Right Action

Some people need a list of rules to ensure that they act in a moral way, honest. Others need to feel rules ensure that they have achieved spiritual purposes, in heaven or enlightenment. Buddha had only shown us the way to behave to avoid suffering, but the true ethical act not only in the board charter public discipline. Rather, it is the rules related to our actions, let us know they cause suffering to ourselves and how others act @ Chuyên ngành kỹ ethical choices of each will affect all How do both. Men Buddhist Precepts start with five rules that we need to observe carefully if you want to achieve spiritual progress. These are: - Do not kill - not thieves - Do not lie - not adultery - Do not use alcohol or other intoxicating substances Buddha's disciples have found prayer to keep this rule, called the five precepts. However, the moral law is not posed by the Buddha regime; they are the basic ethical, present everywhere and no time limit. Four of the five precepts have been mentioned in the Noble Eightfold Path. Right speech involves not lie. Right Action is seen as not killing, stealing, and adultery. About final in world: do not use the drug, also located in right action. Because a drunk person could not hold language committing misconduct or wrongdoing. In the early stages of moral development, we need to these rules, as well as a parent the child should be referred cautions with the chastisement as "Do not touch the hot fire." Growing up, kids realize that parents teach words to avoid yourself from being dangerous. Similarly, when we have perfect understanding of moral action, right livelihood will become automatic. We can not want to commit to the five precepts, which I did not need to rely on them new right path. ETHICS IN ACTION Traditionally we say right action involves no killing, no stealing , and do not commit adultery. Although we use the same terms in the precepts and in the definition of right action in the Path, but their meanings are slightly different. In the five precepts, the meaning of the instructions are very simple and clear: just do not do three things. Murder, theft and adultery are the three worst action that one can commit, and if violations of this world, we will not have peace. Therefore, we establish strong vow, steady and keep them thoroughly. However, when the Buddha said to Right Action in the Eightfold Path, in the sense of avoiding killing, stealing, and adultery, He has taken the simplest example that one can violate this world. Thus restraint must be understood not only in a narrow way, in the sense of morality, but also the direction of action open to a higher morality. For example, in a sermon Buddha encouraged people to act full of compassion for all beings, with the following teachings: all fear the sword, all fear of death. After all we the hearts of people, 'Do not kill, do not kill. (2) (Dh 129) The Buddha explained that any action that harms others-such as destroying homes, arson, intimidation by force khi- is wrong, even if no one killed. I once heard about a young man who did not like the classmate his lodgings. In retaliation, he harassed them by secretly undermining their personal belongings as they throw clothes into the toilet or damage their computers! The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. let me know they cause suffering to ourselves and how others act @ Chuyên ngành kỹ ethical choices of each person affects all like. Men Buddhist Precepts start with five rules laws that we need to observe carefully if you want to achieve spiritual progress. These are: - Do not kill - not thieves - Do not lie - not adultery - Do not use alcohol or other intoxicating substances Buddha's disciples have found prayer to keep this rule, called the five precepts. However, the moral law is not posed by the Buddha regime; they are the basic ethical, present everywhere and no time limit. Four of the five precepts have been mentioned in the Noble Eightfold Path. Right speech involves not lie. Right Action is seen as not killing, stealing, and adultery. About final in world: do not use the drug, also located in right action. Because a drunk person could not hold language committing misconduct or wrongdoing. In the early stages of moral development, we need to these rules, as well as a parent the child should be referred cautions with the chastisement as "Do not touch the hot fire." Growing up, kids realize that parents teach words to avoid yourself from being dangerous. Similarly, when we have perfect understanding of moral action, right livelihood will become automatic. We can not want to commit to the five precepts, which I did not need to rely on them new right path. ETHICS IN ACTION Traditionally we say right action involves no killing, no stealing , and do not commit adultery. Although we use the same terms in the precepts and in the definition of right action in the Path, but their meanings are slightly different. In the five precepts, the meaning of the instructions are very simple and clear: just do not do three things. Murder, theft and adultery are the three worst action that one can commit, and if violations of this world, we will not have peace. Therefore, we establish strong vow, steady and keep them thoroughly. However, when the Buddha said to Right Action in the Eightfold Path, in the sense of avoiding killing, stealing, and adultery, He has taken the simplest example that one can violate this world. Thus restraint must be understood not only in a narrow way, in the sense of morality, but also the direction of action open to a higher morality. For example, in a sermon Buddha encouraged people to act full of compassion for all beings, with the following teachings: all fear the sword, all fear of death. After all we the hearts of people, 'Do not kill, do not kill. (2) (Dh 129) The Buddha explained that any action that harms others-such as destroying homes, arson, intimidation by force khi- is wrong, even if no one killed. I once heard about a young man who did not like the classmate his lodgings. In retaliation, he harassed them by secretly undermining their personal belongings as they throw clothes into the toilet or damage their computers! The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. let me know they cause suffering to ourselves and how others act @ Chuyên ngành kỹ ethical choices of each person affects all like. Men Buddhist Precepts start with five rules laws that we need to observe carefully if you want to achieve spiritual progress. These are: - Do not kill - not thieves - Do not lie - not adultery - Do not use alcohol or other intoxicating substances Buddha's disciples have found prayer to keep this rule, called the five precepts. However, the moral law is not posed by the Buddha regime; they are the basic ethical, present everywhere and no time limit. Four of the five precepts have been mentioned in the Noble Eightfold Path. Right speech involves not lie. Right Action is seen as not killing, stealing, and adultery. About final in world: do not use the drug, also located in right action. Because a drunk person could not hold language committing misconduct or wrongdoing. In the early stages of moral development, we need to these rules, as well as a parent the child should be referred cautions with the chastisement as "Do not touch the hot fire." Growing up, kids realize that parents teach words to avoid yourself from being dangerous. Similarly, when we have perfect understanding of moral action, right livelihood will become automatic. We can not want to commit to the five precepts, which I did not need to rely on them new right path. ETHICS IN ACTION Traditionally we say right action involves no killing, no stealing , and do not commit adultery. Although we use the same terms in the precepts and in the definition of right action in the Path, but their meanings are slightly different. In the five precepts, the meaning of the instructions are very simple and clear: just do not do three things. Murder, theft and adultery are the three worst action that one can commit, and if violations of this world, we will not have peace. Therefore, we establish strong vow, steady and keep them thoroughly. However, when the Buddha said to Right Action in the Eightfold Path, in the sense of avoiding killing, stealing, and adultery, He has taken the simplest example that one can violate this world. Thus restraint must be understood not only in a narrow way, in the sense of morality, but also the direction of action open to a higher morality. For example, in a sermon Buddha