Does using a pdf for sale for free violate the 2nd precept? So I enjoy Dungeons and Dragons a bunch, and have recently begun trying to follow the first 5 precepts of Buddhism. I'm not a practicing Buddhist, but I think they are a good way to live my life. So I have lots of PDF's that I didn't pay for bookmarked so I can use them, but since I didn't buy them would that count as breaking the do not steal precept? Thank you!
The 2nd precept states:

&quot;2.
Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given.&quot;

In order to break the precept 5 factors must be fulfilled.

Conditions that Break the Precept
The five factors of the second precept are:

para-parigga-hitam -- article(s) with a concerned owner.

para-parigga-hita-sannita -- one knows there is a concerned owner.

theyya-cittam -- the intention to steal.

upakkamo -- the effort to steal.

tena haranam -- the article(s) is (are) stolen through that effort.



All of the above factors must be fulfilled in order to break the precept. So if you can answer no to one or more of them you didn't break the precept.