Buddhist Ethics in The Cūḷadhammasamādāna Sutta

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present the principles of Buddhist ethics that appear in the Chuladhamma Samadana Sutta. The results of the study found that Buddhist ethics is a subject that deals with the principles of good behavior in Buddhism. Basic Buddhist ethics include the five precepts and the five principles. Mid-level Buddhist ethics include the 38 auspicious precepts, the 8 precepts, and the 10 meritorious actions so that everyone can practice training and refine themselves to have higher morality and high levels Buddhist ethics, namely the Eightfold Path, is an ethics for developing oneself as a noble person. and criteria for judging the goodness of Buddhist ethics Become the main principle in life Chuladhamma Samadana Sutta originates from the time when the Lord Buddha gave a lecture to monks at Savatthi. The style of the Sutta is a rhetorical style of asking and answering. And there are metaphors involved. The content of the sutta describes four kinds of human practice: (1) having an opinion (view) on present happiness (kāma) and being stuck in all sensual objects. It will result in suffering in all situations. Because lust is the cause There will be suffering in one's own destiny. (2) The practice of holding on to hardship. Torture yourself in the present (3) Practice by a person who has normal lust, anger, and delusion, has some joy and some sorrow, and practices pure and complete chastity, will be reborn in the heavenly world, and (4) That person's practice. Secluded from sensual desires and all evil qualities. and attained the First Jhana where there is thought, thought, joy, and happiness arising from solitude. There is a state of mind that is one. There is only joy and happiness that arises from concentration, attaining the Third Jhana, attaining the Fourth Jhana. after death will be born in the heavenly world, an analysis of the principles of Buddhist ethics that appear in the Chuladhamma Samadana Sutta. The Buddha encouraged one to practice oneself. By quitting sex or becoming a monk to practice approaching the truth in life and the possibility of samsara. and to extinguish samsara and training the mind to be confident and believe in following in order to reach the attainment of various dharmas.