Benefit others, If you can not benefit others, do not harm them.
It may appear old fashioned and out of place in this day and age to talk of moral behavior but the concept of the perfection of morality can also be referred to as behavioral discipline or ethics. In more specific Buddhist terms, the concept deals with the prohibitions against immoral behavior that are practiced by ordained laypeople, monks and nuns. But we as everyday, ordinary people have the tendency to act and allow others to act "unskillfully", and this tendency needs to be controlled. We should at all times protect of our body, our speech and our mind from performing unskillful and immoral deeds, for instance:
Protect our Body from:
Killing,
Stealing,
Sexual Misconduct.
Protect our Speech from:
Telling Lies
Slandering others
Gossiping and using harsh words
Swearing
Protect our Mind from:
Craving and attachment
Wishing to harm others
Holding wrong views
Cultivating morality in our selves is not easy, cultivating morality in others almost impossible but if we do not practice morality then the morality or behavioral discipline is nothing more than a theroetical exercise!
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