Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everyday Life
Author: Yun Hsing, Hsing Yun, Tom Graham, Xingyun
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ISBN: 0834804581
Publisher: Weatherhill (November, 1998)
Sales Rank: 162,513
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Nothing new here
I found the title to be misleading. This book is more instructional than an exploration of the complicated subject of ethics. It presents basic Buddhist ethical understandings, but reads like a rule book. In "everyday life" we experience complex and challenging ethical problems, and this book does not address such issues. I gave it three stars, thouugh, because it's simply helpful to be reminded, in another author's words, of the soundness of Buddhist principles and their application.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Superb presentation of Buddhism's basics
As a novice in Buddhism, I found this book to be an exceptional presentation of the basics of the Buddha's teachings. The text is broken down into short chapters on key subjects, such as friendship, lying, making money, helpings others. This format makes the book very useful, one that can be read over and over for either daily meditations or for review to help you re-focus your behavior. It also is very helpful in presenting key sections of important sutras in the Buddha's teachings. A wonderful and highly recommended book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
What America needs now...
is ethics, and this book is an excellent overview of ethics from a Buddhist perspective. It is straighforward and unpretentious, and a great source of inspiration. I've read a number of Buddhist texts, and this is the one I keep coming back to. There are 33 chapters, each devoted to a particular ethical issue, such as "Overcoming Greed," "Not Killing," and "How to Manage Wealth." Since the chapters are brief (usually 3-5 pages), I try to re-read one of them every day as part of my practice.
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