Sila

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Buddhist ethics

Buddhist ethics are traditionally based on what Buddhists view as the enlightened perspective of the Buddha, or other enlightened beings such as Bodhisattvas. The Indian term for ethics or morality used in Buddhism is Śīla (Sanskrit: शील) or sīla (Pāli). Śīla in Buddhism is one of three sections of the Noble Eightfold Path, and is a code of conduct that embraces a commitment to harmony and self-restraint with the principal motivation being non-violence, or freedom from causing harm. It has been variously described as virtue, right conduct, morality, moral discipline and precept.

Sīla is an internal, aware, and intentional ethical behavior, according to one's commitment to the path of liberation. It is an ethical compass within self and relationships, rather than what is associated with the English word "morality" (i.e., obedience, a sense of obligation, and external constraint).

Sīla is one of the three practices foundational to Buddhism and the non-sectarian Vipassana movement — sīla, samādhi, and paññā as well as the Theravadin foundations of sīla, Dāna, and Bhavana. It is also the second pāramitā. Sīla is also wholehearted commitment to what is wholesome. Two aspects of sīla are essential to the training: right "performance" (caritta), and right "avoidance" (varitta). Honoring the precepts of sīla is considered a "great gift" (mahadana) to others, because it creates an atmosphere of trust, respect, and security. It means the practitioner poses no threat to another person's life, property, family, rights, or well-being.

Sıla (album)

Sıla's debut album which was released by Sony BMG in Turkey. The album consists of 14 tracks and an official remix. The productor of the album is Ozan Doğulu. Also, Kenan Doğulu, Sezen Aksu, Yalın, Efe Bahadır, Murat Yeter and Mustafa Ceceli are the names who helped her with their lyrics and musics in the album. Self-titled album's first single was ...Dan Sonra . It was a duet with Kenan Doğulu who has represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and brought Turkey the 4th place. Sıla was her back-vocalist for 7 years, so he supported her in her video too. The song brought Sıla in 2008 Powertürk Müzik Ödülleri "The Best New Artist" award. In Turkish charts, the song reached 1st place and stayed on top at 12 weeks. Also it peaked the 79th place in European Charts. The video's director was Murad Küçük and the wild video helped the song's success. After the big success of the debut album's first single, Sıla chose Kenar Süsü as the 2nd single. Again the director was Murad Küçük and the song quickly reached the 2nd place in the official Turkish chart. In the second video Sıla was in all white clothes as playing an angel who was falling down according to the lyrics. The song was about the loneliness and the dark sides of a long-time relationship and one of the best emotional songs that has ever made in Turkey. In the interviews she expressed that she chose the slow hit Kenar Süsü as to break all the rules against the first single's rebel and wild mood and to show album's different tastes and different musicalities.