Buddhist ethics

Buddhist ethics

by Saddhatissa, H.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Buddhist ethics / Hammalawa Saddhatissa ; introduction by Charles Hallisey.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.
  • Edition:Third edition

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Wisdom Publications
  • Place of Publication:Somerville, MA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780861718078, 0861718070
  • oclc:ocn942837627
  • LC Classification:BJ1289
  • Dewey Decimal:294.35

Table of Contents

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS ; PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; INTRODUCTION by Charles Hallisey; 1 DEFINITIONS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; Scope of the Study of Ethics; Indian Thought in the Sixth Century B.C.E.; 2 ORIGIN AND SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHEST STATE; The Enlightenment of the Buddha; Life of Gotama Buddha; The Chain of Dependent Origination or Paṭiccasamuppāda; The Self and the Anatta Doctrine; The Three Characteristics of Existence; The Mahākaruṇā of the Buddha; 3 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE REFUGES; The Threefold Refuge.

The First Refuge: The BuddhaThe Second Refuge: The Dhamma; The Third Refuge: The Saṅgha; 4 SANCTIONS OF MORAL CONDUCT: THE PRECEPTS; The Five Precepts (Pañca Sīla); The Eight Precepts (Aṭṭha Sīla); The Ten Precepts (Dasa Sīla); 5 THE UNDERLYING IDEALS OF THE MORALITIES; Relating the Precepts to the Refuges; Position of the Laity in Early Buddhism; The Buddha's Approach to Teaching the Moralities; Advice to the Individual Layman; 6 THE LAYMAN'S DUTIES TO HIS ASSOCIATES; Children and Parents; Husband and Wife; Friends; Teacher and Pupil; Servants and Workpeople.

Duties Connected with Means of Livelihood7 THE LAYMAN'S …

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