encouraged people to act full of compassion for all beings, with the following teachings: all fear the sword, all fear of death. After all we the hearts of people, 'Do not kill, do not kill. (2) (Dh 129) The Buddha explained that any action that harms others-such as destroying homes, arson, intimidation by force khi- is wrong, even if no one killed. I once heard about a young man who did not like the classmate his lodgings. In retaliation, he harassed them by secretly undermining their personal belongings as they throw clothes into the toilet or damage their computers! The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. we need to these rules, as well as a parent child should be prompted with the chastisement as "Do not touch the hot fire." Growing up, the child realizes that the word parent is to teach prevent yourself from being dangerous. Similarly, when we have perfect understanding of moral action, right livelihood will become automatic. We can not want to commit to the five precepts, which I did not need to rely on them new right path. ETHICS IN ACTION Traditionally we say right action involves no killing, no stealing , and do not commit adultery. Although we use the same terms in the precepts and in the definition of right action in the Path, but their meanings are slightly different. In the five precepts, the meaning of the instructions are very simple and clear: just do not do three things. Murder, theft and adultery are the three worst action that one can commit, and if violations of this world, we will not have peace. Therefore, we establish strong vow, steady and keep them thoroughly. However, when the Buddha said to Right Action in the Eightfold Path, in the sense of avoiding killing, stealing, and adultery, He has taken the simplest example that one can violate this world. Thus restraint must be understood not only in a narrow way, in the sense of morality, but also the direction of action open to a higher morality. For example, in a sermon Buddha encouraged people to act full of compassion for all beings, with the following teachings: all fear the sword, all fear of death. After all we the hearts of people, 'Do not kill, do not kill. (2) (Dh 129) The Buddha explained that any action that harms others-such as destroying homes, arson, intimidation by force khi- is wrong, even if no one killed. I once heard about a young man who did not like the classmate his lodgings. In retaliation, he harassed them by secretly undermining their personal belongings as they throw clothes into the toilet or damage their computers! The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. we need to these rules, as well as a parent child should be prompted with the chastisement as "Do not touch the hot fire." Growing up, the child realizes that the word parent is to teach prevent yourself from being dangerous. Similarly, when we have perfect understanding of moral action, right livelihood will become automatic. We can not want to commit to the five precepts, which I did not need to rely on them new right path. ETHICS IN ACTION Traditionally we say right action involves no killing, no stealing , and do not commit adultery. Although we use the same terms in the precepts and in the definition of right action in the Path, but their meanings are slightly different. In the five precepts, the meaning of the instructions are very simple and clear: just do not do three things. Murder, theft and adultery are the three worst action that one can commit, and if violations of this world, we will not have peace. Therefore, we establish strong vow, steady and keep them thoroughly. However, when the Buddha said to Right Action in the Eightfold Path, in the sense of avoiding killing, stealing, and adultery, He has taken the simplest example that one can violate this world. Thus restraint must be understood not only in a narrow way, in the sense of morality, but also the direction of action open to a higher morality. For example, in a sermon Buddha encouraged people to act full of compassion for all beings, with the following teachings: all fear the sword, all fear of death. After all we the hearts of people, 'Do not kill, do not kill. (2) (Dh 129) The Buddha explained that any action that harms others-such as destroying homes, arson, intimidation by force khi- is wrong, even if no one killed. I once heard about a young man who did not like the classmate his lodgings. In retaliation, he harassed them by secretly undermining their personal belongings as they throw clothes into the toilet or damage their computers! The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before. Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. The petty and jealous types dai hurt joke is also unethical actions. There's also the moral act in a subtler level. Examples presented no killing would reach the most beautiful meaning when we developed a completely harmless attitudes and hearts always wish all good things for other beings. We practice right action not only because I want to avoid violating the instructions or because I was afraid someone would punish if we foul. I avoid the cruel act, cruelty because we see the consequences of such actions -they will bring incalculable misery to us and to everyone around us, in the present and future. We practice right action because he wanted his life useful and harmony, not to destroy or opposed, and because we want the mind to be calm, peaceful, not disturbing because of remorse, repentance. When it comes to the observance of the law, there are many games center. Someone told myself that rule is not intended for young people. They said, "Now I have the right to enjoy and do whatever I want. When older I will recondition. "Unfortunately, to maintain our ethical rules at the end of life, it is like winning the lottery when you are about to die. If you wait too long, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits that an ethical life can bring un-addicted, have healthy relationships, a clear conscience, and a calm mind . It is best to enjoy the fruits of a good moral life when you are young, healthy and strong. Old age, we no longer need the moral precepts to refrain from wrongdoing us! One other quibble we often use is to himself, "The moral law is useful for me ? I like this life is good now. "If that's your attitude, then it is best that you should reconsider that thought carefully. If your life is good, then why do you have to lie, steal, alcohol, or murder? The transgression quickly become a habit hard to quit. Moreover, these actions inevitably lead to negative consequences. Nothing will escape from the law of causality. Committing to ethical principles, then you may be loss of property, health depletion, reducing love of family, and many other things that you have always valued. Moreover, you will be faced with anxiety, guilt and even more suffering. Remember that we preserve the moral principle is to let yourself be happy, not miserable. Even the unethical actions may seem petty, trivial can cause disastrous effects. I have heard of people who have lost a bid in a joint stock company index millions for killing a bug. He is a very talented businessman, knowledgeable. He had an appointment to meet possible partners to discuss capital contribution that. As they were talking, a bean beetle fell on the rim of the beverage business. He used to hit the spoon is stirring beetles glass bottom. When beetles crawling upward rim, could not push it back down. While discussing the work worth millions of dollars that he had toyed with the bug, just push it down until it exhausted the bottom glass die. The partner he later told me that, when see things like that, he thought to himself, "This man too diabolical. Maybe he'll do anything to get what atrocities have money. I do not want to cooperate business with people like that. "So he retreated from stock. You may wonder why the laws of right action is couched in negative terms non-kill, no theft, etc. The reason is very simple. We can not find the joy of good deeds, until I let go of what's wrong. We tend to act with a mind full of greed, leading to all kinds of suffering. First we have to know instinctively resist this tendency. Then we can see that we would feel comfortable, calm, carefree, and happy to know how when we act ethically. Can not cook a good meal in a pot full of dirt, or build a beautiful garden full of weeds on land. Refrain from immoral act, ie we have to create the appropriate environment for the flowering dhamma. For example, to abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before. Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. In fact, the relationship support can be a valuable asset to advance in eight steps to happiness (eightfold) of Buddha. About not commit adultery can be kept in subtle ways rather, beyond the precepts curb mechanically. At the highest level, we considered all women as sisters, his sister and all men as children, older brother, older people like my parents, and young people like his children. Was then craving will disappear. Simply because we no longer look to the opposite sex as an object of sexual desire. All previous attitudes were gone, even the subtle desires also melted into immense compassion and concern for the safety of others. Moreover, to complete the Eightfold Right Action Religion, Buddha advises us not to abuse any of your senses. Besides transgression adultery, that even mean? That is when we meet the desire by stimulating any particular sense that it tired, which is abusing the senses. Consular public sector we are ignored, not considered in the actions of his activities through which we promote their mind and body has reached a reasonable level for the purpose of pleasure or evading or forgotten? Ask yourself: "Am I allowed myself to watch TV for hours not? Or spend time doing paperwork unnecessary until very late? Eat more than what is needed to sustain life? There are venues where loud music that seems to want to burst my ear? Have sought to correspond to the physical pleasures tired, tired, no strength to labor the next day? Having used the internet to benefit the lives and communities and I just worry entertainment until dimmed eyes and mind froze? " These activities are not appropriate for themselves, unfit for the road Spirituality. But I will let them feel how? Then instead, self-esteem will grow. Ego derived from these activities may be demolished to make way for a generous heart, spiritual direction, no longer a slave to the call of desire. No Substance Use last commandment last year taught us instructions to avoid alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and this rule is also contained in Right Action. In making this rule, the Buddha used the conditional terms. He does not recommend the lay people should avoid all intoxicating substances, which can only say things that make us "mad, heartless and uncaring." In other words, insofar as the use of pain medications substance (narcotic) was a doctor does not violate this rule. The sometimes use slightly less alcohol, also not a problem. In conclusion we must use our intelligence. abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before. Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. In fact, the relationship support can be a valuable asset to advance in eight steps to happiness (eightfold) of Buddha. About not commit adultery can be kept in subtle ways rather, beyond the precepts curb mechanically. At the highest level, we considered all women as sisters, his sister and all men as children, older brother, older people like my parents, and young people like his children. Was then craving will disappear. Simply because we no longer look to the opposite sex as an object of sexual desire. All previous attitudes were gone, even the subtle desires also melted into immense compassion and concern for the safety of others. Moreover, to complete the Eightfold Right Action Religion, Buddha advises us not to abuse any of your senses. Besides transgression adultery, that even mean? That is when we meet the desire by stimulating any particular sense that it tired, which is abusing the senses. Consular public sector we are ignored, not considered in the actions of his activities through which we promote their mind and body has reached a reasonable level for the purpose of pleasure or evading or forgotten? Ask yourself: "Am I allowed myself to watch TV for hours not? Or spend time doing paperwork unnecessary until very late? Eat more than what is needed to sustain life? There are venues where loud music that seems to want to burst my ear? Have sought to correspond to the physical pleasures tired, tired, no strength to labor the next day? Having used the internet to benefit the lives and communities and I just worry entertainment until dimmed eyes and mind froze? " These activities are not appropriate for themselves, unfit for the road Spirituality. But I will let them feel how? Then instead, self-esteem will grow. Ego derived from these activities may be demolished to make way for a generous heart, spiritual direction, no longer a slave to the call of desire. No Substance Use last commandment last year taught us instructions to avoid alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and this rule is also contained in Right Action. In making this rule, the Buddha used the conditional terms. He does not recommend the lay people should avoid all intoxicating substances, which can only say things that make us "mad, heartless and uncaring." In other words, insofar as the use of pain medications substance (narcotic) was a doctor does not violate this rule. The sometimes use slightly less alcohol, also not a problem. In conclusion we must use our intelligence. abstain from killing or hatred create the appropriate environment for the love and compassion were to arise when communicating with people. Similarly, avoid non-grab theft of not to, be it material goods or effort, thought and creativity of others- will make the opposite-that's been arising equanimity. Action Ethical cup my attention away from personal interests, selfishness that lead to the benefits to the people and to us. When immersed in our own desires, we are greed, hatred and delusion, and the other selfish mentality dominates. Therefore, we will not be able to restrain themselves or have enough wisdom to act properly. But when we restrain the evil law, then the overcast fog will melt away in our minds a little bit and I started to realize that the love, compassion and generosity truly gives new us happy. This insight helps center us moral action and move forward on the path of Buddha's footsteps. Not Killing tendency wants to harm, cause pain to other living beings usually comes from anger or fear. When we intentionally kill a creature, as little oil as vermin, as we did reduce respect for all life -in including ourselves. Mindfulness helps us recognize the wrongful act of themselves and take responsibility for them. When observing the state of his mind, we found that anger and fear lead us in rotation rotation of violence and cruelty, which have caused human actions and destruction of pure mind ourselves. Abstain from killing helps our mind is peace and freedom from hatred. This insight helps us curb, no wrongdoing and willing to take on the action stems from the compassion and generous heart. One of my students said that she often felt scared and react sharply strong for some small creatures like rats, lice, or leeches. Because of this feeling, she was willing to kill them. As mindfulness practice helped her become more gentle, she vows not to kill these creatures again. The result is the feeling of fear, alienation they also minimize her lap. Recently, she has the courage to hold a cockroach in hand, carrying out door-drop not kill it. When we refrain from killing, respect for life is growth and we begin to act full of compassion for all beings. This practitioner also told me about going to visit a friend who lives in a certain meditation center. Upon arrival, she found the door of the center staff, have hung insect traps. There are dozens of golden bees were trapped by the sweet fragrance of apple juice plate. Once it enters the small hole of the trap, we can not go out. Finally, when was tired of flying in a small space, they fall to the bottom plate of apple juice, then drowned in it. She asked her friend about the trap. He agreed that a tool like that should not be at a retreat center, but he said that people have put these traps here a long time and he could not help doing it. Although the girl tried known to disregard bees in traps cry, she could not picture them being separated from my mind distressed. She felt compelled to do something to help a few children have the opportunity to escape. She took the knife, cut a small hole in the top of the trap, and plug the knife there. Some bees gold has crept up under the knife handle and fly out. Then she cut the hole bigger, and add some more children also escaped. Finally, she realized that she could not bear it for even one child should die in the trap. Although