Buddhist Precepts in the Modern Worldby Leaves No: 123 © Kandy;
Buddhist Publication Society, (1991) BPS Online Edition © (2006)
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marked as such. The Five Precepts are the basic moral code of
Buddhism, undertaken daily by lay Buddhists along with the Three
Refuges and regarded as the indispensable foundation of a life
governed by the Dhamma. The Five Precepts consist of five
training rules of abstinence: (1) from killing, (2) from
stealing, (3) from sexual misconduct, (4) from false speech, (5)
from intoxicants. The Five Precepts are designed to discipline
and purify the three avenues of human action body, speech, and
mind. Abstention from killing