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What Did the Buddha Say About the Law #University Talk Series #khenposodargye
What Did the Buddha Say About the Law #University Talk Series #khenposodargye
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Overview
Chapters
00:00
Opening by the host and introduction of Khenpo Sodargye to the law school
00:57
Khenpo introduces the topic: comparing Buddhist precepts and secular law
01:26
The word dharma in Buddhism has ten meanings according to Vasubandhu including principles path and nirvana
04:51
The three levels of Buddhist precepts: Vajrayana vows bodhisattva vows and pratimoksha vows
06:22
The five lay precepts as the foundation of all Buddhist vows and their content
07:33
Precepts are not constraints but guides for life similar to traffic lights on the road
09:18
Most people in prison today broke one or more of the five precepts
12:23
The five precepts correspond to Confucian benevolence righteousness propriety wisdom and trustworthiness
15:42
The precept against alcohol and its connection to breaking all four remaining precepts
18:12
The difference between law and precepts: law governs external conduct while precepts purify the mind
21:43
Buddhism as an encyclopedia of knowledge and its relevance to law medicine economics and management
24:29
Past and future lives exist and the story of Henry Lee and his past life as a monk
28:24
The price of conscience: a judge who accepted five hundred thousand yuan in bribes to rule against the innocent
33:20
The Buddha as discoverer of natural law and the eternal principle of cause and effect in the Ratnakuta Sutra
