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‘Traditional Buddhism rests on recognising that there are two sets of values, those of life in the world and those higher ones of leaving it’
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Introduction
In that context the globalized discourses of Buddhism, whose central theme is the reduction of suffering, have been taken up to provide a narrative of hope and a transformed masculinity. What is more, some Buddhism practices, notably meditation and mindfulness, have positive psychotherapeutic value in the management of the emotional discontents of modernity. However, Buddhism is so well-known and wide-spread all over the world not only due to its possibility of curing both mind and body, but also due to its interconnection with nature and morality and their exhilarating interconnections which have found their reflexions in a set of values in Buddhism. There is an ample range of them which is caused by sub-division of Buddhism after Buddha’s death, but in the given research only traditional Buddhism’s values are to be looked at.
According to the topicality, the subject of our research is traditional Buddhism which is especially significant both for nowadays society and individuals.
We can lay down the aim of our research, which is to study if traditional Buddhism rests on recognising that there are two sets of values, those of life in the world and those higher ones of leaving it.
These aims determine more specific problems of our research:
— to get a brief information on Buddhism;
— to study the main values of Buddhism;
— to emphasise the interconnection between life on the Earth, reincarnation and after-life in the given focus.
Thus, we can conclude that the object of our research is traditional Buddhism’s values, namely those of life in the world and those higher ones of leaving it.
Contents
Introduction 2
1 Buddhist Core Values 3
2 Two Sets of Values 5
Conclusion 7
Bibliography 8
To sum it up, it was proven that Traditional Buddhism rests on recognising that there are two sets of values, those of life in the world and those higher ones of leaving it. The first set of values is more traditionally viewed as Buddhism core values and is connected with human being’s living on the Earth in accordance to several rules. Each of them emphasizes how a particular understanding and performing of a function is to be carried out; what is more, even traditional Buddhism has not evaded the concept of a sin and, therefore, represents a sort of scheme of right living which leads a human being into nirvana. According to Buddhist teachings, any reincarnation (reincarnation) includes a necessary evil and suffering. What is more, one can stop this chain of suffering only when the soul can attain nirvana (nothingness). To reach Nirvana at once in the first regeneration is impossible, but a person has to go the way of salvation - and then he or she will be able to complete the chain of rebirths.
On the other hand, there is no defined set of rules which often leads to misunderstanding; however, the values are defined clearly and some of the rules of living are based on them or the main laws of Buddhism.
Bibliography
1 Conze, Ed. (1957) Buddhism. Its Essence and Development. Oxford: Bruno Cassier.
2 Dhammananda, Ven Dr K Sri (2000) Moral and Ethical Conduct of a Buddhist. New-York.
3 Goodman, Ch. (2014) Ethics in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism. The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy.
4 Gombrich, R., Obeyesekere, G. (1990) Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka. Gunapala, Dh. (2001) Fundamentals of Buddhists Ethics. London.
5 The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Vol. 13, № 2.
6 Harvey, P. (2000) An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics. Cambridge University Press. P. 150.
7 Keown, D. (2000) Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Surrey: LaserScript Ltd.
8 Premasiri, P. D. (2014) Buddhism in a Value-changing Society. BPS Online Edition.
9 Saisuta, Ven. Ph. N. (2012) The Buddhist Core Values and Perspectives for Protection Challenges: Faith and Protection. Thailand, Mahachulalongkorn Uniserity.
10 Whitehill, J. (2000) Buddhist Ethics in Western Context: The Virtues Approach. London.
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