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  2. Eight precepts - Wikipedia

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    The eight precepts are also undertaken by people preparing for ordination as a monk, sometimes called anagarika in Pāli or pha khao in Thai. [28] Furthermore, many nuns in Buddhist countries, such as the mae chi in Thailand or the dasa sil mata in Sri Lanka, observe the eight or ten precepts all the time as part of their way of life. [29] [30]

  3. Bodhisattva Precepts - Wikipedia

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    These precepts are often taken by monastics in East Asian Buddhism. [6] Typically, in East Asian Mahāyāna traditions, only the ten major precepts are considered the bodhisattva precepts. According to the sutra, the ten major bodhisattva precepts are in summary: [8] Not to kill or encourage others to kill. Not to steal or encourage others to ...

  4. Five precepts - Wikipedia

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    The Noble Eightfold Path, of which the five precepts are part. Buddhist scriptures explain the five precepts as the minimal standard of Buddhist morality. [15] It is the most important system of morality in Buddhism, together with the monastic rules. [16] Śīla (Sanskrit; Pali: sīla) is used to refer to Buddhist precepts, [17] including the ...

  5. Buddhist ethics - Wikipedia

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    The foundation of Buddhist ethics for laypeople is The Five Precepts which are common to all Buddhist schools. The precepts or "five moral virtues" (pañca-silani) are not commands but a set of voluntary commitments or guidelines, [23] to help one live a life in which one is happy, without worries, and able to meditate well. The precepts are ...

  6. Upāsaka - Wikipedia

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    These precepts were probably based on pre-Buddhist sāmaṇa practices. [12] Since the eight precepts are often upheld on the Buddhist uposatha days, they are called the uposatha vows [13] or one-day precepts in such context. [14] They are considered to support meditation practice, [15] and are often observed when staying in monasteries and ...

  7. Uposatha - Wikipedia

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    The eight precepts are similar to the ten precepts observed by novice monks, except that the seventh and eighth precepts for the novices are combined, the ninth novice precept becomes the eighth, and the tenth novice precept (non-acceptance of gold and silver, use of money) is excluded as being impracticable for a lay person. [15]

  8. Mahayana sutras - Wikipedia

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    maintaining Buddhist precepts, including new bodhisattva precepts listening to, memorizing, reciting, preaching, worshiping and copying Mahāyāna sūtras, rejoicing ( anumodana ) in the collected meritorious actions of all previous Buddhas and other beings.

  9. Eight Garudhammas - Wikipedia

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    The controversial Eight Garudhammas (Sanskrit: guru-dharma, [note 1] translated as 'rules of respect', [1] 'principles of respect', [2] 'principles to be respected') [3] were considered additional precepts required of bhikkhunis (fully ordained Buddhist nuns) above and beyond the monastic rule that applied to monks.