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The '''Five Precepts'' is a [[Buddhist]] term for a formal [[sacrament]] given by an ordained [[Monk]] or [[Nun]] and initiated by the founder Shakyamuni [[Buddha]]. The Five Precepts are an obligatory [[morality]] in the the Buddhist [[religion]] such that one is not considered a Buddhist unless one both receives the Five Precepts as lay-person [[vow]]s and "Takes Refuge" in the [[Buddha]], [[Dharma]] (teachings - Buddhist [[scripture]]) , and Sangha (religious community of monks and nuns).

The '''Five Precepts''' is a [[Buddhist]] term for a formal [[sacrament]] given by an ordained [[Monk]] or [[Nun]] and initiated by the founder Shakyamuni [[Buddha]]. The Five Precepts are an obligatory [[morality]] in the Buddhist [[religion]] such that one is not considered a Buddhist unless one both receives the Five Precepts as lay-person [[vow]]s and "Takes Refuge" ([[Refuge]]-Reliance of [[Faith]], [[Hope]] and [[Devotion]]) in the [[Buddha]], [[Dharma]] (teachings - Buddhist [[scripture]]), and Sangha (religious community of monks and nuns).

 

The Five Precepts are the foundation for Buddhist [[virtue]].

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

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

# No [[killing]]

# '''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]]

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

# No sexual misconduct or [[lust]] (include [[chastity]] until [[marriage]] and [[celibacy]] for monks and nuns)

# '''No sexual misconduct''', [[sexual immorality]] or [[lust]] (this means "[[Ten Commandments|Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife"]], 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]])

# '''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 [[recreation 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]])

 

 

==Liberal Distortions of Buddhism==

==Liberal Distortions of Buddhism==

In the modern world many people speak of Buddhism as a [[philosophy]] or as only a "be present in the now" sort of [[meditation]]-[[contemplation]], but the core teaching ([[Dharma]]) of Buddhism is one of [[morality]] combined with the cultivation of [[compassion]] ("benefit others more than yourself") and [[wisdom]]. There are [[liberal]]s who call themselves "Buddhists" but are not at all according to traditional [[orthodox]] Buddhism since they did not "Take Refuge" nor did they receive the Five Precepts, let alone follow that required Buddhist morality. Such liberals incorrectly speak of Buddhism as supporting [[post modernism|post modern]] [[moral relativism]] (See [[Liberal hedonism]]).

In the modern world many people speak of Buddhism as a [[philosophy]] or as only a "be present in the now" sort of [[meditation]]-contemplation, but the core teaching ([[Dharma]]) of Buddhism is one of [[morality]] combined with the cultivation of [[compassion]]-[[mercy]] ("benefit others more than yourself") and [[wisdom]]. There are [[liberal]]s who call themselves "Buddhists" but are not at all according to traditional [[orthodox]] Buddhism since they did not "Take Refuge" nor did they receive the Five Precepts, let alone follow that required Buddhist morality. Such liberals incorrectly speak of Buddhism as supporting [[post modernism|post modern]] [[moral relativism]] (See [[Liberal hedonism]]).

==Five Precepts are Part of the Ten Perfections==

==Five Precepts are Part of the [[Ten Perfections]] of the [[Altruism|Altruistic]] Attitude==

# [[Generosity]] or [[Charity]]

# '''[[Generosity]]''' ([[Charity]]-[[Philanthropy]]- [[Benevolence]]: "Benefit others more than yourself.")

# [[Morality]] of the Five Precepts

# '''[[Morality]]''' of the Five Precepts - Renunciation of [[immorality]] and the [[cause and effect|causes]] of [[suffering]] (the causes are always based in [[immorality]] or [[amoral]] behavior).

# [[Patience]]

# '''[[Patience]]''' (implies [[Forgiveness]] and [[Endurance]])

# Joyful [[Perseverance]]

# '''Joyful [[Perseverance]]''' ([[Persistence]], [[Determination]] and Moral [[Fortitude]] or Moral [[Courage]])

# [[Meditation]]

# '''[[Meditation]]''' (Calm Abiding or Making the [[mind]] have deeply [[Kapha|relaxed]] [[Pitta|focused]] [[Vata|awareness]] for contemplation of [[morality]]-[[compassion]]-[[wisdom]])

# [[Wisdom]]

# '''[[Wisdom]]''' ([[Interdependence]], [[Understanding]] [[Cause and effect]], [[Prudence]], [[Humility]] of "No Self")

# Skillful Means or Expedient Means

# '''Skillful Means''' or Expedient Means (Use the "medicine" according to the particular "disease" and "patient")

# Great [[Vow]]s

# '''Great [[Vow]]s''' (to get [[Enlightenment|Enlightened]] in order to better "Benefit others more than yourself.")

# Great [[Strength]]

# '''Great [[Strength]]'''

# Great [[Wisdom]] or [[Buddha]]hood

# '''Great [[Wisdom]]''' (Buddhahood)

 

== See also ==

== See Also ==

* [[Virtue]]

* [[Buddhism]]

* [[Morality]] versus [[Immorality]]

* [[Cause and effect]]

* Compare and Contrast with the [[Ten Commandments]]

* [[Morality]]

* [[Christianity in Conservapedia]]

* [[Ten Commandments]]

* [[Moral degeneration]]

* [[Immorality]]

* [[Moral relativism]]

* [[Moral relativism]]

* [[Amoral]]

* [[Amoral]]

* [[Essay:Immorality in America]]

* [[Essay:Immorality in America]]

* [[Moral degeneration]]

* [[Abortion and promiscuity]]

* [[Christianity in Conservapedia]]

* [[Sexual immorality]]: [[Promiscuity]] and [[Homosexuality]] / [[Homosexual agenda]] verus [[Chastity]], [[Purity]], [[Celibacy]]

* [[Hippocratic Oath]] and [[Oath of the Hindu Physician]]

* [[Bioethics]]

* [[Bioethics]]

* [[Values]]

* [[Values]]

 

==References==

==References==

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