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Four foundations of meditation

Ethics

From how we think to how we live.

Ethics consists of good tendencies in the mind, expressed in words and actions that bring peace, happiness and benefit to those around us. This topic includes articles on cause and effect, karma, virtues such as humility, forbearance and gratitude, and everyday stories about how we treat one another.

Articles: 236

The fairness of cause and effect

Articles: 12
  1. Introduction2 min read
  2. The law of cause and effect is a remarkable form of absolute fairness6 min read
  3. The law of cause and effect exempts no one7 min read
  4. Levels of belief in and understanding of cause and effect7 min read
  5. The axiom of the law of cause and effect5 min read
  6. The basic principle of cause and effect: whatever we do that affects others will come back to us15 min read
  7. To love the law of cause and effect is to love fairness19 min read
  8. The law of cause and effect spans many lives18 min read
  9. How karmic results grow and shrink22 min read
  10. The benefits of believing in, understanding and applying the law of cause and effect36 min read
  11. Some typical examples of cause and effect11 min read
  12. Closing words3 min read

Karma and its results

Articles: 26
  1. Preface5 min read
  2. The concept of karma and its results20 min read
  3. Physical space19 min read
  4. Spiritual space42 min read
  5. The absolute essence29 min read
  6. The cycle of rebirth37 min read
  7. The intermediate body16 min read
  8. Fixed and unfixed8 min read
  9. Good and evil6 min read
  10. Killing10 min read
  11. The time from karma to its result6 min read
  12. Humans and animals8 min read
  13. Shared and individual karma12 min read
  14. Roads and transport8 min read
  15. Appearance12 min read
  16. Talent14 min read
  17. Health13 min read
  18. Status10 min read
  19. Character24 min read
  20. Sex9 min read
  21. Occupation12 min read
  22. Feelings20 min read
  23. Ecology11 min read
  24. The meaning of liberation13 min read
  25. Changing karma23 min read
  26. Karma and its link with all phenomena9 min read

The psychology of ethics

Articles: 28
  1. Foreword4 min read
  2. Concept46 min read
  3. Understanding and revering the Buddha63 min read
  4. The loving mind58 min read
  5. Humility58 min read
  6. Criticising and pointing out faults47 min read
  7. Hot temper45 min read
  8. The practice of truthfulness53 min read
  9. Equality47 min read
  10. Forbearance53 min read
  11. Living simply46 min read
  12. Diligence47 min read
  13. Envy47 min read
  14. Belief66 min read
  15. Harmony41 min read
  16. Discretion48 min read
  17. Mastering speech45 min read
  18. Remorse46 min read
  19. Courage51 min read
  20. Gratitude50 min read
  21. Loving nature52 min read
  22. Yielding53 min read
  23. Keeping promises49 min read
  24. Compliance35 min read
  25. Craving51 min read
  26. Going beyond oneself47 min read
  27. Self-Mastery48 min read
  28. The eighty thousand subtle practices39 min read

