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Buddhist Ethics in the Pannasa Jataka

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Title : Buddhist Ethics in the Pannasa Jataka
Type: Master Degree Thesis
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Author : Ms. Chea Bunnary

ABSTRACT 

The problem of how to live ethically, that is, with morality and virtue is a common issue for human beings worldwide. This thesis, Buddhist Ethics in the Paññāsa Jātaka (Apocryphal Birth-Stories), provides an historical analysis of this important text and examines the essential role of ethics in Buddhism through an analysis of the non-canonical Jātaka stories. The author argues that these stories explicitly illustrate the core of Buddhist ethics. Continue reading