Bodhisattva ethics - Drôme - 2017


OVERVIEW 

The ethics of bodhisattvas - those beings who are dedicated to attaining enlightenment for the sake of all beings - have three main dimensions: the ethics of abstention, the ethics of collecting virtues, and the ethics of helping others. In particular, within the ethics of abstention, bodhisattvas adopt specific vows, to which they commit until they attain Enlightenment. These include eighteen root downfalls and forty-six secondary faults. Rinpoche introduces us to them here, showing us how in this day and age more than ever these commitments are relevant and lead to a deeply altruistic way of life, turned towards others.


WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THESE TEACHINGS?

Based on The Great Lamrim by the great Je Tsongkhapa, which himself refers to the great Indian classics - ārya Asaṅga's Bodhisattvabhūmi, ācārya Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya, and Candragomin's Bodhisattvaaṃvaravimsaka - Rinpoche offers us a condensed and exceptional introduction to the bodhisattva vows:

  1. Why adopt the bodhisattva vows: by highlighting the full relevance of the bodhisattva ideal in our modern world. 

  2. The eighteen root downfalls: these include praising oneself while disparaging others; not to accept sincere apologies; to falsely claim to have superior qualities; or to abandon bodhicitta, be it by rejecting a single being. 

  3. The forty-six secondary faults: they encompass seven faults against generosity, nine against ethics, four against patience, three against enthusiasm, three against concentration, eight against wisdom, and twelve against helping others. 


WHAT WILL YOU LEARN? 

This rare teaching opens the door to the possibility of a new way of life, resolutely turned towards spiritual practice and cultivating virtue, towards an existence dedicated to all beings in this life and beyond this life, until Enlightenment. Wholeheartedly committing to the bodhisattva vows indeed marks the essential turning point for a bodhisattva between aspiring bodhicitta and engaged bodhicitta.


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