Sila

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Sila

An ancient Sumerian unit of volume approximately equivalent to one liter.
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According to Tambiah, he is represented as 'the propagator of the Buddhist precepts and as the overseer and guardian of the morals of his subdued tributaries'.
The death of a Northern Thai hermit: A case study of religious transition and schism in a Buddhist community
(14) What Strauss meant by not being known as a Jew was that he did not abjure the Jewish faith in taking the Buddhist precepts because he never practiced Judaism as a religious way of life.
Breaking Down the Barriers: The Encounter between Judaism and Buddhism in the Late Nineteenth Century
The function began with the recital of the 5 Buddhist precepts during which Modi closed his eyes and kept his hands folded.
"Buddhism's message of peace is the answer to growing arc of violence all over the world" - Modi
(15) At the initiation rituals, members make a series of vows that must be observed for the rest of their lives, for instance, to observe the five Buddhist precepts, and, like the Buddhist kings, to promote the Buddha's dispensation.
Mimicking the State in Burma/Myanmar: royal, nationalist, and militant ideology in a New Buddhist Movement
They are not only helpful in denoting specific cultural manifestations of Buddhism (for example, both films depict the ways that Chinese Buddhists have adapted Buddhist precepts to conform to Chinese society), but Vows in particular reveals diversity in that specific context.
A review of: Alms & Vows
"We always make it a point to think before we speak because whatever we say will have an impact on our lives and on the lives of other people," Lim said, pointing to the Buddhist precepts inscribed on the temple's walls.
Buddhists in PH: Beyond 'tikoy,' fireworks and New Year revelry
BUT POWERFUL FORCES-POVERTY, CORRUPTION, GOVERNMENT REVISIONISM, BUDDHIST PRECEPTS AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME-CLOUD MEMORY AND IMPEDE JUSTICE.
Letter from Cambodia
To be fully initiated into this practice requires adherence to a vegetarian diet and cultivation of the five Buddhist precepts: not to kill, not to lie, not to steal, no sexual misconduct, and no alcohol.
Prominent nuns: influential Taiwanese voices
The army forced the monk to disrobe in contravention to Buddhist precepts that require a monk to have his robes removed at a ceremony in a monastery.
Burma
Sister Umachanta lives by the Eight Buddhist precepts and dresses in yellow robes.
The practice of Buddhism in Northeast India
One paper introduced perspectives on Buddhist precepts in three different Buddhist lineages.
Second annual Northern California Chan/Zen-Catholic dialogue held in Burlingame, California
In daily life, a Buddhist endeavors to harmonize his or her activities with the Buddhist precepts. Peace of heart does not blossom unless we develop a compassionate and responsible orientation to all life.
`Unborn' see the world as it truly is
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