What are some of the laws associated with Buddhism?

Answer 1

Guatama Buddha told his followers to not just do whatever he told them to, but to listen to his teachings and then meditate on them, and come to the truth about the best way to act themselves. So there aren't really Buddhist "laws", although many cultures which are predominantly Buddhist have laws based on Buddhist concepts. The Buddha did offer some precepts that guide how we should behave in order to more skillfully find our way to enlightenment. The most basic of these are: Don't kill. Don't steal. Don't engage in illicit sex. Don't speak divisively. Don't speak abusively. Don't engage in idle chatter. Don't tell lies. Abandon greed. Abandon ill will. Cultivate right views. ----------------------- Everything above sounds good – it’s more complicated when you become a parent though. “Make it beautiful or make it worse,” – Master Qing Hai (just this past Sunday). When I was a kid, I thought I would be untouchable as a Buddhist – there was no bad side; wrong! – sometimes people can be awake but still sleeping – Understand that Buddhism battles darkness and evil, but sometimes people become “fallen”. Think about it – there are STD’s, Computer Viruses, cancers – that’s pure evil… Oh, and I already listened to The Grateful Dead, so… this is a 29 year-old caucasian American, saying… there you go!...