worried about his actions, but she eventually brought the little trap next to a garden, remove them, freeing all living beings. In doing so, she said to myself, "Let me be delivered from the evil heart and act like the animals are freed from the trap Arabic." She said that from then on, she did not more afraid of bees. In the spring of last year, a golden honeycomb appears in the entrance of the Bhavana Society. Many people go through the door that they were injected, and the area was fenced off. But her followers continue passing that way, without harming any animals. "I would be very surprised if there were bee sting gold again," she said. "But if they do, I was worried they were afraid or may have been injured while burning me." As you can see from the experience of the disciples, refrain from killing creates a proper environment to the actions of compassion can grow in life. It was absolutely wonderful and an effective way to help us progress on the path. But we also should not be too rigid in advocating for not killing! Mindfulness requires us to decide on our moral actions, not to insist forcing everyone else to follow our example. For example, vegetarians problem. Oil myself not eat salt, I do not force people to be vegetarians. Because a more comprehensive look, I see righteous vegetarians also contributes indirectly to hand the killing. For example in a village, about a thousand people fasting, and in nearby villages, there are farmers who grow vegetables, fruits, and barley to feed a thousand other villagers. When they dug in the ground or keep insects do not destroy the crops, they must also kill many small creatures. And many other creatures and insects again killed by machinery during harvest. Vegetarians in nearby villages feel very comfortable. Although many creatures were killed, they are not guilty conscience, because they did not intentionally kill. You can see from this example that eating vegetables and killing insects in vegetable cultivation process are two different issues. Similarly, the argument that may also apply to the vegetarians. Because eating meat and killing living beings for meat are two completely different things. Even the Buddha himself sometimes eat meat when it is offered. People who eat meat are not only meant to kill. For the purpose of morality is not to kill the Buddha has defined the killing very clear that it is acting intentionally plundered lives. In the precepts for monks and nuns, the Buddha said clearer about the conditions required in a murder act: They must have a creature. -I know that creature. -I mean to kill harm. -I contemplated killing ways. -I perform acts of murder with the intended way. The vegetarians do not violate any of the above cases. They know what they eat meat and that meat of animals. But they did not mean to kill that animal, which they did not participate in the killing of animals. If the meat is not available, one should not go searching, hunting or bird slaughter animals to eat, but should eat else. But one should not emphasize avoid everything contributes to the killing of an indirect way. In modern life, there are many things that can contribute indirectly to the killing. For example, when driving or crossing grass garden, one can also kill insects. Some of the drugs we use to treat disease has been tested on animals -by kill them, destroy them, or make them sick. Use of these drugs is not the act of killing. Buddha taught clearly that it is the will, the intention to do something new is remarkable. As for the spiritual development, there's no difference between vegetarians and vegetarians. As a vegetarian that greed, comfortable amenities, they also act like meat eaters so. If you want to become a vegetarian, then by all means do go. Vegetarian meals are healthy crackers. Personally I am a vegetarian because of compassion for animals. However, do not feel obliged to avoid eating meat we can achieve the greatest happiness. Many lay people have asked me how those insects in their home or garden. They want to do good Buddhists, not killing, but their cotton would be withered or home they become dirty because they do not dare to touch the insects. I told them that kill insect pests, for the purpose of oil is good, it is still murder. However, not all of the killings have the same karma. Normally killing an insect not hinder our spiritual progress when we killed like an animal, such as dogs. Similarly, kill a dog would not cause imperfect mind like killing a man. No act of killing does bring more disaster to themselves than kill their parents or kill an enlightened being. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before. Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. In fact, the relationship support can be a valuable asset to advance in eight steps to happiness (eightfold) of Buddha. About not commit adultery can be kept in subtle ways rather, beyond the precepts curb mechanically. At the highest level, we considered all women as sisters, his sister and all men as children, older brother, older people like my parents, and young people like his children. Was then craving will disappear. Simply because we no longer look to the opposite sex as an object of sexual desire. All previous attitudes were gone, even the subtle desires also melted into immense compassion and concern for the safety of others. Moreover, to complete the Eightfold Right Action Religion, Buddha advises us not to abuse any of your senses. Besides transgression adultery, that even mean? That is when we meet the desire by stimulating any particular sense that it tired, which is abusing the senses. Consular public sector we are ignored, not considered in the actions of his activities through which we promote their mind and body has reached a reasonable level for the purpose of pleasure or evading or forgotten? Ask yourself: "Am I allowed myself to watch TV for hours not? Or spend time doing paperwork unnecessary until very late? Eat more than what is needed to sustain life? There are venues where loud music that seems to want to burst my ear? Have sought to correspond to the physical pleasures tired, tired, no strength to labor the next day? Having used the internet to benefit the lives and communities and I just worry entertainment until dimmed eyes and mind froze? " These activities are not appropriate for themselves, unfit for the road Spirituality. But I will let them feel how? Then instead, self-esteem will grow. Ego derived from these activities may be demolished to make way for a generous heart, spiritual direction, no longer a slave to the call of desire. No Substance Use last commandment last year taught us instructions to avoid alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and this rule is also contained in Right Action. In making this rule, the Buddha used the conditional terms. He does not recommend the lay people should avoid all intoxicating substances, which can only say things that make us "mad, heartless and uncaring." In other words, insofar as the use of pain medications substance (narcotic) was a doctor does not violate this rule. The sometimes use slightly less alcohol, also not a problem. In conclusion we must use our intelligence. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before. Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. In fact, the relationship support can be a valuable asset to advance in eight steps to happiness (eightfold) of Buddha. About not commit adultery can be kept in subtle ways rather, beyond the precepts curb mechanically. At the highest level, we considered all women as sisters, his sister and all men as children, older brother, older people like my parents, and young people like his children. Was then craving will disappear. Simply because we no longer look to the opposite sex as an object of sexual desire. All previous attitudes were gone, even the subtle desires also melted into immense compassion and concern for the safety of others. Moreover, to complete the Eightfold Right Action Religion, Buddha advises us not to abuse any of your senses. Besides transgression adultery, that even mean? That is when we meet the desire by stimulating any particular sense that it tired, which is abusing the senses. Consular public sector we are ignored, not considered in the actions of his activities through which we promote their mind and body has reached a reasonable level for the purpose of pleasure or evading or forgotten? Ask yourself: "Am I allowed myself to watch TV for hours not? Or spend time doing paperwork unnecessary until very