Bhikkhu Bodhi Quotes

Buddhism, with its non-theistic framework, grounds its ethics, not on the notion of obedience, but on that of harmony.

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• Buddhism, with its non-theistic framework, grounds its ethics, not on the notion of obedience, but on that of harmony.

  

  Bhikkhu Bodhi
  • Harmony
  • Ethics
  • Buddhism