Adopted from the supreme Mahayana Buddhist scripture, the FlowerGarland
Sutra, the "Ten Practices of Enlightened Behavior," seta standard for
Bodhisattva activity: selfless behavior under all circumstancesfor the
benefit of all beings. Study and practice of these uplifted moralprecepts
will benefit yourself and your biosphere for seven aeons to come!
"And let there be among you a body of men who
should invite to goodness, and enjoin equity and forbid evil.
And it is they who shall prosper."
Holy Qur'an Sura 3:104
The Mahayana ideal of the striving Bodhisattva who sacrifices
worldlypossessions and personality for the highest good can only build on a
baseof universal forgiveness and compassion. The exploration of mind can
onlyoccur when aggression has been realized as the greatest stumbling
blockto a peaceful enlightened world. When aggression has been identified
asa tendency in one's own mind we need no longer project it upon the world.
Always holding to forgiveness, commanding what is right, the
Bodhisattvaturns away from the ignorant with skillful means. Skillful means,
the abilityto non-aggressively deal with any situation, can only come about
throughexcellence of mind training and the cultivation of wisdom. This
wisdom isinnate, and comes from arousing Bodhi or Buddha nature, the
propensity toenlightened behavior which exists in all things.
The Bodhisattva's enlightened mind is the same as the primal enlightenedmind
of the Adi Buddha, God or Allah. The Lord Buddha, the historical
Sakyamuni,received enlightened mind and was the first to consciously enter
into thelife of the Bodhisattva for this historical cycle. All Buddhist
teachingsare derived from the experience of Lord Buddha and are exhaustive
mind teachings.These teachings describe only what is possible on the basis
of total compassionand non-aggression. If one has not vowed or committed to
complete non-aggressionthen these teachings will mean nothing and cannot be
practiced.
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