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The Golden Rules of Buddhism
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Henry Steel Olcott1 rating, 3.00 average rating, 0 reviews
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“Location 29-30
[One who buys butcher's meat or poultry violates this gâthâ. For by paying the butcher for meat be has killed, the buyer shares his sin by "sanctioning" his act.]
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Location 31-31
A "creature" is something created (by God), but Buddhists regard all living organisms as evolved by due process of natural law.
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Location 65-65
Hatred is never quenched by hatred; hatred ceases by [showing] love; this is an old rule.
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Location 66-66
Let a man overcome anger by love, evil by good, the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth.
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Location 131-132
The evil-doer suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next; he suffers in both. He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path.
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Location 132-134
Surely an evil deed does not turn on a sudden like milk [curdling]; it is like fire smouldering in the ashes, which burns the fool. . . . An evil deed [Page 10] kills not instantly, as does a sword, but it follows the evil doer [even] into the next world.
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Location 186-187
"He abused me, he reviled me, he beat me, he subdued me"; he who keeps this in his mind, and who feels resentment, will find no peace.
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Location 208-208
Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another.
~~Golden Rules of Buddhism by Henry Steel Olcott”
― The Golden Rules of Buddhism
[One who buys butcher's meat or poultry violates this gâthâ. For by paying the butcher for meat be has killed, the buyer shares his sin by "sanctioning" his act.]
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Location 31-31
A "creature" is something created (by God), but Buddhists regard all living organisms as evolved by due process of natural law.
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Location 65-65
Hatred is never quenched by hatred; hatred ceases by [showing] love; this is an old rule.
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Location 66-66
Let a man overcome anger by love, evil by good, the greedy by liberality, the liar by truth.
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Location 131-132
The evil-doer suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next; he suffers in both. He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path.
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Location 132-134
Surely an evil deed does not turn on a sudden like milk [curdling]; it is like fire smouldering in the ashes, which burns the fool. . . . An evil deed [Page 10] kills not instantly, as does a sword, but it follows the evil doer [even] into the next world.
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Location 186-187
"He abused me, he reviled me, he beat me, he subdued me"; he who keeps this in his mind, and who feels resentment, will find no peace.
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Location 208-208
Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another.
~~Golden Rules of Buddhism by Henry Steel Olcott”
― The Golden Rules of Buddhism
