Overview - bersicht ber die Lehrveranstaltung. Fassung vom 1. Lehrveranstaltung Ethik des Buddhismus, Univ. Eine Verwertung in Publikationen, die ber bliche Zitate hinausgeht, bedarf der ausdr cklichen Genehmigung des Verfassers. 0. Methodology and Overview.
Ethics is the foundation for the life of the Buddhist layman and for the way leading to liberation.
Just as the ground floor of a house cannot carry a person to the second floor without a stairway, ethical behavior cannot lead one to liberation. However, it is necessary for the liberation process. There are three levels of Buddhist argumentation. In addition, with each level there is a more and more limited degree of communicability. In the first level, there are no principle religious or cultural limitations.