Search results for: virtue

  1. Book search result icon Undaunted Aging
     … The Buddha also talks of virtue as a form of wealth. A loss of your virtue, he says, is more serious than a loss of health, of material wealth, or even of your relatives (AN 5:130). Virtue is an inner wealth that’s essential to any trustworthy form of well-being. The basic definition of virtue expresses it in terms of five precepts … 
  2. Book search result icon Undaunted Chapter Seven Quotations
     … I hope you have no anguish.” “Yes, lord, I do have not a small amount of anxiety, not a small amount of anguish.” “I hope you can’t fault yourself with regard to your virtue.” “No, lord, I can’t fault myself with regard to my virtue.” “Then what are you anxious about? What is your anguish?” “I understand that the Blessed One has … 
  3. Book search result icon Undaunted Mindfulness of Death
     … But here again, if that person practices the Dhamma in the new life—in particular, training the mind in the brahmavihāras, training in virtue and discernment, and training the mind not to be overcome by either feelings of pleasure or feelings of pain—then the results of past bad actions will have a much weaker impact on the mind. Just as the Buddhist cosmos … 
  4. Book search result icon Undaunted Grief for the Loss of a Loved One
     … And as we saw in the discussion in Chapter Six, this means developing qualities like conviction, virtue, generosity, learning, discernment, and the sublime attitudes. These are the qualities that can help guarantee good opportunities for rebirth when you approach your own death. If you want to meet your loved one again in a future life, these qualities guarantee that you will have the opportunity … 
  5. Book search result icon Undaunted Appendix
     … One who practices the Dhamma in thought, word, & deed, is praised here and, after death, rejoices in heaven. — SN 3:25 Ariyadhana Gāthā Noble Wealth Yassa saddhā Tathāgate Acalā supatiṭṭhitā Sīlañ-ca yassa kalyāṇaṁ Ariya-kantaṁ pasaṁsitaṁ One whose conviction in the Tathāgata is unshakable, well-established, whose virtue is admirable, praised, cherished by the Noble Ones, Saṅghe pasādo yassatthi Ujubhūtañ-ca dassanaṁ Adaḷiddoti … 
  6. Book search result icon Undaunted Giving Care
     … The rules show how the Buddha himself worked out the practical details on how to apply the principles of goodwill and virtue to this specific issue. On the one hand, he didn’t subscribe to the notion that medical treatment should try to extend life at all costs. He imposed only a minor penalty on a monk who totally abandons a sick monk before … 
  7. Book search result icon Undaunted Introduction
     … But even though acceptance, contentment, equanimity, and patience are virtues in some instances, they can actually stand in the way of developing other skills you need to deal with the cravings that will arise at death. The Buddha saw that those cravings fell into three types, and any of the three will come on raw and in full force when you realize that you … 
  8. Book search result icon Undaunted Meditation in Practice
     … Beings will be able to find true happiness only when they develop virtue, concentration, and discernment in line with the noble eightfold path. The discourses offer some further reflections that expand on the basic sentiments of the brahmavihāras. For example, when you’re irritated by another person’s behavior, you can remind yourself that it’s nothing out of the ordinary when people do … 
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