David Chapman on Twitter: "@Jayarava Yes… so, in many contexts, “sila” is better translated “pre-meditative practice discipline” than ethics."

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David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 16 Sep 2015

I hoped that after taking a week off from the “ethics in mindfulness meditation” debate, it would all make sense. pic.twitter.com/YZpCTM2XQ8

5:19 PM - 16 Sep 2015 · Details
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Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴 ‏@Jayarava 18 Sep 2015

@Meaningness The primary importance of all systems of ethics is as a point of leverage to enforce group norms.
David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 18 Sep 2015

@Jayarava Yes… In the case of “Consensus Buddhism,” the norms are mainstream American leftish norms. This gets called “Buddhist ethics…”
David Chapman ‏@Meaningness 18 Sep 2015

@Jayarava I don’t have much quarrel with the norms, but the pretense that they are Buddhist rubs me the wrong way.
Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴 ‏@Jayarava 18 Sep 2015

@Meaningness well... Buddhist ethics *do* have a definite content - e.g. pañcasīla, dasakusalakammapatha etc.
Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴 ‏@Jayarava 18 Sep 2015

@Meaningness And a definite rationale (or two)
Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴 ‏@Jayarava 18 Sep 2015

@Meaningness The main rationale of Buddhist ethics is to obtain a better rebirth. That is at the forefront especially for laypeople.
Jayarava जयरव 勝鳴 ‏@Jayarava 18 Sep 2015

@Meaningness For full-time meditators it helps to make the mind amenable to concentrated states, culminating in the experience of cessation.

@Jayarava Yes… so, in many contexts, “sila” is better translated “pre-meditative practice discipline” than ethics.

7:04 AM - 18 Sep 2015

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