The perfection of ethical discipline - Monaco - 2015
OVERVIEW
Mahāyāna ethic is both an art of living and a comprehensive guide that enables us to walk in the footsteps of the bodhisattvas. It has three components: the ethic of abstention from wrongdoings, the ethic of collecting virtue, and the ethic of helping sentient beings. These three dimensions include all the practices of the bodhisattvas, all the six perfections, all the causes that lead to Enlightenment. They include a gradation: first protecting yourself, then developing your qualities, before being truly able to help all sentient beings. It is this first aspect that Rinpoche mainly teaches here, placing it firmly in the context of the journey towards complete Enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THESE TEACHINGS?
Rinpoche delivers here a formidable introduction to the ethics of the bodhisattvas with particular emphasis on:
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- The gradation of the three aspects of Mahāyāna ethics
- The goal: the implementation of the eleven aspects of the ethics of helping others in order to practice becoming Buddha
- The foundation: the ethics of abstention
- The different types of karmas
- The distinction between karmic path and karma
- The effects of karma, and the factors that contribute to giving them strength
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WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
This inspiring teaching will give you a first comprehensive insight into the three aspects of bodhisattva ethics and will encourage you to follow in their footsteps so that you may gradually be able to effectively help all beings.
