Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Friends: Morality is the Second Mental Perfection: Avoiding all Harm;Doing only Good;Purifying the Mind;This is the Dhamma of all the Buddhas! Dhammapada 183 Morality is the foundation,the initiator & the origin of allthat is advantageous, good & beautiful...One Must therefore purify morality. Theragatha 612 Clean cultivated morality brings all success! Theragatha 608 Morality is a mighty Power!Morality is a forceful Weapon!Morality is a supreme Jewel!Morality is a marvellous Protection! Theragatha 614 Harmless towards all living beings,Speaking only kind & wise truths,Taking nothing not given,Enjoying only one's own partner,Never abusing drinks or drugs.Having given up & left all behindThese five harmful actions, suchOne truly possess right moral... AN III 205-6 What, Venerable Sir, is the rewarding advantage of morality?Freedom from regret, Ananda.And what is the advantage of freedom from regret?Joy that produces bliss, Ananda.Bliss then generates happiness.Happiness enables concentration.Concentration facilitates vision and knowledge.Vision and knowledge brings dispassion & detachmentDispassion & detachment induces direct knowledge of Certain & Complete Mental Release, Ananda… AN X.1 Intention always comes first.Intention is of all states the primer.By intention are all things initiated.By construction of mind are all phenomena formed.So - if with good intention one thinks, speaks or acts:Joy surely follows one like the never-leaving shadowHowever !!! - if with evil intention one thinks, speaks or acts:Pain certainly follows one, like the wheel follows the car. Dhammapada 1+2 Both the moral & immoral doings;Both the good & the Bad actions;That human beings do here;These are truly their own possession.These, they take along with them, when they go,These are what follows them, like the shadow,that never ever leaves...So do only what is admirable & advantageous,as an accumulating investment for the future life.Good prior doings are the only support & help for any being, when they rearise in the next world… SN III 4 Here and now the good-doer rejoices... Even soafter passing away and re-emerging, the doer ofgood, reaps only joy and satisfaction ...So both here and there, the wise with merit welldone & stored, enjoys the purity of prior actions. Dhammapada 15 Here and now the bad-doer suffers... Even soafter passing away and re-emerging, the doer ofwrong, reaps only pain and regret ...So both here and there, the fool with wrong view & bad behavior, suffers agony as the inevitableeffect of prior evil action. Dhammapada 16 As the yak-ox watch her tail even onto death,without breaking through, when caught in thorns,guard your doings as your own life, by avoiding alloverstepping of this fine line limiting right from wrong. The Basket of Behaviour, Cariyapitaka The Bodhisatta once as the Naga serpent King Sankhapalaguarded his precepts of moral habit, even when tortured:'Though pierced with sharp bamboo stakes and hacked with hunting knives. I raged no anger against these hunters, as this was my final perfection of Morality!' Sankhapala Jataka no. 524The 5 precious precepts (pañca-sila): I accept the training rule to avoid killing breathing beings.I accept the training rule not to take anything, that is not given.I accept the training rule to abstain from any sexual misconduct.I accept the training rule to desist from all incorrect speech.I accept the training rule to shun drinks & drugs causing carelessness. These are timeless laws of only Good,which all the mighty Seers of the pasthave fully followed & made their Way! This Virtue of Morality is like Rock.A Solid Foundation for all Good States! Immorality creates regret, and thus destroys Joy...Purity creates calm, and thus the subtle concentration,which is necessary for gaining all higher understanding!Only higher Understanding sets completely Free... PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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