The Golden
Buddhist Life Standards 1
The golden Buddhist's life standards make
harmony for oneself and others.
This layman's code of discipline =
(gihi-vinaya) organize social relationships
so that they produce a
society of happy beings being in sweet harmony...
Law 1: Avoid the 14 kinds of Wrong Behaviour:
A. Refraining from the 4 actions that defile
mentality (kammakilesa):
1: Killing, violence, harming, breaking, or taking
of any form of life (pānātipāta).
2: Stealing, theft, misappropriation, and violating property rights (adinnādāna).
3: Sexual misconduct such as adultery and paedophilia (kāmesumicchācāra).
4: Speaking false, lying, misleading, deceiving,
and pretending (musāvāda).
B. Desisting from the 4 kinds of
badly twisted
behaviour (agati):
5: Biased and skewed behaviour based
on desire, lust, and greed (chandagati).
6: Biased
and skewed behaviour based on anger, hate, and irritation (dosagati).
7: Biased
and skewed behaviour based on fear, anxiety, and timidity (bhayagati).
8: Biased
and skewed behaviour based on ignorance, confusion, and doubt (mohagati).
C. Avoiding the 6 ways
leading to ruin apāya-mukha = lit: The Mouth of the
Downfall:
9: Being addicted to drinking alcohol and/or
taking drugs that causes careless neglect.
10: Always revelling
in party, nightlife, festivities, and folly company.
11: Being restlessly bent on empty entertainments,
and amusements.
12: Being addicted to gambling, betting, and gaming.
13: Associating with evil friends
of bad behaviour.
14: Being chronically lazy.
Source:
A constitution for Living.
Buddhist Principles for a Fruitful and Harmonious Life.
Ven. P.A. Payutto. Buddhist Publication
Society 2007: BP 620S
https://www.bps.lk
Sound Ethics make Harmony. On these golden Buddhist Life Standards:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddhist_Life_Standards_Law_1.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddhist_Life_Standards_Law_2.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddhist_Life_Standards_Law_3.htm
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Buddhist_Life_Standards_Law_4.htm
