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Harmlessness

Module 4 of An Introduction to Buddhist Practice

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Homework

Chapter 3: Harmlessness from Buddhist Life, Buddhist Path – Bhikkhu Cintita (.pdf) (.epub) (.pdf)

Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley and Tracy K. Smith
  • This classic poem from the English canon captures the vanity of the pursuit of power given the vastness of time. This reading shows how belief in rebirth and its cosmological time scale helps put our lives into a more compassionate perspective.
The Five Precepts – Bhante Jayasara (.mp3)
  • Avoid poor Ozymandias’ fate in five easy steps!
AN 3.78 Sīlabbata Sutta: Precepts and Observances (.pdf)
  • But learn how to “hold” your precepts lightly.

Lecture

Dhammajanana: Dhamma Knowledge – Bhante Yuttadhammo (.mp3) (.mp3)
Continue to Part 5, Purity

...or go back to part 3