LIVING IN ALIGNMENT - Lama Dawa's Commentary

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"There are these 10 virtuous actions refraining from killing, refraining from stealing, refraining from sexual misconduct, refraining from lying, refraining from divisive speech, refraining from harsh speech, refraining from idle chatter, refraining from covetousness, refraining from ill will and holding right view."
-The Buddha, in the Angkatara Nikaya

Lama Dawa Zangpo’s Commentary:
The Buddha here is giving us the Buddhist version of the Ten Commandments. In this, we have actions of body, speech, and mind through which we can do good. We can do good by refraining from doing bad. What is bad? Bad are things that hurt or harm ourselves or others, actions that disturb the peace, things that reinforce self-centeredness and selfishness. So speaking mindfully, honestly, directly, and meaningfully are the virtuous actions of speech, not harming physically others, such as killing, not taking what's not ours, not having sexual misconduct, meaning harming others and in the mind, not coveting or wanting, desiring what other people have and thinking of harming others and not clearly understanding the nature of cause and effect. These are the 10 actions of body, speech and mind that the Buddha is reminding us that we can make positive choices about.

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