Friends:
What is this
critical Right Livelihood ?
The Noble
Eightfold Way, leading to Nibbāna, is simply this:
Right View, Right Motivation, Right Speech, Right Action,
Right
Livelihood, Right Effort, Right Awareness, & Right
Concentration.
But what is Right Livelihood ?
The
5-fold Definition of Right Livelihood:
Earning a living Not by trading any Living
Beings.
Earning a living Not by selling any Meat
nor Flesh.
Earning a living Not by selling any
Weapons.
Earning a living Not by dealing in Alcohol
nor Drugs .
Earning a living Not by selling any
Poison.
That is Right Livelihood!
The
Characterization of Right Livelihood:
Any livelihood that neither involves any killing,
injuring, wounding
nor imprisoning of any living being, nor stealing, taking what
is not
given, cheating, any bribery nor corruption, nor lying,
deceiving,
tricks nor use of false measures & weights, neither sensual
nor sexual
abuse, neither use nor selling of alcohol nor intoxicating
illegal drugs,
that causes carelessness, neither by oneself nor by getting
others to
do so, such is Right Livelihood!
The Explanation of Right Livelihood for Buddhist Monks &
Nuns:
Neither living nor receiving food by astrology, soothsaying,
prediction of
future events, nor by palmistry, geomancy, dream-reading,
charms & spells,
or divination, nor by any rituals, running errands nor
messages, flattering,
arranging marriages, funerals nor divorces, medical praxis,
nor by producing
art nor poetry, nor by disputation or debate, this is Right
Livelihood!
Knowing right & wrong Livelihood as right & wrong Livelihood,
is Right View.
Awareness of presence of right & wrong Livelihood, is Right
Awareness.
Exchanging wrong Livelihood with right Livelihood, is Right
Effort...
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