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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | 65 % | 58 % | +7 |
| Humility | 50 % | 25 % | +25 |
| Knowledge | 44 % | 36 % | +7 |
| Patience | 33 % | 14 % | +19 |
| Repentance | 27 % | 19 % | +8 |
| Mercy | 17 % | 12 % | +5 |
| Care | 17 % | 20 % | -3 |
| Truthfulness | 12 % | 16 % | -4 |
| Gratitude | 10 % | 16 % | -6 |
| Responsibility | 8 % | 28 % | -19 |
| Hope | 6 % | 18 % | -12 |
| Justice | 2 % | 25 % | -23 |
| Question | Answer | Share |
|---|---|---|
| What, according to this text, is the root of the evil? | Ignorance, illusion, a false view of reality | 90 % (48) |
| Where does the evil reside? | in the heart, the will, or the soul of the individual | 90 % (48) |
| What helps against it? | prayer, worship, meditation, repeated practice | 71 % (48) |
| What is human being according to this text? | entangled in deception or desire, but capable of being set free | 85 % (48) |
| Where is history heading? | the message stands outside of history | 56 % (48) |
| What does the text base its claim on? | on a present head, teacher, or office | 52 % (48) |
| To whom does the text's call for devotion apply? | to every human being, regardless of faith | 62 % (48) |
| Where is the text's criticism directed? | at one's own community and at oneself | 85 % (48) |
| Area | Framing | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Illness and death | +0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 22 of 48 texts |
| Education and science | +0.5 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 19 of 48 texts |
| Other religions | +0.9 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 14 of 48 texts |
| Family and children | +0.6 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 8 of 48 texts |
| Environment and animals | +0.9 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 7 of 48 texts |
| Pleasure and consumption | -0.2 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 5 of 48 texts |
| State and politics | -0.6 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 5 of 48 texts |
| Work and performance | +0.8 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 4 of 48 texts |
| Poverty and care | +1.0 as something good that should be nurtured and strengthened | 4 of 48 texts |
| Violence and war | -1.0 as something that needs rules, measure, and restraint | 4 of 48 texts |
| Marriage and partnership | +0.3 descriptively or weighing up, without a clear direction | 3 of 48 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.
Address on the full ordination of three monks, which uses the Diamond Sūtra and the story of Huineng to emphasise simplicity, patience, and compassion as the core of the Buddhist path.
The text encourages maintaining mental health through daily sincerity, meditation, and focus on the present, regardless of age.
A Buddhist podcast encourages countering aging and dementia through mental activity and focus on the present.
The text explains how Chan practice overcomes the conceptualizing mind in order to enable a direct experience of one's own life.