Wholesome Conduct: 1 definition
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Source: Triveni: Journal (Buddhism)Wholesome Conduct (or “kusalakarma”) according to (K. Subba Rao’s review of) The Buddhist Concept of Hell by By Daigan and Matsunaga (Philosophical Library).—Accordingly, [...] Repeated births are visualised as happening due to differentiation of subject and object without fully comprehending the interdependence and inter-relatedness of all existents which in Buddhistic vocabulary is ‘Pratitya Samutpada.’ Once this revelation dawns in the mind of man, he attains Nirvana. To rise to such a spiritual height one should practise Wholesome Conduct (‘Kusala Karma’) completely rid of egocentric delusions and clinging to worldly things. But for the layman, the indoctrination of the philosophical significance of ego, wholesome conduct, worlds of pollution and purification is well-nigh impossible. So the hell-device is brought in with its vivid tortures corresponding to good or bad actions performed to encourage virtue in them and make them overcome ‘birth and death’ and get the desired enlightenment or ‘enter the stream’.
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Full-text: Shila, Kushalakarma, Repeated birth.
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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
A Simple Guide to Life (by Robert Bogoda)
Listening to the Dhamma (by Nina van Gorkom)
Cetasikas (by Nina van Gorkom)
Chapter 36 - Wholesome Deeds < [Part IV - Beautiful Cetasikas]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 7 - Natural urges (vega) should not be suppressed < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]