Breaking the precepts

Buddhist ethical conduct including the Five Precepts (Pañcasikkhāpada), and Eightfold Ethical Conduct (Aṭṭhasīla).
Coyote
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Re: Breaking the precepts

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Rui Sousa wrote:If you pay close attention to the exact moment when lying occurs, the causes and consequences will become very visible. Natural disgust will follow, and then the habit is a thing of the past.

My advice is to just pay attention to what happens in your mind when you lie. Which mental states preceded the lie ? Which mental states followed the lie ? What was the motor of the lie ?

The precepts are a training, you will fail. And when you believe you got rid of one level of defilement, you will see another perspective to the precept and realize there is still work to be done.
Thanks for the advice. I shall certainly put this into practice.

Coyote
"If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of miserliness overcome their minds. Even if it were their last bite, their last mouthful, they would not eat without having shared."
Iti 26
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