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hearing the names of certain Buddhas or bodhisattvas, or reciting their name; 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.
In Chinese Buddhism, this is often done in a ceremony at a Buddhist temple and sometimes a retreat lasting multiple days is required for orientation. [6] The six major lay bodhisattva precepts in this sutra are the five precepts plus an extra precept which focuses on not "speaking of the faults of bhiksus, bhiksunis, upasakas, or upasikas."
Padmasambhāva "Lotus-Born", also known as Guru Rinpoche, is a literary character of terma, [10] an emanation of Amitābha that is said to appear to tertöns in visionary encounters and a focus of Tibetan Buddhist practice, particularly in the Nyingma school. Sangharama (Chinese: 伽藍; pinyin: Qiélán; Vietnamese: Già Lam)
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 ...
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 ...
In Buddhism, the Eight Precepts (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā-sīla, Pali: aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or aṭṭha-sīla) is a list of moral precepts that are observed by Nuns, or Upāsakas and Upasikās (lay Buddhists) on Uposatha (observance days) and special occasions.
It is a key virtue in Indian religions like Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism. [2] [3] [4] Ahimsa (also spelled Ahinsa) is one of the cardinal virtues [2] of Jainism, where it is the first of the Pancha Mahavrata. It is also one of the central precepts of Hinduism and is the first of the five precepts of Buddhism.
Ten Precepts may refer to: Ten precepts in Buddhism, observed by samaneras and numerous female monastic communities; Ten Precepts (Taoism)