Search results for: virtue

  1. Book search result icon Straight from the Heart Glossary
     … Perfection of the character—generosity, virtue, renunciation, discernment, persistence, forbearance, truthfulness, determination, good will, and equanimity. Parisā: Following; assembly. The four groups of the Buddha’s following are monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. Pāṭimokkha: The basic code of 227 precepts observed by Buddhist monks, chanted every half-month in each assembly of monks numbering four or more. Phala: Fruition. Specifically, the fruition of any … 
  2. Book search result icon Straight from the Heart Unawareness Converges, Concealing the True Dhamma, the True Mind
     … If there’s nothing, I take his virtues and form them into a convention to which I pay respect. His virtues will never fade for me. It’s as if he hadn’t passed away: a nature that stays like that, as if he were watching me all the time. This is why all the Noble Disciples who have seen the principles of the … 
  3. Book search result icon Straight from the Heart The Marvel of the Dhamma
     … practice to cure defilement (kilesa), craving (taṇhā), and mental effluents (āsava), which are the things that produce stress: This, human beings also know. What is the path? To put it briefly: virtue, concentration, and discernment. These things human beings know and can put into practice. The Noble Truth of the cessation of stress: This, human beings also know. No matter which of these truths … 
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