Everything on this page is measured by the same standards as for every other tradition: the same twelve values, the same eight questions, the same scale per area of life. What is measured is what the texts do, not whether they are right.
| Value | here | overall | difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 60 % | 36 % | +23 |
| Community | 48 % | 58 % | -9 |
| Patience | 46 % | 14 % | +32 |
| Humility | 37 % | 25 % | +12 |
| Repentance | 26 % | 19 % | +7 |
| Mercy | 17 % | 12 % | +5 |
| Care | 14 % | 20 % | -6 |
| Gratitude | 13 % | 16 % | -3 |
| Truthfulness | 10 % | 16 % | -7 |
| Responsibility | 9 % | 28 % | -19 |
| Hope | 6 % | 18 % | -12 |
| Justice | 3 % | 25 % | -22 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality | 82 % (196) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual | 89 % (196) |
| What helps against it? | insight, learning, enlightenment, right understanding | 67 % (196) |
| What is human being according to this text? | entangled in deception or desire, but capable of being set free | 80 % (196) |
| Where is history heading? | the message stands outside of history | 53 % (196) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on personal experience, testimony, encounter | 52 % (196) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to every human being, regardless of faith | 71 % (196) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at one's own community and at oneself | 80 % (196) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Illness and death | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 80 of 196 texts |
| Education and science | +0.7 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 65 of 196 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | -0.6 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 48 of 196 texts |
| Other religions | +0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 46 of 196 texts |
| Work and performance | +0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 33 of 196 texts |
| Family and children | +0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 29 of 196 texts |
| Environment and animals | +0.6 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 28 of 196 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.4 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 18 of 196 texts |
| Poverty and care | +0.8 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 17 of 196 texts |
| Money and possessions | -0.8 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 16 of 196 texts |
| State and politics | -0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 12 of 196 texts |
| Migration and strangers | +0.4 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 7 of 196 texts |
| Gender and roles | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 5 of 196 texts |
| Marriage and partnership | +0.5 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 4 of 196 texts |
| Sexuality | -1.0 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 3 of 196 texts |
The text warns against the karma that arises from breaking existing relationships and advises nurturing long-standing, trusting bonds as a source of happiness.
The text explains that destroying others' relationships generates karmic suffering and advises keeping promises and nurturing bonds through fidelity and care.
Coleman uses autumn and nature as a metaphor for Buddhist teachings on change, letting go, and the hidden tenderness of impermanence.
A guided meditation that combines mindfulness of breath and body with metta, loving-kindness, and extends this outward to the fellow meditators.
Ajahn Sucitto explains two suttas on non-clinging and restraint as the middle way against being swept away by experience.
Guided meditation on choiceless attention: perceiving sensations, sounds, and thoughts as arising and passing, without reactivity.