Great to hear, though I’m a bit skeptical… I’ve quoted him before as saying he didn’t believe it humanly possible to follow the Buddha’s path, which is perhaps the reason he fell off it in the first place? Anyway, here’s the quote of the day:
Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, which my mother taught me at a young age. People probably don’t realize it, but I was raised a Buddhist, and I actively practiced my faith from childhood until I drifted away from it in recent years. Buddhism teaches that a creation of things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously, I lost track of what I was taught.
Yuttadhammo
Why is, what Tiger did, bad from a Buddhist point of view? There are many stories of male and female Boddhisattvas who made many people happy by similar means. I guess it's between him and his wife and that's it. No need for us to point to him with the sledgehammer of morality (which is just a word…, right?)
What Tiger did was harmful because his actions were based upon ego-clinging craving and attachment and caused suffering to all involved.
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There is no 'bad' or 'good' from a Buddhist point of view. There is however, a simple moral code of acting 'skillfully' or 'unskillfully'. Of restraining one's actions so they will not cause harm to oneself or others-(developed through insight). In this way, Buddhism focuses on the relationship one has with the sensory world, rather than surpressing the sensory world-which can lead to many dangerous addictions and ultimately, suffering.
For example, the danger in attaching to sensuality of lust, when you are married, only focusing on its advantages without thinking of the inevitable consequences thereafter, nor, showing any restraint or regard for the suffering your partner may endure as a result of your actions, one acts 'unskillfully'.
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