Buddhist Thought of the Day

The Five Precepts
  1. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from taking life.
  2. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from taking what is not given.
  3. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from sexual misconduct.
  4. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from false speech.
  5. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from intoxicants which lead to carelessness.
translated by Gil Fronsdal

Comments

phree said…
This really helped me today thanks!
10:25 AM, October 27, 2006
bmitd67 said…
And that is exactly why I post them. They make me feel better and hopefully do the same for somebody else.
3:43 PM, October 28, 2006
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