Morality is not a Prison, but the
only Effective Protection!
What is Morality?
Morality
is the root cause of all success and all what is good.
Morality
is the intention behind avoidance of all wrongdoing.
Morality
is the mental combination of non-envy, goodwill and right view.
Morality
is the self-control enabled by awareness, tolerance & restraint.
Morality
is the non-breaking of the rules one has accepted and respects.
What
is the Meaning of Morality?
Morality
means consistency between all mental, verbal & bodily actions.
Morality
means upholding the foundation of all advantageous states.
What
is the Function of Morality?
To
STOP bad and evil behaviour and its painful future effects.
To
ATTAIN blameless mental purity and the blissful joy of innocence.
What
is the Manifestation of Morality?
Morality manifests the blameless innocence of
mental, verbal & behavioural purity.
What
is the Proximate Cause of Morality?
The scrupulous shame within
conscience is the cause of any moral ethics.
The fear of the results of
wrongdoing is the Cause of any moral ethics.
Shame and fear of wrongdoing are therefore 2 protectors of the world!
Ultra-Cut:
Doing Good
creates future Pleasure!
Doing Bad creates future Pain!
More on this basic first cause of
all Good: Morality (Sīla)!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Sila_1_to_5.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Happy_Habit.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Virtue.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Best_Protection.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Five_Basics.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Best_Buddhist_Praxis.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Sila_Contemplation.htm
Source: The Path of Purification:
Visuddhimagga.
Written by 'the great explainer'
Ven.
Buddhaghosa in 5th century AC.
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