PHILOS 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: East Los Angeles College, Default Mode Network, Impermanence
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Buddhists endorse the principles of non-harming and compassion, which are extended to all living creatures. First form of compassion is towards living beings lowest form of compassion. Second form of compassion is towards impersonal events, it is based on anatman, allows us to be impartial in situations. Third form of compassion depends on the realization of emptiness requires understanding that the self is empty, does not refer to anything. They do not aim to maximize demands, rather they simply do it as a result of their understanding that the self does not exist. Karma is extremely important and fundamental, future rebirths are determined by karmic acts, which are the moral deeds of a person in their lifetime. Humans have free will and exercise free will, individuals create themselves through their moral choice by freely and repeatedly choosing certain sorts of things, an individual shapes their character, and through their character, their future (ex. habits)
