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The Ten Pillars are the ten ethical principles, which provide a comprehensive guide to the moral dimension of human life. This lecture provides us with a thorough introduction to Buddhist ethics. Note: the second half of this long lecture was read by Dharmachari Devamitra.
Talk given in 1984.
| 1. | The Order's sixteenth birthday (7:44) | |
| 2. | Introduction to the paper (9:26) | |
| 3. | The Relation Between Refuges and Precepts (8:46) | |
| 4. | Canonical Sources: i. the Kutadanta Sutta (5:13) | |
| 5. | ii. The Sevitabba-Asevitabba Sutta (5:16) | |
| 6. | iii.The Anguttura Nikaya (6:14) | |
| 7. | iv. Other Canonical Sources (6:16) | |
| 8. | v. The Mahayana sutras (3:17) | |
| 9. | Total Transformation (6:06) | |
| 10. | Body, speech, and mind (2:11) | |
| 11. | Principles of Ethics (8:06) | |
| 12. | Rules of Training (5:48) | |
| 13. | Mula-Pratimoksha (8:25) | |
| 14. | A norm of ethical behaviour (5:39) | |
| 15. | Other Ethical Formulae (4:56) | |
| 16. | Lifestyle (6:49) | |
| 17. | The First Precept (6:55) | |
| 18. | The golden rule - non-violence and love (7:35) | |
| 19. | Love mode and power mode (6:29) | |
| 20. | The Second Precept (5:58) | |
| 21. | Taking the not-given; gratitude (4:58) | |
| 22. | Indebtedness (5:31) | |
| 23. | The Third Precept: sexual polarization and contentment (10:48) | |
| 24. | Introduction to the four speech precepts (3:49) | |
| 25. | The Fourth Precept: truthfulness, falsehood, and society; factual accuracy; believing others (7:18) | |
| 26. | The Fifth Precept: harsh and kindly speech (4:45) | |
| 27. | The Sixth Precept: frivolous and meaningful speech (4:31) | |
| 28. | The Seventh Precept: slanderous and harmonious speech (4:24) | |
| 29. | The Eighth Precept: covetousness (4:54) | |
| 30. | Tranquillity and meditation (3:52) | |
| 31. | The Ninth Precept: hatred and compassion (5:40) | |
| 32. | The Tenth Precept (6:60) | |
| 33. | Abandoning false views, letting Wisdom shine (5:58) | |
| 34. | Conclusion: ten pillars, ten petals (5:11) |
Total running time: 3:25:48