Foundations of ethics

Articles: 142
  1. What morality means2 min read
  2. Fairness3 min read
  3. The measure of morality3 min read
  4. Living for others3 min read
  5. Peace and joy3 min read
  6. Gentle and steadfast3 min read
  7. Humility4 min read
  8. Rebirth3 min read
  9. Freedom from greed4 min read
  10. Knowing your own faults4 min read
  11. Empathy4 min read
  12. Loyalty2 min read
  13. Love of plants4 min read
  14. Responsibility3 min read
  15. Morality befitting one's position4 min read
  16. An ideal to live for3 min read
  17. Cooperation3 min read
  18. Thrift3 min read
  19. Rules5 min read
  20. Forbearance4 min read
  21. Praise and encouragement4 min read
  22. Dedication3 min read
  23. Politeness4 min read
  24. Diligence3 min read
  25. Courage4 min read
  26. Self-respect3 min read
  27. Clean and beautiful3 min read
  28. Compassion4 min read
  29. No one can do it for you3 min read
  30. The inheritance3 min read
  31. Homeless3 min read
  32. The adopted child4 min read
  33. Starting a business4 min read
  34. Embracing the pain3 min read
  35. Looking further4 min read
  36. Repaying a kindness4 min read
  37. Jealousy4 min read
  38. Intermediaries3 min read
  39. The offer3 min read
  40. Parents on both sides4 min read
  41. Whose stretch of road?4 min read
  42. Being wronged4 min read
  43. Victory3 min read
  44. Health4 min read
  45. The dream competition3 min read
  46. Quitting addiction5 min read
  47. Fraud4 min read
  48. At the head4 min read
  49. Clean money5 min read
  50. Secrets5 min read
  51. Meticulousness8 min read
  52. Endurance5 min read
  53. What you wish is what you get4 min read
  54. Rise and fall5 min read
  55. Public opinion6 min read
  56. From the sewer5 min read
  57. Family studies7 min read
  58. A child's intuition5 min read
  59. Clothing4 min read
  60. Privacy6 min read
  61. Instinct and ethics4 min read
  62. Memory4 min read
  63. Carefulness5 min read
  64. Fear of ghosts5 min read
  65. It all comes to the same8 min read
  66. The spoiled child4 min read
  67. The divide5 min read
  68. Eating and drinking5 min read
  69. A change of heart4 min read
  70. The worker6 min read
  71. Travel5 min read
  72. Resourcefulness4 min read
  73. Small yet not small4 min read
  74. The instinct of sexual desire6 min read
  75. Making friends5 min read
  76. More important5 min read
  77. Teaching martial arts7 min read
  78. Choosing your words5 min read
  79. The prison5 min read
  80. Doing business6 min read
  81. Rising higher6 min read
  82. Karmic obstruction4 min read
  83. Extremism4 min read
  84. Crime upon crime4 min read
  85. The right kind of fear is useful too5 min read
  86. Take-back and recycling7 min read
  87. A science-fiction story6 min read
  88. Healing illness6 min read
  89. Oh, the forest6 min read
  90. Divine beings5 min read
  91. Happiness8 min read
  92. Weapons6 min read
  93. Easy and hard5 min read
  94. Educating children7 min read
  95. Dangerous situations5 min read
  96. Art4 min read
  97. A convention on the law of cause and effect6 min read
  98. The ghost festival7 min read
  99. Discipline7 min read
  100. Not imitating the bad4 min read
  101. Home Assister7 min read
  102. Superficiality5 min read
  103. There are some shames5 min read
  104. There are some joys3 min read
  105. The end of a dream4 min read
  106. Worrying about everything5 min read
  107. Unfairness4 min read
  108. Belief6 min read
  109. The motorbike taxi driver on Teachers' Day3 min read
  110. Loftiness4 min read
  111. The last thing5 min read
  112. Divorce4 min read
  113. The whale7 min read
  114. The ideal person5 min read
  115. Helping the unfit4 min read
  116. Keeping faith6 min read
  117. Imperfection5 min read
  118. The child's letter4 min read
  119. The start of the year4 min read
  120. Lucky money3 min read
  121. Violence3 min read
  122. Traffic rules4 min read
  123. The horoscope7 min read
  124. Thinking it is good4 min read
  125. Suspicion4 min read
  126. A saint to protect your life3 min read
  127. If you are sincere4 min read
  128. Blindness3 min read
  129. Education first5 min read
  130. What we need more5 min read
  131. The range of wisdom3 min read
  132. Eating and drinking6 min read
  133. Civilised conduct3 min read
  134. Friends6 min read
  135. The tendency to commit crime6 min read
  136. The prosperity index5 min read
  137. Raising intelligent children7 min read
  138. The visitor park5 min read
  139. Seeing what needs to be done6 min read
  140. The contest of willpower5 min read
  141. Raising capital5 min read
  142. Suspicion7 min read

Talking to yourself

Articles: 28
  1. Foreword2 min read
  2. Non-self is the ultimate goal of spiritual practice6 min read
  3. So how do we practise non-self?1 min read
  4. Knowing our own faults: the starting point of the path of practice11 min read
  5. Two kinds of faults2 min read
  6. Holy beings cherish, and spirits admire, the person who always knows their own faults3 min read
  7. How do we see our faults?11 min read
  8. One who always knows their own faults becomes a teacher of all beings4 min read
  9. Seeing the danger in every small fault5 min read
  10. Great wrongs push us into the three evil realms; small faults also bring us great hardship23 min read
  11. Not clinging to our own opinions18 min read
  12. Two forms of clinging to our opinions1 min read
  13. Learn to doubt yourself10 min read
  14. It seems ours, but it is not ours2 min read
  15. Clinging to what is “mine”8 min read
  16. Cling to nothing and gain everything4 min read
  17. Why is nothing ours?6 min read
  18. Review: reflecting to see clearly that nothing is ours8 min read
  19. Right use brings merit; misuse brings wrongdoing7 min read
  20. In the end, even this mind is not “I”4 min read
  21. Fully responsible, yet at ease2 min read
  22. To practise is to correct our faults1 min read
  23. The mind faculty lets us look back at our own mind8 min read
  24. Do not let the ego deceive us into missing our own mistakes6 min read
  25. Three occasions to remind ourselves to stay vigilant6 min read
  26. Appropriate attention12 min read
  27. When looking back at ourselves, remember three important things1 min read
  28. Conclusion2 min read