Cultivating Everyday Virtue
How Aristotelian, Buddhist, and Confucian ethical traditions can contribute to human flourishing
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Pocket Paramis: Ethical Conduct
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice
Guidelines for an Ethical Life
There is a tenderness that arises when we realize we belong to each other. That tenderness, embodied through sila, the Pali Buddhist term for ethics or moral conduct, manifests as a fierce showing up for one another…
Safety in Duality
While the dharma contains non-dualistic teachings, the Buddha still believed that we can tell the difference between what we should and shouldn't do.
Acts That Purify Our Existence: Dana, Sila, and Bhavana
A celebrated Theravada monk and meditation teacher explains the importance of the ethical dimension of Buddhist practice.
Reclaiming Our Agency
The Buddha’s mindfulness was not a passive exercise but a practice of conscious decision making. The choices he suggested lead to lasting happiness.
A More Enlightened Way of Being
The entrance of Buddhist ethics into the modern world
On Dignity
What is “self-worth” in a system that denies the permanence of any self?
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