buddhist morality
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Buddhist Morality. Key teachings Dharma Karma Precepts Vinaya Virtues Mahayana ‘Perfections’ Skilful Means. The 4 Noble Truths. The Eightfold Path. The Five Precepts. The Prātimokṣa. ‘Cardinal’ Virtues and Vices. Three Categories of Buddhist Virtues. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Buddhist Morality–Key teachings
– Dharma– Karma– Precepts– Vinaya– Virtues– Mahayana ‘Perfections’– Skilful Means
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The 4 Noble Truths
Duḥkha All existence is
sufferingMārga
the Noble Eightfold Path
NirodhaSuffering can have
an end
Samudaya suffering is caused
by craving
Dharma
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The Eightfold Path
Morality
Meditation
Wisdom
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The Five PreceptsI undertake the precept to refrain from harming living creatures
I undertake the precept to refrain from taking what has not been given
I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual immorality
I undertake the precept to refrain from speaking falsely
I undertake the precept to refrain from taking intoxicants
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The PrātimokṣaPārājika dharmas
Sanghāvaśeṣa dharmas
Aniyata dharmas
Naiḥsargika-pāyantika dharmas
Pāyantika dharmas
Pratideśanīya dharmas
Śaikṣa dharmas
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‘Cardinal’ Virtues and Vicesa
rāgaadveṣa
amoha
rāga
dveṣa
moha
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Three Categories of Buddhist Virtues
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Content of the three categories– 1) Foundational (e.g.mindfulness)– 2) Self-Regarding
– Humility– Self-mastery– Equanimity
– 3) Other-Regarding– Solicitude– Non-violence– responsibleness
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The Six PerfectionsGenerosity
Morality
Patience
Perseverance
Meditation
Wisdom
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AvalokiteśvaraThe embodiment of compassion, with 1000 arms and multiple heads and faces
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ManjusriThe embodiment of wisdom with sword and scripture
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4 Styles of Buddhist Ethics
Ethics of Discipline
Ethics of Virtue
Ethics of Altruism
Ethics of Engageme
nt
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Systems of Ethics
Deontology
Virtue EthicsUtilitarianism
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Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
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Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) John Stuart Mill(1806-1873)
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Aristotle (384-322 BCE)
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Books on Buddhist Ethics
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The ‘Buddhist View’?1. Authority in canonical sources2. Support in non-canonical or commentarial
literature3. the absence of contradictory evidence or
counterexamples in these two groups of sources
4. evidence that the view is pan-Buddhist 5. confirmation that the view has a broad
cultural base6. has been held consistently over time
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Karma and Rebirth–Does it make sense to
believe in reincarnation? If "no," are people like the Buddha deluded when they claim to remember past lives? If "yes," what evidence is there for it?
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What is the source of morality for Buddhists?– Can Buddhist moral teachings have any
force if Buddhism does not believe in a divine lawgiver? Are there any universal moral values or is morality determined primarily by local culture?
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Buddhism and Plato–Are acts bad because they
are punished by karma?–Or are they punished by
karma because they are bad?