Buddhist values

Middle Way ethics

Buddhist values are the ethical and spiritual principles derived from Buddhist teachings.

These typically include compassion, non-harm, mindfulness, detachment from material desires, and the pursuit of wisdom.

The phrase often appears in discussions of how ancient teachings apply to modern life: She tried to raise her children with Buddhist values.

In Western contexts, Buddhist values sometimes gets invoked loosely to mean general peacefulness or anti-materialism.

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compassion · loving kindness · interconnectedness · honesty · discernment · equanimity · inner peace · meditation · truthfulness · enlightenment · noble truths · middle way · altruism · concentration · dharma · ahimsa · understanding · impermanence

Opposites
attachment and desire

Buddhist valuesmaterialism

Prioritizing goods over spirit

consumerism · greed · acquisitiveness · hedonism · avarice

worldview and metaphysics

Buddhist valuesChristian values

Ethics from scripture teachings

nihilism · Islamic values · theism · creationism

ethical orientation

Buddhist valuesaggression

Hostile or attacking behavior

violence · cruelty · ruthlessness · wrath · vengefulness

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