Visuddhimagga - Path of Purification 3
Channel: Yuttadhammo Bhikkhu
Date: 2024-02-28

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04:20 Sadhu
04:32 Reading starts
04:30 Paragraph 28
05:45 Q: Why does it say that the view that purification is through virtuous conduct is a false view?
12:09 Q: Isn't it craving, when you keep sila to get a result?
14:01 Paragraph 30
14:26 Could "lifelong" refer to an enlightened being, because they never break the 5 precepts?
15:32 About the uposattha
16:53 Story about someone who died because they didn't break their sila
18:55 Paragraph 31
20:44 Explanation
24:58 About abortion
25:31 Q: Is there a difference between the weight of negative karma when there are different backgrounds for doing bad things/breaking the precepts?
30:09 Paragraph 32
31:52 Explanation
34:40 Paragraph 33
35:58 Explanation
36:06 Q: Is it only the Buddha who can practice for the deliverance of all beings?
36:44 Is a bodhisatta not a Mahayana idea?
37:44 Q: What is the Pali for "zeal" ?
37:56 Q: Are all the "superiors" referring to the bodhisatta or just the last one?
38:41 Q: Q: Where it says that "..virtue of the perfections practiced for the deliverance of all beings is superior" and then it says "..that undertaken for the sake of the noble state.." are they the same kind of superior?
39.18 Q: What do the cankers have to do with virtue?
40:56 Q: How does something like agony from being torn limb from limb compare against something like greed/ill will required to hit/kill the attacker? It seems like a losing case either way in a situation like that.
42:47 Q: Is there a neutral kamma?
42:54 Q: Recently I started considering whether I should try and change the world by voting for a political party which I think would bring good change in the world. Should I do this or should I remain passive about changing the world and instead focus on myself rather than the world?
47:53 Q: What is the view of Buddhism in meta ethics and normative ethics?
48:43 Maybe insert the video Bhante is talking about to click on: https://youtu.be/BGMNLjn3cyY?si=HdMaF1TyExXg-wnj
52:28 Sadhu