Religious Studies 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Noble Eightfold Path, Four Noble Truths, Himsa

• School: Western University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: Religious Studies 1022A/B
• Professor: Corrine Walsh

Document Summary

One of the challenges of defining a just society is questioning what the true definition of just" is. This definition can be open, an issue for one person may not be an issue for someone else. You can study this through various lenses. Many people associate this w/ social justice. We have a duty to our community and vice versa. Karma speaks to justice in that our actions have consequences. The diety of varuna is the guardian of morality and determines whether someone is righteous or not, which is often associated w/ justice. Ahimsa non-violence - harmlessness in our thoughts and our actions. Being and promoting harmlessness helps to create justice. There are notions of justice that come forward in some of the foundational building blocks in buddhist thinking. By following these teachings, we learn to create a more just society for ourselves and others. Monks - spend a life of meditation to help to create a more just society.