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But this comes, surely, very close to the idea of akusala kamma or "unskilled action" in Buddhism.
Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009
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But this comes, surely, very close to the idea of akusala kamma or "unskilled action" in Buddhism.
Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009
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But, O Kalams, when you know for yourselvesthat certain things are unwholesome (akusala) and wrong, and bad, then give them up ...
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The Pali word kamma (Sanskrit karma) literally means "action" (i.e., volition: cetana), which can be either skilled (kusala) or unskilled (akusala).
Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009
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The Pali word kamma (Sanskrit karma) literally means "action" (i.e., volition: cetana), which can be either skilled (kusala) or unskilled (akusala).
Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009
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“When you know in yourselves that these things are ‘helpful’ (kusala) and those ‘unhelpful’ (akusala), then you should practice this ethic and stick to it, whatever anybody else tells you.”
Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001
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Following Lassen, he renders kusala and akusala as "prosperous" and "unprosperous;" for medhabi K.T. T.lang has rendered "talented" which has not the sanction of good usage.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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It is one of the extraordinary anomalies of the system, that combined with these principles of self-reliance and perfectibility, Buddhism has incorporated to a certain extent the doctrine of fate or "necessity," under which it demonstrates that adverse events are the general results of _akusala_ or moral demerit in some previous stage of existence.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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(akusala) activities as violence, lying, stealing, intoxication and sex.
Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001
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Gotama’s use of the words kusala and akusala are significant.
Buddha Armstrong, Karen, 1944- 2001
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