Editing Modesty (section)

===Buddhism===
Modesty (appicchatà or hiri) is the quality of being unpretentious about one's virtues or achievements. Genuinely modest people are able to see themselves as they really are and rejoice in their good qualities without becoming vain or self-promoting, and acknowledge their faults without shame or self-loathing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddhisma2z.com/content.php?id=269|title=Guide to Buddhism A To Z - Modesty|accessdate=9 April 2022}}</ref> 
 
Modesty in dress is important in [[Buddhism]]. The Sekhiya rules of [[Pāṭimokkha|Buddhist Monastic code]], for example, provide guidelines on proper clothing as well as recommended ways of dressing for monks.<ref>[http://en.dhammadana.org/sangha/vinaya/227/75sk.htm The 75 sekhiyas] Buddhism Dhamma Dana (2009)</ref>

{{blockquote|I will wear the lower robe [upper robe] wrapped around (me): a training to be observed.|Code 1.2, Sekhiya Rule|<ref name="Buddhist Monastic Code I">[http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc1/bmc1.ch10.html Buddhist Monastic Code I]
Chapter 10, Sekhiya Rules, Thanissaro Bhikkhu (2007)</ref>}}

{{blockquote|I will not go [sit] with robes hitched up in inhabited areas: a training to be observed.|Code 9.10, Sekhiya Rule|<ref name="Buddhist Monastic Code I"/>}}

The 'robes hitched up' phrase above refers to lifting one's 1 or 2 piece cloth robe, thereby exposing either side or both sides of one's body to other human beings in an inhabited area. Such exhibitionism is not recommended to monks. Beyond monks, the Buddhist belief is that modesty has a purifying quality for everyone.<ref>Edward Thomas (2002), The History of Buddhist Thought, Dover Publications, {{ISBN|978-0486421049}}, pp 163, 207-208</ref>