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The word '''Rectitude''' is a Buddhist term syncretic with [[Is a syncretic term::Alignment]]. It is used in [[The Book of the Great Decease]]<ref>Davids, T. W. Rhys. The Book of the Great Decease - The Maha-Parinibbana-Sutta. Translated by Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids. Kindle Edition. Amazon Digital Services, n.d. https://amzn.to/2XKQpjC.</ref> in the context of comparing the "losses of the wrong-doer" who, through lack of rectitude, falls into poverty, gains a bad reputation, and experiences existential anxieties, with the gains of the "well-doer" who gains wealth, a good reputation, and the resolution of existential anxiety.  
The word '''Rectitude''' is a Buddhist term syncretic with [[Is a syncretic term::Alignment]]. It is used in [[The Book of the Great Decease]] in the context of comparing the "losses of the wrong-doer" who, through lack of rectitude, falls into poverty, gains a bad reputation, and experiences existential anxieties, with the gains of the "well-doer" who gains wealth, a good reputation, and the resolution of existential anxiety.  
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==Further Reading==
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Davids, T. W. Rhys. The Book of the Great Decease - The Maha-Parinibbana-Sutta. Translated by Translated from Pali by T. W. Rhys Davids. Kindle Edition. Amazon Digital Services, n.d. https://amzn.to/2XKQpjC.
 
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Latest revision as of 22:29, 19 December 2022

The word Rectitude is a Buddhist term syncretic with Alignment. It is used in The Book of the Great Decease in the context of comparing the "losses of the wrong-doer" who, through lack of rectitude, falls into poverty, gains a bad reputation, and experiences existential anxieties, with the gains of the "well-doer" who gains wealth, a good reputation, and the resolution of existential anxiety.

Syncretic Terms

Alignment > Asha, Brahmacharya, Conversion Experience, Divine Perfection, Ethical Perfection, Eudaimonia, Gonennoncwal, Heavenly Marriage, Holiness, Ka'nikonhrÌ:io, Ondinoc, Perfect Connection, Purification, Purity, Rectitude, Renunciation, Repentence, Righteousness, Samyaktva, Sane Living, Self-Actualization, Tahdhīb al-akhlāq, Taubah

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