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The five precepts
of Buddhism

I vow to abstain from killing living beings.

I vow to abstain from taking what is not given.

I vow to abstain from sexual misconduct.

I vow to abstain from lying.

I vow to abstain from taking intoxicants.

 


 


 

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Buddhism

The EIGHTFOLD PATH

Right view
Right understanding of the origin of suffering,
right understanding of the cessation of suffering,
right understanding of the path leading to the cessation of suffering.

Right intentions
Intentions of renunciation,
intentions of goodwill,
intentions to do no harm.

Right word
To refrain from lying, to refrain from slander,
to refrain from harsh speech,
to refrain from chattering.

Right action
To refrain from killing living beings,
to refrain from taking what is not given,
to refrain from an immoral love life.

Right livelihood
To earn one’s living by legal means and without violence.

Right effort
The effort of the will,
not to allow to come into being unwholesome things which have not come into being,
to make unwholesome things that have come into being disappear,
to make wholesome things that have come into being unfold.

Right mindfulness
Developing awareness of the body so that greed and hatred are reduced.

Right concentration
To enter deep levels of mental calm through developing one-pointedness of need.
from Mahasatipatthana-Suttanta 21


Nikkyo Niwano

Aung San Suu Kyi

Dalai Lama

Practise moderation in all aspects of living without overzealousness, especially in matters concerning religion.
Samyutta Nikaya

Do not be led by reports, nor by tradition, nor hearsay.
Do not be led by the authority of religious texts, nor by mere logic
or inference, nor by considering appearances, nor by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, nor by the idea ‘this is your teacher’.
But when you know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong and bad, then give them up.
And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome
and good, then accept and follow them.
Vimamsaka Sutta

The avoidance of what is evil;
the undertaking of good;
the cleansing of one’s mind;
this is a teaching of the awakened ones.
Dhammapada 183

One who keeps his life free of greed, [hatred] and ignorance finds true and everlasting peace.
Dhammapada 36

Better than a thousand sentences of meaningless words is one sensible word, on hearing which one becomes peaceful.
Dhammapada 100

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