Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Friends: Honesty is the Sixth Mental Perfection: Honesty is Total TrustHonesty is TruthfulnessHonesty is GuaranteeHonesty is Confidence Honesty is ConsistenceHonesty is ConvincingHonesty is CertaintyHonesty is CredibilityHonesty is ReliabilityHonesty is AuthenticityHonesty is IntegrityHonesty is AccuracyHonesty is CommitmentHonesty is SincerityHonesty is SecurityHonesty is RealityHonesty is a Must... Honesty characteristically never deceives, it's function is toverify the actual & factual, it's manifestation is excellence...Sincere exact truthfulness is the proximate cause of honesty!All evil states & crimes converge upon transgression of Truth...Devotion to Truth is the only reliable foundation of Nobility!Like The Buddha demand of your own mind: You have to give me an honest answer, understand?!I won't accept anything phoney. And once you've answered,you have to stick to that very answer & not slide around.Don't be a traitor to yourself… Be sober & straight… Therefore:Undertake this 4th training rule of avoiding all false speech... If one is not true to the Buddha's teachings, the Buddha's teachings will not be true to oneself, either...That Dhamma, which is used only as a costume, a uniformor alibi, does not bear fruit, as it's intention is not true!Honesty, however, makes you quite worthy of respect. If one is painstakingly honest towards oneself,one is also meticulously honest towards others.If one however deceives oneself, believing own lies,one automatically also deceives others, betraying them.Honesty, however, makes you quite worthy of respect. Make an island of yourself,be your own light & illumination,make yourself your only safe haven;there is no other protection.Make Truth your only island,make Truth your sole refuge;make Truth your lone lamp;there is no other luminosity. Digha Nikaya, 16 The straight person, self-controlled, keeping precepts,open & honest, is both worthy & fit for the yellow robe.The hiding person, uncontrolled, immoral, keeping secrets,not honest, is neither worthy nor fit for the yellow robe. Dhammapada 9+10 Overcome the furious by friendship; overcome the evil one by goodness; overcome the stasher by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. Dhammapada 223 The one who destroys life;The one who speaks false;The one who takes what is not given;The one who mates with another's partner;The one who is addicted to drugs and alcohol;Such one - even in this world - digs up his own root !!! Dhammapada 246-47 They who falsely declare: "That happened"about what did not happen, or: "I did not do that"about what they actually did, they earn themselvesa ticket to grilling in Hell. Dhammapada 306When the Blessed One heard about the king’s spies,who for money stole information from others, he explained:One should not take just any job.One should not be another’s man.One should not live dependent upon another.One should not sell the truth for money… Udana VI - 2 The Bodhisatta was once caught by a man-eater,which sat him free on the condition that he returnedthe next day. He kept his word & did so & much laterremembered: Protecting this way of truth, having givenup my life & kingdom, I thereby set free 100 capturednobles, as the man-eater lost his nerve. In honestyI had thereby reached ultimate perfection. Mahasutasoma-Jataka no. 537 ____________ PS: Please include the word Samahita in any request, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond! Bhikkhu Samāhita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm Free Bliss !!! http://groups.msn.com/DirectDhamma 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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