Young People and Buddhist Ethics: 155 Tradition or Sense?

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Published: Jul 5, 2019
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Young People Buddhist Ethics Tradition or Sense

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Catherine Hopper

Abstract

Come, Kālāmas. Do not go upon what has been acquired
by repeated hearing; nor upon tradition; nor upon rumour;
nor upon what is in a scripture; nor upon surmise; nor upon
an axiom; nor upon specious reasoning; nor upon a bias
towards a notion that has been pondered over; nor upon
another’s seeming ability; nor upon the consideration,
‘The monk is our teacher.’ Kālāmas, when you yourselves
know: ‘These things are good; these things are not blameable;
these things are praised by the wise; undertaken and observed,
these things lead to benefit and happiness,’ enter on and abide
in them.

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Hopper, C. (2019). Young People and Buddhist Ethics: 155 Tradition or Sense?. The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU), 1(1), 155–170. Retrieved from https://so06.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/Jiabu/article/view/201949
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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2008): The Journal of International Association of Buddhist Universities (JIABU)
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Author Biography

Catherine Hopper

Munisha (Catherine Hopper) is an education officer at The Clear Vision Trust, a charity
established in the 1990s, and writes teaching materials on Buddhism for schools in Engand and
Wales.

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