#16 Oops!... I Broke It Again | Morality & The Five Precepts u awake?

Ahhh, the Five Precepts… the bread and butter of Buddhism 🍞🧈

Are they cut-and-dried rules or are there ‘loopholes’? What do you do if you break a precept? What’s the point of keeping sīla (morality) anyway? Is it EVER okay to lie? And will a tiny sip of alcohol really harm anybody?

In this episode Khema (@khema.1) and Nalanda (@nal.jakjan) share their practice of the precepts, stories of when their sīla practice was tested, and reflections on this simple but incredibly profound teaching. 😌

 

Timestamps

(00:49) Wim Hof Breathing

(04:16) Motivation for the episode

(04:48) Khema’s relationship with sīla

(07:39) Nalanda’s relationship with sīla

(09:37) Ajahn Dtun on sīla

(12:03) ‘Loopholes’ in sīla practice?

(14:00) It’s a training, not a performance

(15:40) Sīla as a lifestyle

(16:46) Gentleness when you make mistakes

(17:12) It ain’t a sin

(17:57) ‘I undertake this training…’

(19:01) Rising up to occasions that test your sīla

(20:13) ‘This is what normal people do’

(21:30) Sila = Brahmaviharas

(23:18) Story #1: Skilful speech (Valentine’s Day drama!!)

(30:50) Story #2: Copyrights

(33:37) Story #3: Alcohol in food

(41:14) Trusting the Buddha & wise shame

(42:25) Finding the middle

(43:06) What about swearing??

(45:18) Integrity uplifts the mind

(46:13) Sīla makes you a safe person

(47:11) The Five Precepts ARE the higher Dhamma

(48:43) Sīla is letting go of ego

(51:50) Going against the stream

(53:11) Thought experiment: Imagine if everyone kept the Five Precepts…

 

References

Damian’s breath group: Yarra Valley Breath & Cold
Connection



Wim Hof Method



Vinaya (Buddhist Monastic Code)


https://accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc1.pdf
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc2.pdf?ref=opendharma.com



The Five Precepts (Access to Insight)





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This episode was recorded in 2023.

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