late? Eat more than what is needed to sustain life? There are venues where loud music that seems to want to burst my ear? Have sought to correspond to the physical pleasures tired, tired, no strength to labor the next day? Having used the internet to benefit the lives and communities and I just worry entertainment until dimmed eyes and mind froze? " These activities are not appropriate for themselves, unfit for the road Spirituality. But I will let them feel how? Then instead, self-esteem will grow. Ego derived from these activities may be demolished to make way for a generous heart, spiritual direction, no longer a slave to the call of desire. No Substance Use last commandment last year taught us instructions to avoid alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and this rule is also contained in Right Action. In making this rule, the Buddha used the conditional terms. He does not recommend the lay people should avoid all intoxicating substances, which can only say things that make us "mad, heartless and uncaring." In other words, insofar as the use of pain medications substance (narcotic) was a doctor does not violate this rule. The sometimes use slightly less alcohol, also not a problem. In conclusion we must use our intelligence. This type would hinder murder murderer can not attain enlightenment in this life and will lead to a rebirth worst. Compared with this murder, kill insects is not a big problem. It should be understood that there are many types of karma, we self-chosen actions and accept the consequences of them. Do not Get Of The Steal is an expression of greed or jealousy. Get her of not belonging is difficult to give up a bad habit. Many do not have any control in this area so that when they go to a meditation retreat to try to achieve some happiness and purity, they still maintain the habit of stealing. At Bhavana Society, we know there are many cases of people stealing cushions. I do not know if anyone has achieved enlightenment while meditating on a real instrument is being stolen! Our library also encountered similar problems. Because Bhavana Society is located in a forest, with no roads to major book stores easily, so we kept the canonical collections of the Society. Over time, some books had disappeared. It is funny when people come to meditation centers and learning about what Buddha taught, so that they can not take things that are not their own could not help them reach a peaceful mind. Practicing Right now in not stealing means efforts to live true and honor of another person's property. That means that the cashier reminds her that she had forgotten charged an item you bought or she has turned back to you too much money. That meant in any way to give back to people what is not yours, but do not expect any reward for his actions. Of course, sometimes the truth can also lead to material rewards . I remember a story posted about the children picked up a bag of money in the toilet of the Sears store. They took the bag home and discover that there are more than thirty-six thousand dollars! With the support of their parents, these kids decided to take the money handed over to the police. They discovered that the money belonging to a client on the way to the bank dropped by Sears, and forgotten pockets in the toilet. Surely there was room, so much suffering when losing money and pleasure it is to have people pay it back. Faith in truth and charity in human nature must arise in your hearts. He expressed gratitude by donating to the children a reward, and also compliments our community with honesty. Colonize assets or money from stealing, that everyone knows . But we often witness the phenomenon of stealing more subtle. For example consider the opinions of their people as well as stealing. As well as take the bauble at work, such as writing, paper, or computer disk, and take home to his personal use. We tend to quibble over such actions by to myself, "I can also think of it," or "the Company must equip me these things. They have paid too little. "Dishonesty in the tax return, write checks lack of funds, bribery, or engage in business aims to deceive and steal. As soon as get something to eat in the supermarket when you are hungry is considered a steal. Remember, never should serve themselves at the expense of the mind. The purpose of us in keeping the moral precepts of Right Action is for our lives to be happy. If we transgress, suffering will inevitably follow, in this life or in the future. Want to be happy, the mind must be peace and a clear conscience. Do not think that you refrain from stealing is to please the world. You do this because in my own self, even in the present and in the future. When you took the gross level of the fight against any form of taking what is not given, we may reconsider our attention to the needs of others and become less attached to matter more. Use discipline not stealing as a road show, we will become less envious of the owners or the luck of others. Instead we discovered the joy of understanding and joy for the happiness of others. No HARLOTS This rule of Buddha is often interpreted as a refrain from "committing actions Sexual wrong ", but in fact this world is applied to more than just act within sex. Buddha really want to recommend that we must refrain from "using the senses indiscriminately" -all the senses. Adultery is a special form of the disastrous mistakes of the abuse of it. Because of this rule, people often think that when it comes to "abuse the senses," Buddha just want to say to curbing the practice in sexual misconduct. These actions include rape, forced others to have sex without their consent. In addition, this gender refers to sexual abuse of children, animals, wife / husband or lover of others or who can not protect themselves. If someone you love, not married oil, but has lived that betray the other, it would be considered an act of adultery. Having sex with adults, appropriate and consent shall not be considered violations. In addition to what was raised, people often have more problems because the heart of lust. Sorrowful lust can never be completely satisfied. Additional risk oil undergoes sew, how negativity, pain when trying to satisfy his desire, but the desire to satisfy the craving never lost. Some people towards meditation because suffering tormented by their sexual desire brings. Unfortunately, as often as soon as they attempt to achieve peace meditation and mind, libido still harass them. The only solution to this problem is to start by curbing the sexual activity of you. If you can not control at all, the road to happiness will forever distant. Some yogis may diligently has made ​​great strides in abandoning the bad qualities such as alcohol or lie, so that they do not realize why they should refrain from their sexual activity. They say, "I do not see nothing wrong with a little fun just wanted." According to the classification of so far about what not to commit to the extent of sexual activity is apparently still lacking. Many argued that the law does not say anything about contacts with many lovers as long as they are single, consistent; precept nor oppose finding trivial pleasures. But the trivial pleasures lowering your dignity, do you humble man. The indiscriminate sex bring harm to you and to all others. So, the purpose of this kind of fun is what? To bring you pleasure? To satisfy your desires? However, we have said up to now that desire bowels want- ham is the root of suffering. Second noble truth Buddha taught that all suffering comes from craving. Promiscuous sexual activity is one of the easiest ways to fall into the mind of attachment and anger spiral. Sensual pleasure is fleeting, but the price we pay @ Chuyên ngành kỹ humiliating, spectacular, anxiety, jealousy, repentance, fear, loneliness, and look forward to many nice ñ sensual impossible unspeakable that I have not stopped thinking chase it. The problem is that desire can not be satisfied by material means. Doing so is like scratch the itch in my fingers itch medicated. Although when scratching may bring us a feeling of liberation short, but that action to do more to spread poison, causing the itching becomes worse. Cure for the disease that requires restraint, not doing things just to add more negativity to you later. Buddha used a powerful image example to describe the mistakes that people often make right in sexual matters. At the time of the Buddha, who leprosy often sit around the fire, burning their wounds. Leprosy them with unbearable itching. By chased flame wound gives them a temporary feeling of liberation. But the fire did not make them completely off itching or healing them. Instead, they burn their order. Once the temporary good feeling passes, the wound will be swollen and festering because of burns. This miserable ultimately bear much more miserable and itching before. So, who is left out leprosy fire and burn me again. Buddha said that we also like when trying to satisfy his lust. When we look to the fire of physical pleasure, we can find a temporary sense of escape from the pain and frustration of desire. But immersed in it not heal us, but we just do his interview. Thus, the desire, the itching was increased to the extent there? Buddha continued, if there is a medical professor to, take medications for people with leprosy. Drug and anointing the sick person is cured completely. Now that he thinks about the fire? No power on earth what may make him want more burning himself. Old friends may call him to the fire. But he remembers what happened the wild electric porcelain desire and liberation short of flame. Nothing can make me go back there. He felt his heart filled with compassion for old friends and to the suffering of himself before.  