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Maintaining respect to their previous faith while explaining Buddhism to a person who is in ...

far away (distant in space) is more impersonal than what's here Talking about other people is more impersonal than talking about ourselves (you and me, or our families) Anything reported in the mass media
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Would making a video game be considered "business in intoxicants" or "business in poisons"?

Maybe it's more like entertainment: analogous to being an actor or a musician; or telling stories or making pictures. There are vinaya rules about what constitutes killing: a condition is that there …
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Does illegal downloading or viewing of copyright material violate the second precept?

You ask, "But can this be considered as stealing in Buddhism?" The text of the 2nd precept is, I think, more literally to "abstain from taking what is not given". So even if ignoring Copyright isn't …
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Burst bubble : How to deal with a traumatizing event?

How do we understand this kind of sick entertainment in a Buddhist perspective (why do people enjoy this kind of things)? I don't enjoy that kind of thing (i.e. "horror movies"), so I don't ever …
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