, tamed or domesticated. Buddhism is not trying 'to cure life of itself'. Buddhism is about fulfilling our human nature, not diminishing it, and its ethics are both the means and the expression of this fulfilment. In Buddhism, being ethical means being truly human. Buddhist ethics are thus not about conforming to a set of conventions, not about 'being good' in order to gain material, social or religious rewards. Instead, as Subhadramati outlines, living ethically springs from the awareness that other people are essentially no different from ourselves. We can, if we choose, actively develop this awareness, through cultivating more and more love, clarity and contentment.Helping us to come into a greater harmony with all that lives, including ourselves, this is ultimately a guidebook to a more satisfactory life.

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