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| − | The '''[[Sigālovāda Sutta]]''', ‘The {{Wiki|Discourse}} of Advice to Sigala’ from the [[Dīgha]] [[Nikāya]], is the fullest and most important exposition of the [[Buddha’s]] {{Wiki|social}} teachings (D.I,180-193). In it he details what might be called his [[ethics]] of [[human]] relationships. The relationships dealt with are all the most important ones in most people’s [[lives]] – children and parents, [[teachers]] and [[disciples]], husbands and wives, friends and friends, employers and employees and the clergy and laity. The purpose of the advice and guidance he gave, the [[Buddha]] said, was to promote security, [[harmony]] and freedom from {{Wiki|fear}} (khemā appaṭibhāya). Of these relationships, the one the [[Buddha]] gave most [[attention]] to is that between friends, probably because ideally, all the relationships one has with [[people]] should gradually develop into friendships. | + | The '''[[Sigālovāda Sutta]]''', ‘The {{Wiki|Discourse}} of Advice to Sigala’ from the [[Dīgha]] [[Nikāya]], is the fullest and most important [[exposition]] of the [[Buddha’s]] {{Wiki|social}} teachings (D.I,180-193). In it he details what might be called his [[ethics]] of [[human]] relationships. The relationships dealt with are all the most important ones in most people’s [[lives]] – children and [[parents]], [[teachers]] and [[disciples]], husbands and wives, friends and friends, employers and employees and the {{Wiki|clergy}} and laity. The {{Wiki|purpose}} of the advice and guidance he gave, the [[Buddha]] said, was to promote {{Wiki|security}}, [[harmony]] and freedom from {{Wiki|fear}} ([[khemā]] appaṭibhāya). Of these relationships, the one the [[Buddha]] gave most [[attention]] to is that between friends, probably because ideally, all the relationships one has with [[people]] should gradually develop into friendships. |
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Revision as of 23:38, 29 January 2015
The Sigālovāda Sutta, ‘The Discourse of Advice to Sigala’ from the Dīgha Nikāya, is the fullest and most important exposition of the Buddha’s social teachings (D.I,180-193). In it he details what might be called his ethics of human relationships. The relationships dealt with are all the most important ones in most people’s lives – children and parents, teachers and disciples, husbands and wives, friends and friends, employers and employees and the clergy and laity. The purpose of the advice and guidance he gave, the Buddha said, was to promote security, harmony and freedom from fear (khemā appaṭibhāya). Of these relationships, the one the Buddha gave most attention to is that between friends, probably because ideally, all the relationships one has with people should gradually develop into friendships.
