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2. Buddhist ethics - Wikipedia

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   While Buddhist theory tends to equate killing animals with killing people (and avoids the conclusion that killing can sometimes be ethical, e.g. defense of others), outside of the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese and some Japanese monastic traditions, most Buddhists do eat meat in practice; [111] there is however, a significant minority of Buddhist ...

3. Dasasīlamātā - Wikipedia

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   A dasasīlamātā or dasa sil mata (Sinhala: දස සිල් මාතා) is an Eight-or Ten Precepts-holding anagārikā (lay renunciant) in Buddhism in Sri Lanka, where the newly reestablished bhikkhuni (nun's) lineage is not officially recognized yet.

4. Eight precepts - Wikipedia

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   In Buddhism, the Eight Precepts (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā-sīla, Pali: aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or aṭṭha-sīla) is a list of moral precepts that are observed by Nuns, or Upāsakas and Upasikās (lay Buddhists) on Uposatha (observance days) and special occasions.

5. Threefold Training - Wikipedia

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   The Buddha's threefold training is similar to the threefold grouping of the Noble Eightfold Path articulated by Bhikkhuni Dhammadinna in Culavedalla Sutta ("The Shorter Set of Questions-And-Answers Discourse," MN 44): virtue (sīlakkhandha), concentration (samādhikkhandha), wisdom (paññākkhandha ). [5]

6. Three marks of existence - Wikipedia

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   In Buddhism, the three marks of existence are three characteristics (Pali: tilakkhaṇa; Sanskrit: त्रिलक्षण trilakṣaṇa) of all existence and beings, namely anicca (impermanence), dukkha (commonly translated as "suffering" or "cause of suffering", "unsatisfactory", "unease"), [note 1] and anattā (without a lasting essence).

7. Brahmajāla Sutta - Wikipedia

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   The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajala Sutta and its Commentarial Exegesis, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Buddhist Publication Society Katz, Nathan (1981). Review: The Discourse on the All-Embracing Net of Views: The Brahmajāla Sutta and Its Commentarial Exegesis by Bhikkhu Bodhi, Jeffrey Block , Journal of the American Academy of ...

8. Pāramitā - Wikipedia

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   Pāramitā (Sanskrit, Pali: पारमिता) or pāramī (Pāli: पारमी) is a Buddhist term often translated as "perfection". It is described in Buddhist commentaries as a noble character quality generally associated with enlightened beings.

9. Five precepts - Wikipedia

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   Buddhist scriptures explain the five precepts as the minimal standard of Buddhist morality. [15] It is the most important system of morality in Buddhism, together with the monastic rules . [ 16 ] Śīla (Sanskrit; Pali : sīla ) is used to refer to Buddhist precepts, [ 17 ] including the five. [ 4 ]