Becoming Fulfilled
"I see. And what is the process of fulfillment for a Buddhist?" "Buddhism is a gradual process," he answered. "The attainments do not come all at once; there is a gradual unfolding. "You start," he said, "with morality (sila). That is the starting point. Morality is the ABC of Buddhism. All ethics and morals have one function — to control the speech and action of man. Taming the tongue and controlling the bodily actions. That is the function of all ethics in Buddhism. So, you see, ethics is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. |
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