How To Be a Good Person | A Monk's Guide
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 Published On Feb 2, 2021

How To Be a Good Person | A Monk's Guide

At the end of the day, we are all looking to be a good and virtuous person. This is innate in us. But the question is, how do we go about becoming a good person? Are there steps? The answer in Buddhism is YES. We do this by taking on the precepts. Precepts are guidelines that Buddhists use to develop and train their morality and mind. I hope this video gives you a starting point to transforming yourself. ENJOY!

0:00 Intro
0:55 Precepts
1:18 How to be Buddhist?
2:11 Five Precepts for lay people
3:30 Eight Precepts for lay people
6:17 Common mistake for meditator
10:12 Ten Precepts for novices
10:38 Two hundred twenty seven Precepts for monks



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