Personal Development Self Improvement Standards & Principles
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 To help with the understanding of what is meant by Standards and Principles, we can look at how others have developed them in the past. This is in no way to suggest that these are the correct ones. As in the education system, with its differing Standards of achievement (O'level, A'level, Degree, PhD, etc.), there are various levels of Standards and Principles we can develop. Here are personal development success tools relating to Degree level Standards and Principles taken from a couple of belief systems (they are only Degree Standards if you have the same belief system). The first set are from Buddhism and the second are from Christianity. Buddhism - StandardsThese ten, are what practising Buddhists call non-virtuous actions, and they vow to refrain from them. When starting out on their path, these will have been Principles, but will become Standards when their commitment is strengthened. [For a full description of what these entail and their real meaning, you will need to refer to Buddhist literature].
Buddhist PrinciplesThese are called the Six Perfections, because they lead toward Enlightenment (See Shantideva's 'Guide to a Bhodisatva's Way of Life' (as described in 'Meaningful to Behold' by Geshi Kelsang Gyatso [Tharpa Publications], amongst others), for detailed descriptions of the Six Perfections).
Christianity - StandardsAlso known as the Ten Commandments, from the Old Testament. [For a full description consult a Bible]
Christian PrinciplesA new covenant from Jesus Christ, in the New Testament.
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