Nature of Integrity in Buddhism Following an answer I received previously, I wonder a question I deem somewhat important:

If a person preaches ideas or advice related to the dharma, but fails to live by those values, is this person lying? If not, is there still a consequence in terms of the person's mind, perhaps integrity?
This is not lying unless you pretend or say you follow the advice.

Dhamma practice is a gradual exercise hence one does not become perfect at once but it is a matter of putting int the effort to increase one's perfection:


cultivate what is wholesome which one does not already do
increase what is wholesome which one already does
abandone what is unwholesome which one already does
prevent the arsing of what is unwholesome which one does not already do