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**_tppga_** · 03-16-2010, 06:17 PM

Apparently in Theravada shame is known as "hiri" and the Buddha said that hiri was one of the five gates of entry into dhamma.

More about shame here:

AN 2.6 Lokapala Sutta

"Bhikkhus, these two bright principles protect the world. What are the two? Shame and fear of wrongdoing. If, bhikkhus, these two bright principles did not protect the world, there would not be discerned respect for mother or maternal aunt or maternal uncle's wife or a teacher's wife or the wives of other honored persons, and the world would have fallen into promiscuity, as with goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, dogs, and jackals. But as these two bright principles protect the world, there is discerned respect for mother... and the wives of other honored persons." URL

03-16-2010, 06:17 PM	#5
_tppga_ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	Apparently in Theravada shame is known as "hiri" and the Buddha said that hiri was one of the five gates of entry into dhamma. More about shame here: AN 2.6 Lokapala Sutta "Bhikkhus, these two bright principles protect the world. What are the two? Shame and fear of wrongdoing. If, bhikkhus, these two bright principles did not protect the world, there would not be discerned respect for mother or maternal aunt or maternal uncle's wife or a teacher's wife or the wives of other honored persons, and the world would have fallen into promiscuity, as with goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, dogs, and jackals. But as these two bright principles protect the world, there is discerned respect for mother... and the wives of other honored persons." URL
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