Buddha often spoke of himself as a medical grade of professor and his teachings, France, as the drug treatment. For all drugs in the world, diversity and multi-kind, but no such thing like medicine of France. Therefore, this O monks, take this medicine. Has this France pill, I will not old, and die. Has practiced and saw the truth, I will extinguish, freedom from craving. Listen to this, you may wonder, "So I have to choose between the love and the path why? "thought this mistake has left many worried. Sexual activity between adults, which is responsible is not anything to hinder their spiritual practice. In fact, the relationship support can be a valuable asset to advance in eight steps to happiness (eightfold) of Buddha. About not commit adultery can be kept in subtle ways rather, beyond the precepts curb mechanically. At the highest level, we considered all women as sisters, his sister and all men as children, older brother, older people like my parents, and young people like his children. Was then craving will disappear. Simply because we no longer look to the opposite sex as an object of sexual desire. All previous attitudes were gone, even the subtle desires also melted into immense compassion and concern for the safety of others. Moreover, to complete the Eightfold Right Action Religion, Buddha advises us not to abuse any of your senses. Besides transgression adultery, that even mean? That is when we meet the desire by stimulating any particular sense that it tired, which is abusing the senses. Consular public sector we are ignored, not considered in the actions of his activities through which we promote their mind and body has reached a reasonable level for the purpose of pleasure or evading or forgotten? Ask yourself: "Am I allowed myself to watch TV for hours not? Or spend time doing paperwork unnecessary until very late? Eat more than what is needed to sustain life? There are venues where loud music that seems to want to burst my ear? Have sought to correspond to the physical pleasures tired, tired, no strength to labor the next day? Having used the internet to benefit the lives and communities and I just worry entertainment until dimmed eyes and mind froze? " These activities are not appropriate for themselves, unfit for the road Spirituality. But I will let them feel how? Then instead, self-esteem will grow. Ego derived from these activities may be demolished to make way for a generous heart, spiritual direction, no longer a slave to the call of desire. No Substance Use last commandment last year taught us instructions to avoid alcohol, drugs, or other intoxicants and this rule is also contained in Right Action. In making this rule, the Buddha used the conditional terms. He does not recommend the lay people should avoid all intoxicating substances, which can only say things that make us "mad, heartless and uncaring." In other words, insofar as the use of pain medications substance (narcotic) was a doctor does not violate this rule. The sometimes use slightly less alcohol, also not a problem. In conclusion we must use our intelligence. Oil may drink less alcohol, one should not do. Because of this isolation often leads to the other glass. There's only after a glass, was drunk, and could not control myself. Therefore, the best time to practice self-restraint is the first glass of wine before, not after. Over time, the new person becomes addicted, each of them drink alcohol tolerance increased a little, so they do not know that regular drinking has become a serious problem. Moreover, it is also easy to store wine in the wine makes people borrow to anxiety or stress. We can live perfectly healthy without alcohol, so it is better to not take a chance to alcohol can ruin our lives. With the time I have heard many heartbreaking stories bring alcoholic How humans. For example a student at the Bhavana Society has it that many years ago she was not enjoying drinking and drinking only a little when pressed invited. At the dinner with wine, she never drank a bottle of beer. She just holding beer bottles throughout the evening to get along with people who drink alcohol. After graduation, she moved to a different community. New friends in this place and she regularly drink contaminated drinking habits sometimes for fun, a habit formed slowly. She said that one night, when things go sulk, she drank a glass of brandy every other cup this coming. When a friend expressed concern, she cursed prevent them, tell them about their concerns. Suddenly, a strange sensation through the body. Later she knew it was a chemical change. From then on, she became addicted to alcohol. For two years, every day she and weekly alcohol drunk at least a few times. Her personality changed toward the negative, left her very distressed. Finally, she traveled to the alcohol detoxification center for help and now she has to give up alcohol for years. There are many reasons why people come to the substance. The young people who want to do bigger and intellectuals expressed; who are shy, or lack of calm, want to relax or be more accepting of those around; who has a problem, looking for oblivion. Everyone motivation arises from suffering -from all want to get rid of the reality of what is happening in the present moment. However, when contemplating this issue, we find that the escape never can resolve any problems or alleviate any pain yet. Alcoholism or drug addiction only makes us more suffering. It makes us lose self-esteem, their fundamental moral, to live without restraint. We can easily lie, commit adultery, steal or worse things than that. I also could jeopardize the health, property, marriage, family, work, your business. We can lose the respect of others and in their pride. Finally I will be abandoned, submerged sludge all in suffering for wondering why this terrible things can happen to us. In summary, the best cure for addiction is to first do not use drugs! To be able to practice the eightfold better, we may consider the broader implications of this fifth commandment in Higher degree in curbing not use the substance. We are free to use the drug in other cases and why? Using this aspect of Right Action as a general guide, be your motivation to question, to wonder whether you're trying to not be aware. You shirk your problems look like? By reading newspapers? Or engage in frivolous conversation? Mindfulness can help us determine what we have always laid out to avoid facing reality. The Higher Discipline For Sale Si Every day we need to observe the five precepts. However, if you want to move faster on the path, we can voluntarily follow some rules in a certain time. The rules included in the basic instructions and a few more strict instructions. Some yogis voluntary observance of this on special occasions, such as when they attend a meditation retreat or when they come to live in the meditation center, the monastery. There are eight precepts: - Do not kill - Do not steal - Do not commit adultery - no lie - Do not take the drug - Do not eat after noon - No dancing, singing, music or sing, and do not use jewelry, cosmetics or fragrances - No Using bed or seat high and wide - (luxuries) observing the eight precepts Sometimes this can help my meditation be better. When clear conscience, have no reason to repent, then our concentration will develop stronger. In ancient times, people in the Buddhist