Gate Twenty Four
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Veracity is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we do not deceive gods and human beings.
A “Dharma Gate”, is a teaching or practice we can study to gain insights into the deepening our practice. It's a way to integrate our understanding of approaching reality.
Veracity :
Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.
Sawaki roshi said. "Unless you see the 'human' from Buddha's point of view, you'll never understand the truth." *
Truth Telling**: The principle of veracity, or truth telling, requires that healthcare providers be honest in their interactions with patients. “Traditional ethics holds that it is simply wrong morally to lie to people, even if it is expedient to do so, even if a better outcome will come from a lie." According to this view, lying to people is morally wrong in that it shows lack of respect for them” Being honest with patients helps to build and maintain trusting relationships that are essential to the delivery of quality patient care. However, as with the other principles, telling the truth to a patient is not always viewed as the right thing to do. Although mainstream American culture holds honesty in high regard, other cultures do not. In fact, telling sick and dying people about their conditions, particularly in the case of terminal illness, can be seen as cruel and even harmful by certain ethnic and racial groups, The principle of truth telling is influenced, interpreted, and valued differently because of the backgrounds, education, and socioeconomic status of providers and patients.
*The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo, Uchiyama & Okumura; 66pg189
** Principles of Ethics; Amy M. Haddad, PhD, RN, pg7 ; Link here
Question: How does the above discourse on 'Truth Telling' conflict with the Buddhist concept of upāya, [expedient means} ?"
Most note worthy replies :
Right Speech and the corresponding precept of refraining from telling untruths are challenging enough for most of us, but I often find the more subtle aspects of being truthful to be even more difficult to navigate.
合掌 js/stlah
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Veracity is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we do not deceive gods and human beings.
A “Dharma Gate”, is a teaching or practice we can study to gain insights into the deepening our practice. It's a way to integrate our understanding of approaching reality.
Veracity :
Habitual observance of truth in speech or statement; truthfulness.
Sawaki roshi said. "Unless you see the 'human' from Buddha's point of view, you'll never understand the truth." *
Truth Telling**: The principle of veracity, or truth telling, requires that healthcare providers be honest in their interactions with patients. “Traditional ethics holds that it is simply wrong morally to lie to people, even if it is expedient to do so, even if a better outcome will come from a lie." According to this view, lying to people is morally wrong in that it shows lack of respect for them” Being honest with patients helps to build and maintain trusting relationships that are essential to the delivery of quality patient care. However, as with the other principles, telling the truth to a patient is not always viewed as the right thing to do. Although mainstream American culture holds honesty in high regard, other cultures do not. In fact, telling sick and dying people about their conditions, particularly in the case of terminal illness, can be seen as cruel and even harmful by certain ethnic and racial groups, The principle of truth telling is influenced, interpreted, and valued differently because of the backgrounds, education, and socioeconomic status of providers and patients.
*The Zen Teaching of Homeless Kodo, Uchiyama & Okumura; 66pg189
** Principles of Ethics; Amy M. Haddad, PhD, RN, pg7 ; Link here
Question: How does the above discourse on 'Truth Telling' conflict with the Buddhist concept of upāya, [expedient means} ?"
Most note worthy replies :
Right Speech and the corresponding precept of refraining from telling untruths are challenging enough for most of us, but I often find the more subtle aspects of being truthful to be even more difficult to navigate.
Most Detrimental
Are the lies
I tell to myself
Are the lies
I tell to myself
合掌 js/stlah
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