Being Good: Buddhist Ethics for Everday Life

by Hsing Yun

Book Overview

The aim of this book is simple: to invite readers to consider what it means to lead a good life, and to offer practical advice, based on the Buddhist teachings, as to how this can be accomplished. In... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0834804581
• ISBN13: 9780834804586
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Weatherhill
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Superb presentation of Buddhism's basics

As a novice in Buddhism, I found this book to be an exceptional presentation of the basics of the Buddha's teachings. The text is broken down into short chapters on key subjects, such as friendship, lying, making money, helpings others. This format makes the book very useful, one that can be read over and over for either daily meditations or for review to help you re-focus your behavior. It also is very helpful in presenting key sections of important sutras in the Buddha's teachings. A wonderful and highly recommended book.

What America needs now...

is ethics, and this book is an excellent overview of ethics from a Buddhist perspective. It is straighforward and unpretentious, and a great source of inspiration. I've read a number of Buddhist texts, and this is the one I keep coming back to. There are 33 chapters, each devoted to a particular ethical issue, such as "Overcoming Greed," "Not Killing," and "How to Manage Wealth." Since the chapters are brief (usually 3-5 pages), I try to re-read one of them every day as part of my practice.

A thoughtful present

I purchased this book for a friend's birthday, thinking it would make a nice gift. When it arrived, I glanced through it and found I couldn't put it down! It's full of sage advice for handling everyday frustrations - dealing with anger and jealousy, judging others, staying focused on the bigger picture -- delivered in a warm, compassionate style that is easy to read and follow. Needless to say, I now have to buy another copy for my friend!

Excellent advice on daily life

I found this to be an excellent book of advice on how to live a reasonable, ethical lifestyle. I found reading this book to be a real 'discovery' of new ideas about ethics, presented in a very supportive realistic manner that might help the life and happiness of anyone.

The advice in this book is a treasure, waiting to be found.

In my humble opinion: Being Good/Buddhist Ethics For Everyday Life...is a "Must Read", for all beings.It's a practical guide on "Being" and "Being a Good Human Being". Not just a list of rules and laws. It's written in modern language and gives sound advice on matters that trouble all of us, sometime in the course of our lives: anger, greed, friendships, helping others, illness and much more.The adivce in this book is a treasure, waiting to be found. You don't need special conditions to follow this advice, just an open-mind.As you read Being Good you will feel its' truth, its' warmth and you will understand...it's a very special gift given to us unconditionally by a very special being: Master Hsing Yun