Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life Hsing Yun, Tom Graham
Publisher: Buddha's Light Publishing

Religious ethics are the moral principles that guide religions and that set the standard for what is and isn't acceptable behavior. So the way I like to describe it, and there are a lot of different ways to describe it as you'll see in the discussion, is that people in the Buddha's time were searching for meaning, for understanding about their experiences in daily life. So I would suggest instead we take onboard the Buddha's own approach, founded on the realization that true well being only occurs in a fully ethical practice, where we have extinguished the fires of greed, hatred, and ignorance. And the seasons — a humbling experience. Through humility, Buddhists can release anger and learn to live a life free from attachments and suffering. In the mirror every morning without cringing. They are as problematic and illusory as our faulty notions of “I” and “mine”. To follow the path is first to learn that these claims are true. Personal virtues, such as humility, gratitude, and hope honor God or, in Eastern religions, reflect a higher state of being. Surprisingly similar from one religion. €Good” and “bad”, “right” and “wrong”, are nothing more than arbitrary conventions we use in daily life.