Buddhist ethics | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Buddhist ethics


00:01:53 1 Foundations
00:02:36 1.1 Karma and rebirth
00:05:06 1.2 The Four Noble Truths
00:06:35 1.3 Precepts
00:11:49 1.4 Ten wholesome actions
00:15:30 1.5 Bases of meritorious actions
00:18:25 1.6 Key values and virtues
00:22:52 2 Issues
00:23:00 2.1 Killing
00:25:03 2.1.1 War
00:28:45 2.1.2 Abortion
00:31:09 2.1.3 Suicide and euthanasia
00:35:03 2.1.4 Capital punishment
00:36:33 2.2 Animals and the environment
00:37:41 2.2.1 Vegetarianism
00:43:34 2.2.2 Environment
00:45:28 2.3 Gender issues
00:50:47 2.4 Relationships
00:52:48 2.5 Sexuality
00:53:25 2.5.1 Sexual orientation
00:56:07 2.6 Economic ethics
01:02:25 3 See also



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Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on what Buddhists view as the enlightened perspective of the Buddha, or other enlightened beings such as Bodhisattvas. The Indian term for ethics or morality used in Buddhism is Śīla (Sanskrit: शील) or sīla (Pāli). Śīla in Buddhism is one of three sections of the Noble Eightfold Path, and is a code of conduct that embraces a commitment to harmony and self-restraint with the principal motivation being nonviolence, or freedom from causing harm. It has been variously described as virtue, right conduct, morality, moral discipline and precept.
Sīla is an internal, aware, and intentional ethical behavior, according to one's commitment to the path of liberation. It is an ethical compass within self and relationships, rather than what is associated with the English word "morality" (i.e., obedience, a sense of obligation, and external constraint).
Sīla is one of the three practices foundational to Buddhism and the non-sectarian Vipassana movement — sīla, samādhi, and paññā as well as the Theravadin foundations of sīla, Dāna, and Bhavana.   It is also the second pāramitā. Sīla is also wholehearted commitment to what is wholesome. Two aspects of sīla are essential to the training: right "performance" (caritta), and right "avoidance" (varitta). Honoring the precepts of sīla is considered a "great gift"  (mahadana) to others, because it creates an atmosphere of trust, respect, and security.  It means the practitioner poses no threat to another person's life, property, family, rights, or well-being.Moral instructions are included in Buddhist scriptures or handed down through tradition. Most scholars of Buddhist ethics thus rely on the examination of Buddhist scriptures, and the use of anthropological evidence from traditional Buddhist societies, to justify claims about the nature of Buddhist ethics.