[Zen] What is Right Livelihood ... ???

[Bhikkhu Samahita]

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 with any Living Beings.                       Earning a living Not by selling any Meat or Flesh.                       Earning a living Not by making nor selling any Weapons.                       Earning a living Not by dealing any Alcohol or Drugs .                       Earning a living Not by making nor 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, nor cheating, any bribery nor corruption, nor lying, nor deceiving tricks nor use of false measures & weights, neither any 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 for all lay people!           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, nor divinations, nor by any rituals, running errands nor messages, flattering, arranging marriages, funerals nor divorces, medical praxis, nor by producing art nor poetry, neither by disputation nor 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... Further study of Buddhist Right Livelihood (Samma-Ajiva): http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/samma-ajivo.html  ________________________________________________________  PS: Please include the word Samahita in any request, since then  will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!  Bhikkhu Samāhita, Sri Lanka.  Friendship is the Greatest ...  Let there be Calm Free Bliss !!!  http://groups.msn.com/DirectDhamma  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddha-Direct  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/What_Buddha_Said  Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "ZenForum" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.