@Jayarava Yes… In the case of “Consensus Buddhism,” the norms are mainstream American leftish norms. This gets called “Buddhist ethics…”
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@Jayarava I don’t have much quarrel with the norms, but the pretense that they are Buddhist rubs me the wrong way.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness well... Buddhist ethics *do* have a definite content - e.g. pañcasīla, dasakusalakammapatha etc.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness The main rationale of Buddhist ethics is to obtain a better rebirth. That is at the forefront especially for laypeople.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness For full-time meditators it helps to make the mind amenable to concentrated states, culminating in the experience of cessation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness you may have seen me distinguish between sīla (ethics) and saṃvara (discipline) recently? Quite different.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness It's in this one: http://jayarava.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/having-seen-form-with-eye.html …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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@Meaningness It's an ideal, though, conveyed in myth and legend. It's not clear that *anyone* did or does it. Buddhists hate this :-)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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