nation observing the eight precepts day, four times a month. These days, they go to the temple or monastery in the whole day, meditation, chanting read books, listen to lectures and consultations doctrine. Sometimes they are pilgrims from the temple or shrine to another. Wherever when gathered, they were meditating, listening exercised by the layman or priest preach wisdom. The next day, they returned to the daily activities. Nowadays very few people practice religious rites (Bat boys) this. While most of us are not living with or caring for children, doing chores, watching television, partying, theater, go eat or go to the bar. When was bored all these activities, we travel. Normally we have to work very hard to get the money to travel, but it includes a race other activities almost brings pleasure. When I returned home, sometimes I feel need a vacation to recuperate from another holiday before! Then we have to continue working because without money, it will not have any more vacation, but if you do not work hard, there is no money. Perhaps you also have to recognize the vicious circle of this suffering. But cultivating Bat boy to observe the eight precepts help us have another option. Bat cultivating clams in a day, a weekend, or longer may bring us a real break from the routine work and caused me to be fresher, clearer mind, not fatigue, irritability. I do not need to maintain eight new temple this rule, which can be practiced at home. As a young kid there, the opportunity to get the quiet moments and freedom can be very rare. So to be able to use this precious time to help us cultivate the inner static, is very important. Immediate benefits of this practice is the sense of peace and liberation, relax, improve health, and help us have a more correct view of death. The discipline often can not appease, bring comfort to both body and mind. For example, people often eat three or four meals a day may find that fasting one day a week as a job Good. Then they can start the day just two meals and fasting later. Two meals must be a true full breakfast and a light lunch. They should skip dinner. Because if there is not much activity after a heavy evening meal, the digestive process is very slow, and the food will stay in the stomach until the next morning. When we do not eat at night, I would feel quite hungry the next morning. Then we can eat a full breakfast truth. Maybe most of the day, due to the demands of family and work does not allow me to eat a full breakfast and snack (or not eating) in the evening. So if we have a special day to practice the Bat boy, it would help us get a chance to try this way of eating. The time that we save in the evening when we are not prepared meals eat, eating, and cleaning up from a heavy meal can be used to do a lot of other benefits, such as meditation or reading Buddhist scriptures. Oil this practice was not easy at first, but it is a great habit to get orders files. Remember, there is nothing easy in the beginning. As they do not eat much, you can try not to eat a full day. Do not eat any food nothing but drink plenty of water and fruit juice. Take the day to herself, reading and meditation. A day like that is a great short holiday for the body and mind. Life Bat officially boyfriend helps us keep mindfulness. When we start to do anything against one of the precepts that, the mind will say, "Wait a minute, remember ...!" And I will remember, "Oh, I was not ..." The law is like tops whip which the driver is used to gently remind horse running in the right direction, or trumpet to remind car drivers is not misleading way. People can also pray lay lifetime expectancy some precepts called bowl instructions. The world consists of five basic instructions plus three additional instructions about Right Speech: Say no evil, speak no gruff, and not defamatory. In 1998, while celebrating the ten year anniversary Bhavana Society, members of the Society are invited to participate in the ceremony received instructions lifelong bowl. This is because one of the members of the Executive Committee recommended, because she also wanted to receive instructions bowl. Participants are required to attend a two-day retreat before the ceremony to focus on the meaning of ordination vows. This invitation was received very enthusiastically. Thirty-six people attended the retreat, prayer lifelong refuge in Buddha and received eight lifetime precepts. Since then every year we are performing this ritual. Prepare for Life prayer bowl meditation instructions for some students is not easy. Some expressed fear, while others find it difficult to observe. It is true that it is difficult when we have to vow! The ordination ceremony was very simple. Who ordained reread economic life of prayer, the whole group. Then, each person receives a new legal name of traditional Pali language. This simple ritual leave a good impression in the life of the precepts, affect the way they speak. After prayer life, when flush the words gruff, cynical, they will instantly recognize his mistakes. Precepts as a reminder of conscience, prompting them to stop. And so, gradually they will no longer use anymore wrong speech. This simple transformation can help them find operational rules as to how to create happiness. Many after-life world bowls wrote to thank me. They say it was a turning point in their lives. But why do they have to thank me? I did not ask them to play word prayer life. Themselves voluntarily. They found not a word to my prayer life, for their loved ones, or for anyone else, but not because the law requires or for global benefits. They voluntarily life over these precepts for themselves, for their own life, to happiness in the present and their future. You should not be afraid to vow to practice right action or practice Uposatha , or lifelong sex life over the bowl. Rather, you should rejoice that he has decided to take action to live better. Those addicted to alcohol, drugs, gambling, or have some other immoral acts very difficult decision to stop. They procrastinate and always have plenty of reasons to shirk. But once you've decided to switch and keep precepts for some time, they found that their minds become clearer, eat sleep better, save money, and relationships with family, social development with better. Therefore, they are filled with indebted and proud of himself, because he has chosen the right direction. Similarly, we can also have difficulty vow to renounce the causes of evil. But once I learned the practice of prayer and perseverance, practice, and I will be happy, carefree, and happy that I made ​​a decision to bring the metabolism nice for her life. mindful of RIGHT NOW Buddha says, "All speech, action, and good thoughts come from mindfulness." In other words, right action arises naturally from mindfulness. Please observe Closer why is like. Every act of deliberate body, speech and mind, have a strong impact on us. When hurt anyone or wrongdoing, often undergo physical pressing (in the body), resulting in confused state of mind, suffering. Mindfulness helps us see the disastrous impact this explicitly. We see that an evil deed leads to feelings of repentance, this feeling leads to anxiety, depression causes not mind at ease. When restless mind, we are no longer capable of static. As a negative action, the mind as panic, anxiety. Evil ring was formed, through which these acts immoral influence, inducement sins we commit more others. However, too. With mindfulness, we see that when we act with compassion, my mind was gentle, calm. Pure heart will help us more joy and helps us focus on deeper still. Knowing this, I would feel energetically pursue good behavior. Body and mind become healthier, more transparent. This positive result helps us to move forward on the path. I also want to say more broadly, is mindful that oil morality five, eight, or more than more- world are also making us more dignity, beautiful! When we speak or act with mindful of the commandments, we will feel at peace. And when the mind is not encumbered, your face will light, playful. When thinking about the good deeds done, I will feel very happy. This peaceful mind shines in the eyes and on your face. People will feel close to people like that. When we are mindful of right action, not encumbered center also helps us focus on each moment passes, but not in the mood depression, passivity. I put all the ability and willpower to the task just aware of what is happening in both mind and skillful communication with the world around us. That way we develop awareness of their