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  2. Five precepts - Wikipedia

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    Glossary of Buddhism. The five precepts ( Sanskrit: pañcaśīla; Pali: pañcasīla) or five rules of training ( Sanskrit: pañcaśikṣapada; Pali: pañcasikkhapada) [ 4 ][ 5 ][ note 1 ] is the most important system of morality for Buddhist lay people. They constitute the basic code of ethics to be respected by lay followers of Buddhism.

  3. Buddhist ethics - Wikipedia

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    However, almost throughout history, countries where Buddhism has been the official religion (which have included most of the Far East and Indochina) have practiced the death penalty. One exception is the abolition of the death penalty by the Emperor Saga of Japan in 818. This lasted until 1165, although in private manors executions conducted as ...

  4. Anantarika-karma - Wikipedia

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    Anantarika-karma. Ānantarya karma ( Sanskrit) or Ānantarika kamma ( Pāli) [ 1] are the most serious offences in Buddhism that, at death, through the overwhelming karmic strength of any single one of them, bring immediate disaster. [ 2][ 3] Both Buddhists and non-Buddhists must avoid them at all costs. Such offenses prevent perpetrators from ...

  5. Noble Eightfold Path - Wikipedia

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    The eight Buddhist practices in the Noble Eightfold Path are: Right View: our actions have consequences, death is not the end, and our actions and beliefs have consequences after death. The Buddha followed and taught a successful path out of this world and the other world (heaven and underworld/hell).

  6. Buddhism and euthanasia - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism. Buddhist views, although varying on a series of canons within the three branches of Buddhism ( Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana ), observe the concept of euthanasia, or "mercy killing", in a denunciatory manner. [ 1] Such methods of euthanasia include voluntary, involuntary, and non-voluntary.

  7. Maraṇasati - Wikipedia

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    Maraṇasati (mindfulness of death, death awareness) is a Buddhist meditation practice of remembering (frequently keeping in mind) that death can strike at any time ( AN 6.20), and that we should practice assiduously ( appamada) and with urgency in every moment, even in the time it takes to draw one breath.

  8. Karma in Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention ( cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the kind of rebirth in samsara, the cycle of rebirth.

  9. Rebirth (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Buddhism portal. v. t. e. Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra. [ 1][ 2] This cycle is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful. The cycle stops only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the ...