A Bhikkhu is an ordained male monastic in Buddhism. They are known for living a mendicant lifestyle, seeking enlightenment, and renouncing worldly life. Bhikkhus follow a strict set of 227 rules and are considered members of the Sangha (Buddhist community)....
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The Triple Gem, comprising the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, constitutes the bedrock of Buddhist faith and practice. It represents the essential elements for spiritual growth and liberation from suffering....
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There are these five benefits for an ethical person because of their accomplishment in ethics: Substantial wealth, Good reputation, Confidence and assurance, Peace of mind, Rebirth in a heavenly realm...
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The five precepts (Sanskrit: pañcaśīla; Pali: pañcasīla) or five rules of training (Sanskrit: pañcaśikṣapada; Pali: pañcasikkhapada) is the most important system of morality for Buddhist lay people....
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Vinaya, means "discipline" or "rule". Vinaya is one of the three canonical scriptures of Theravada Buddhism, containing detailed rules and regulations regarding the life of Bhikkhus. Bhikkhu Patimokkha, also known as Patimokkha Sutta, is a part of the Vinaya containing 227 precepts that Bhikkhus must follow....
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The Sutras contain the teachings of Buddha Gautama during 45 years of spreading the Dharma, including basic teachings such as the Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, Anatta... They are recorded in the Magadhi language of the Buddha's time, condensed, transmitted by oral tradition, and systematized through the first and second Congresses of sutra compilations...
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The wholesome:Abstention from killing living beings; abstention from taking what is not given; abstention from misconduct in sensual pleasures; abstention from false speech; abstention from malicious speech; abstention from harsh speech; abstention from gossip; uncovetousness; non-ill will; right view, that is called the wholesome......
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Even though we do not completely master Karma - because the cause has been sown - we also do not absolutely have to give up and be a slave. Even the most vile and despicable person can still strive to become morally pure. We are always changing and always becoming something new, and that new thing depends on ourselves, on our own actions....
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Nibbana(Nirvana) is defined in the Sutras as follows:
“Now this, bhikkhus, is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering: it is the remainderless fading away and cessation of that same craving, the giving up and relinquishing of it, freedom from it, nonreliance on it."
The mind no longer has all hidden desires and desires, that is Nirvana, It is called Nirvana because Nirvana is the cessation, the separation - Ni - from craving - Vana, sensual desire...
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In the Four Noble Truths, suffering is birth, aging, illness, death, union with what is displeasing, separation from what is pleasing, not getting what one wants; in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering, and the Buddha also taught that the way to end suffering is to practice the Noble Eightfold Path: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration...
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