2E Flashcards
Meditation
Right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration
Morality
Right speech, right action, right livelihood
Right action
Involves taking the precepts and attempting to live by then; closely linked to right thought. An action can only be right if it is intended to be right.
Right concentration
Refers to proper use of meditation to gain insight into the nature of things
Right effort
Great commitment and effort is required on the path to enlightenment. Greed, hatred and ignorance are very difficult to overcome.
Right livelihood
There should be no occupation that brings harm to others. As well as avoiding certain types of work, Buddhists also try to set up businesses that work on ethical principles.
Right mindfulness
Buddhists try to live in a state of mindfulness at all times. This means having an awareness of the consequences of thoughts, speech and actions, and to think, speak and act skillfully.
Right speech
If our minds are pure our speech will be pure. Buddhists try to be very aware of the consequences of things they say because everything is connected and all actions have consequences.
Right thought
In Buddhism, not only actions but also thinking has karmic results. If in our minds, we are hating or desiring, that will inevitably affect our actions in a negative way.
Right understanding
Understanding the Buddhist doctrines of impermanence and no-self and understanding the truth about the way things really are. It may take lifetimes to perfect.
The Five Precepts
The goals towards which Buddhists aim:
I undertake to abstain from harming
I undertake to abstain from taking anything that is not given
I undertake to abstain from misuse of sex
I undertake to abstain from misuse of speech
I undertake to abstain from taking any substance that clouds my mind
The Noble Eightfold Path
The Buddhist life is governed by a set of ethical and practical principles known as the Noble Eightfold Path. It is the fourth of the Four Noble Truths - magga. Right understanding Right thought Right speech Right action Right livelihood Right effort Right mindfulness Right concentration
The three sections of the Eightfold Path’s aspects
Wisdom (panna), morality (sila) and meditation (samadhi)
The friends of the Western Buddhist Order
They run many ethical businesses like craft shops that do not exploit workers and cafes that sell only organic vegan food
Wisdom
Right understanding, right thought
