Is shame and remorse unskillful?
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I suppose it's part of a skillful response to unskillful action.
Conversely, "shameless" is usually portrayed as undesirable.
The response to skillful virtue is said to be "lack of remorse".
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. It depends on the circumstances.
Sometimes shame and remorse can guide you to do skillful actions.
Sometimes it can guide you to do unskillful actions.
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The other answer on this site was fine in its essence, spirit, purpose & intent.
There is the unwholesome 'remorse' or 'guilt' (kukkucca), which is a hindrance; and there is the wholesome 'sense of shame' (hiri), which is a virtue and one of the five gates to Dhamma.
As the other answer on this site implied shame towards unskilful deeds is for a Buddha a means of learning a lesson and moving beyond guilt & remorse.
The Lord Buddha said:
He who having been heedless is heedless no more, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds.
He, who by good deeds covers the evil he has done, illuminates this world like the moon freed from clouds.
For it is a cause of growth in the Dhamma & Discipline of the noble ones when, seeing a transgression as such, one makes amends in accordance with the Dhamma and exercises restraint in the future.
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