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Central ethical principles in Buddhism involve various prohibitions, things we aren't supposed to do. But do we also have positive duties to act in Buddhism? We'll consider various examples from the early suttas.
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✅ Videos mentioned:
Practicing Buddhist Right Action: Avoiding Regret — youtu.be/M8IVFijYLEs
Buddha on the Proper Use of Wealth — youtu.be/z5LdGd6t8ZU
You Can Be Too Equanimous — youtu.be/gVf0RUOHZQo
✅ Suttas and Vinaya passages mentioned:
suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd8/en/brahmali
accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/vin/mv/mv.08.26.01-08.than.html
suttacentral.net/sn3.19/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/sn3.20/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/an5.166/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/an4.100/en/sujato
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00:00 Intro
02:44 First, avoid harming others
03:27 Duty to act with illness
04:55 Duty to act with verbal harassment
06:05 Duty to act with praise and criticism
07:42 Wealth and duty to act generously
11:52 Do we have a duty to act?
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Central ethical principles in Buddhism involve various prohibitions, things we aren't supposed to do. But do we also have positive duties to act in Buddhism? We'll consider various examples from the early suttas.
🧡 If you find this material useful, check out my Patreon page and get fun benefits like exclusive videos, audio-only versions, and extensive show notes: patreon.com/dougsseculardharma
🧡 You can also make donations through: paypal.me/dougsdharma
📙 Check out my book, A Handbook of Early Buddhist Wisdom, with a Foreword by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: books2read.com/buddhisthandbook
☸️ Free mini-course at the Online Dharma Institute: onlinedharma.org.
🎙Check out my podcast with Jon Aaron, Diggin' the Dharma: digginthedharma.com
✅ Videos mentioned:
Practicing Buddhist Right Action: Avoiding Regret — youtu.be/M8IVFijYLEs
Buddha on the Proper Use of Wealth — youtu.be/z5LdGd6t8ZU
You Can Be Too Equanimous — youtu.be/gVf0RUOHZQo
✅ Suttas and Vinaya passages mentioned:
suttacentral.net/pli-tv-kd8/en/brahmali
accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/vin/mv/mv.08.26.01-08.than.html
suttacentral.net/sn3.19/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/sn3.20/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/an5.166/en/sujato
suttacentral.net/an4.100/en/sujato
Webpage: dougsdharma.com
Facebook: facebook.com/onlinedharmainstitute
Mastodon: https://mindly.social/@dougsdharma
Instagram: instagram.com/dougsdharma
Threads: threads.net/@dougsdharma
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dougsdharma.bsky.social
Thumbnail image courtesy of Layers from Pixabay.
❤️ Thanks to Patreon Patrons:
Anonymous (4)
Omar
John Oborne
DunJing
Jimmy Maa
Debbie Mattison
Ron Peat
Michael S. Kearns
Anne
Matthew Smith
Shantha Wengappuli
Karma_CAC
Jorge Seguel
Christopher Apostolof
GailJM
David Bell
T Pham
VCR
Upayadhi
Andi and Erik
ATGuerrero686
Michael Scherrer
khobe schofield
Alex Perdomo
Benji Forsyth
Sonny Flink
Steve Marlor
Joy L Lee
Andrew Tom
Anthony Tucker
Karlee R
Ethan M
Billy in Singapore
Olivia Otter
Carl Lennartson
xiao mao
Jeff Harvey
Andrew Ingrouille
Kenneth Grandchamp
Rene Gariepy
Russell Needham
Smoggyrob
Mac Roja
Bernardo
Clémence Ortega Douville
Kwan Alex
Scott Johnston
Richard J Beninger
Nathanael O. Arnquist
SaturnianMandala
Trin P
Letesa Isler
Dorien Izel
Robert Paterson
Jake Tobiason
Louvenia Ortega
Steve S.
Richard Rappuhn
Sarah Kress
John Aaron
Paul Niklewski
Kong Ing Kai
Dave Gorman
rhys reed
Osanda Wijeratne
Scarlett Farrow
BJ - RetreaTours™
Matthieu Tregnier
Roland Harris
karen
Rob
John
James Ravencroft
Brady Schickinger
Marko
Jenn A.
00:00 Intro
02:44 First, avoid harming others
03:27 Duty to act with illness
04:55 Duty to act with verbal harassment
06:05 Duty to act with praise and criticism
07:42 Wealth and duty to act generously
11:52 Do we have a duty to act?
Note: as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon links are affiliate links where I will earn a very small commission on purchases you make, at no additional cost to you. This goes a tiny way towards defraying the costs of making these videos. Thank you!
