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Buddhist lay people may recite the precepts regularly at home, and before an important ceremony at the temple to prepare the mind for the ceremony. [5] [80] Thich Nhat Hanh wrote about the five precepts in a wider scope, with regard to social and institutional relations. The five precepts are at the core of Buddhist morality. [50]
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."
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.
For Theravadin scholars, this discourse of the Pāli Canon is one of several considered key to understanding Buddhist lay ethics. [2] In this discourse, the Buddha instructs a householder named Dīghajāṇu Vyagghapajja , [ 3 ] a Koliyan householder, on eight personality traits or conditions that lead to happiness and well-being in this and ...
In terms of the daily practice of Buddhist laity, a lay devotee daily recites the Five Precepts which include: I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speech. [4] "Incorrect speech", at its most basic, reflects speaking truthfully. Regarding this, contemporary Theravada monk Bhikkhu Bodhi has written:
Five precepts, the basic form of Buddhist precepts; Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, enunciated by the People's Republic of China with Indian agreement; Panchsheel Agreement, an Indian term, now obsolete, for the 1954 Sino-Indian Agreement; Panchsheel Park, a neighbourhood and diplomatic enclave in Delhi, India
The Lay Buddhist Ordination (Chinese: 受戒; pinyin: shòujiè; Japanese pronunciation: Jukai; Korean: 수계; romaja: sugye) refers to the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay follower of Zen Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts. [1] The particulars of the ceremony differ widely by country and by school of Buddhism.