understanding buddhism, page-17

Good to have a reminder on the importance of morality.

The common way of defining right and wrong is to ask if the action (or thought) is hurtful to others. I think a deeper way of understanding morality is to ask: does this thought/action reflect fear in any way. It opens up a whole new aspect of the psyche. For example, any action which is controlling, sneaky or manipulative is based in fear and therefore will restrict growth of the individual.

Today I downloaded an old book which is out of print. That's not the right thing to do. Would have been better to go without.