3. The Five Precepts - Buddhist's Handbook (Some Special Chants)

3. The Five Precepts - Buddhist's Handbook (Some Special Chants)

First revision: Nov.04, 2012

Last change: Nov.08, 2021

Man can be killed but not defeated.
Ernest Hemingway

3. PAÑCAS?LA (The Five Precepts)

~D.III, 235; A.III, 203, 275; Vbh.285

1	Pânâtipâtâ veraman? sikkhâpadam samâdiyâmi.	I undertake the precept to abstain from destroying living creatures.
2	Adinnâdânâ veraman? sikkhâpadam samâdiyâmi.	I undertake the precept to abstain from taking what is not given.
3	Kâmesu micchâcârâ veraman? sikkhâpadam samâdiyâmi.	I undertake the precept to abtain from wrong conduct in sexual pleasures.
4	Musâvâdâ veraman? sikkhâpadam samâdiyâmi.	I undertake the precept to abtain from false speech.
5	Surâmerayamajjapamâdattânâ veraman? sikkhâpadam samâdiyâmi.	I under take the precept to abstain from distilled and fermented intoxicants which are the occasion for carelessness.

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