actions. Mind such mindfulness becomes more essential when our stamina challenged. When they were not being challenged, disturbed're also easy to maintain discipline and gracious act. But when someone says something to hurt or provoke you, your mind may be disturbed right in that moment. However if there is mindfulness, the mind will appear at the right time to say, "Let's stop for a moment to calm down the mind. It's better not to say or do something that I regret. " If we keep a sense of mindfulness in every activity, when provoked, and I will remember to stay calm. For example, while suffering bereavement or a valuable asset, only a small hysterical can also make you become angry. At that time, we must carefully mutilated when dealing with people, like people do not have shoes to go gently, careful to avoid injury from breaking apart. When you sick, tired, hungry, lonely, miserable, frustrated, and so important. The meantime, remain mindful in every moment to help us remember the frail state, reactive current to avoid actions that could make you regret it. In another case, when you have to be very mindful that when you feel you are in an environment where the habits of the past can draw you into transgression of the moral law. Someone had stolen easily to instantly become mindful seeing someone's wallet in hand. An alcoholic who must immediately be mindful before the free beer was handed. A man has been struggling family with desire, with an attractive woman by giving his business card, he had to tell myself, "If I took the phone number, it will make I want to sin. I would not mind be at peace. I love his wife and children and do not want to harm the family. Better that I did not receive or throw it away immediately. " Before we attain enlightenment and mind has been forged in detail, we will also be able to commit many more evil. Before doing something that we know is wrong, we should stop and contemplate a full awareness of the actions can harm me how. For example, if you feel tempted to steal the money of all, we need to contemplate the consequences of the offense, and I will have to live in fear of arrest. If caught, sure we will lose jobs, lose honor and even freedom. Even if we are not legally punished, conscience and I will punish us immediately. Even the idea want to make a move like that also makes security interest is not, then we will also be interested to know how disturbed if we perform that action? When an evil thought is still only a fleeting thought, we can live with it. But once into action, surely I will never live in peace. We must also consider short but happy immoral behavior may bring, compared with the long-term suffering that it caused. For example you may want to hit somebody feeling. This idea may appear because you believe you will be rippin'em then: "I paid his fee, the next name would not dare do that again!" But you can not predict the outcome correctly . The other person can also become angry and fight back you stronger. He also can bring resentment and quietly planning to attack you. An unwise reaction can lead to lasting controversy and bitterness. I know someone in Sri Lanka has longstanding rivalries with neighbors. To avenge them, he built a hut next to their neighbor's water well. Neighbors complained, asking him to lift the hut, but he refused. Then, people in the neighborhood are sick. The dispute between the two families become serious until a person has committed murder. Legal investigation and finally the man to jail. Both families are suffering. But they will continue to feud over the generations together again! The dispute between neighbors ubiquitous. There are billions of such debates. If there are such controversies happen to me, I have to stop immediately and try to defuse the situation. The unbridled controversy will harm everyone involved. Right now is not invented by the Buddha. But the truth is always immoral behavior will bring suffering and causing hatred. As the Buddha has described this idea as follows: Hatred can not erase hatred. Only love new erasable hatred. That is the law permanent. Buddha did not say that because he manufactured laws. It not only applies to Buddhists but for everyone. With an enlightened mind, Buddha could see clearly the evil consequences due to the misconduct caused. He taught, if the action or tell defiled mind, suffering will follow us, as the wheel track and cows. If the act or speak with a clear mind, happiness will follow me follow the ball. Right Action is not only the pure mind that it is also a positive influence to everyone around us. I once heard a story about a monk made ​​the others see the career of right mindfulness can help other people like. The temple where the monks that live there are fruit jackfruit. Mit very useful for life in the monastery. Each large jackfruit, with the county to complete proteins and jackfruit thick zone can use to cook several dishes. The poor family can not afford to buy food, can live on jackfruit tree. Although meetings are not valuable fruits, but stole the jack in impoverished areas that thieves sometimes dies. One night the monk identification thieves are picking a meeting in the temple. The thief was over on a high tree branch, and drop each left down by a rope so that it does not fall to the ground causing the noises, and attention. Thieves have a rope tied around the left jack so that when it touched the ground, then stretched ropes. Then, the thief will pull the rope up to force the next left. The monk stood silent under the jackfruit tree. When each left jack touches the ground, he dominated undoing. Eventually thief who picked meetings also climb down. He nearly fell unconscious when a monk happily waited. The monk tells him gently, not like being a victim of thieves, but like a worried parent, asking kindly, "I picked jackfruit enough yet? Do you need more? "No need to yell loudly, causing the thief may be others in the temple causing difficulties. Blandly attitude and generosity of the monks makes thieves too ashamed to him vanishes quickly and never come back to steal the inside. What would you do if you have broken a rule morality of right action? The answer is simple: Take the practice of mindfulness. First, what have I done consciously. Then, if possible, modify. Finally, determined to keep the world on the right action in the future. If you have any transgression, they must renew prayer life. Then letting go of misconduct. Repentance, remorse or anxiety about the consequences beyond our control, and do not help us. Please accept the wrongs of the past with an attitude of generosity and compassion as the monk did to the thief that Jackfruit. Such actions will help us increase diligently practice right action. SUMMARY OF RIGHT NOW • Anyone interested in spiritual growth must observe five precepts: no killing, no stealing, no say lie, do not commit adultery, and not use drugs or alcohol. • Eating meat by definition is not killing. • The slaughter or killing requires deliberate, conscious, planned, and act according to plan. • When we do not kill, as we practice compassion and did not threaten the lives of living beings. • Stealing means taking what is not given, even thought, bright opinions of others. • When we do not steal, we develop respect for other people's needs and practices joy. • About not fornication includes not rape, not mandatory Other people have sex when they do not agree, not sexual abuse with children, animals, wife / husband, or with others who can not protect themselves; including cheating in a relationship. • When we do not commit adultery, then the unworthy can be destroyed. Sexual relationship with spouse or partner is not considered adultery. • We need to avoid all the deliberate abuse of the senses. Doing so will help us let go of the craving, and thereby, develop generosity towards people. • Addiction to alcohol or drugs, can quickly occur that could also gradually become so routine practice ; very harmful addictions, it's best not to try to use the substance. • When we avoid using the substance, we can maintain a lucid mind and practice to cessation of delusions. We can develop mindfulness and trained to act in accordance with reality. • Tho add other rules, either legal or eight bowl of clams Lifetime rules, can be an effective tool to help I meditate and further progress on the path. Mindfulness can help us overcome temptation, avoid controversy, and act of compassion with the immorality of the people and of ourselves.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.15/5/2015.