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==The Five Precepts are Lay Person Religious Vows==

==The Five Precepts are Lay Person Religious Vows==

# No killing (this means This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not kill"]]), no [[murder]], no [[abortion]], no [[euthanasia]], no [[suicide]] or [[assisted suicide]]. For some [[Chinese]] and [[Vietnamese]] Buddhists this means be [[vegetarian]] - see [[religious vegetarianism]]. Buddhist is not against the [[death penalty]])

# '''No killing''' (this means This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not kill"]], no [[murder]], no [[abortion]], no [[euthanasia]], no [[suicide]] or [[assisted suicide]]. For some [[Chinese]] and [[Vietnamese]] Buddhists this means be [[vegetarian]] - see [[religious vegetarianism]]. Buddhist is not against the [[death penalty]])

# No [[stealing]] (This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods"]])

# '''No [[stealing]]''' (This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods"]])

# No sexual misconduct, [[sexual immorality]] or [[lust]] (this means "[[Ten Commandments|Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"]], [[:Category:Sexual morality|sexual morality]] and includes [[chastity]] until [[marriage]], [[fidelity]] in marriage, [[celibacy]] for monks and nuns and no [[homosexuality]]. It also means no [[premarital sex]] or [[adultery]] and no [[abortion]] - see [[abortion and promiscuity]])

# '''No sexual misconduct''', [[sexual immorality]] or [[lust]] (this means "[[Ten Commandments|Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"]], [[:Category:Sexual morality|sexual morality]] and includes [[chastity]] until [[marriage]], [[fidelity]] in marriage, [[celibacy]] for monks and nuns and no [[homosexuality]]. It also means no [[premarital sex]] or [[adultery]] and no [[abortion]] - see [[abortion and promiscuity]])

# No lying (this implies [[honesty]] but also includes no harsh speech, no divisive speech, no [[gossip]], no [[lewd]] and [[lascivious]] speech / [[vulgar]] speech or [[curse|cursing]]. This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"]])

# '''No lying''' (this implies [[honesty]] but also includes no harsh speech, no divisive speech, no [[gossip]], no [[lewd]] and [[lascivious]] speech / [[vulgar]] speech or [[curse|cursing]]. This means [[Ten Commandments|"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"]])

# No [[alcoholic beverage]]s (in the modern world this also means no [[smoking]] or using an [[drug abuse|recreational drug]]s. This means [[temperance]])

# '''No [[alcoholic beverage]]s''' (in the modern world this also means no [[smoking]] or using an [[drug abuse|recreational drug]]s. This means [[temperance]])

Additional Buddhist morality, like that of the Ten Commandments, is to be [[Filial]] meaning to [[Ten Commandments|"Honor thy father and thy mother"]]. [[Respect]] of [[elder]]s including one's [[father]] and [[mother]] is important in Buddhism morality and practice.

Additional Buddhist morality, like that of the Ten Commandments, is to be [[Filial]] meaning to [[Ten Commandments|"Honor thy father and thy mother"]]. [[Respect]] of [[elder]]s including one's [[father]] and [[mother]] is important in Buddhism morality and practice.