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Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly (Digital)

Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly (Digital)

1 Issue, Summer 2024

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Living Buddhist Ethics: Questions for Reflection

Contributors from this issue share questions we might ask ourselves to gauge how we’re doing when it comes to putting Buddhist ethics into practice.
NORMAN FISCHER (“Ethics, Meditation, and Wisdom,” pg10) Dogen says, “To study Buddhism is to study the self.” This is true also for practicing sila: we study our mind and our reactions to what we say, do, and think. Can you come closer in to your experience and see more clearly the inner difference between the effects of wholesome and unwholesome activity? What is your motivation in practicing sila? Can you explore this more deeply and honestly than you ever have before? NIKKI MIRGHAFORI (“How Right Action and Loving-Kindness Work Together,” pg24) A two-step reflection, with the first step being primary: Notice a stream of thought through the lens of nonjudgmental awareness and discern which value it represents. Then ask yourself: does this thought embody a treasured value (like gratitude and kindness) that I want to promote…
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