Five Percepts
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- The Five Precepts
- The five precepts are five guidelines for living which all Buddhist laity must keep to.
- They are not laws.
- They are followed in skilful and unskilful ways.
- To follow them in skilful ways results in good karma, while following them in unskilful ways results in bad karma being generated.
- Keeping them in a skilful way is also a good counter to the Three Poisons.
- Buddhism emphasises intention, so thoughts and words matter just as much as actions.
- A Precept can be broken in mind as well as in practice.
- First Precept:
- Abstain from harming sentient beings
- Skilful example: Helping a homeless person by feeding them
- Unskilful example: Murdering another person.
- Second Precept:
- Abstain from taking that which is not freely given.
- Skilful Example: Being kind with one's possesions so as to share them with otherrs.
- Unskilful example: Persuading someone to give you something when you know they dont want to really.
- Third Precept:
- Abstain from sexual misconduct
- Skilful example: Being faithful in marrage
- Unskilful example: Making unwanted sexual comments to someone.
- Fourth Precept:
- Abstain from false speech
- Skilful example: Being honest but kind in speech
- Unsjilful example: Telling lies about someone.
- Fifth Precept:
- Abstain from using intoxicating drinks and drugs causing heedlessness
- Skilful action: Not drinking alcohol so as not to be unaware of actions
- Unskilful action: Taking drugs not prescribed as medicines.
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