I have always wondered why the Buddha was so strict about lying. Lying wasn’t appropriate under any circumstances. This has always been hard for me to understand when it comes to little white lies. If you look at the Buddha’s instruction to practice absolute honesty within the context of insight meditation, meditation whose object is [...]
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Monasticism
Posted in monasticism on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I seriously considered ordaining at one point in the Theravada tradition. I didn’t do it because of some serious doubts about the appropriateness of this for me.
One big concern was how others would relate to me. I didn’t want people to think I was somehow a better practitioner because I was in robes. I didn’t [...]
