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In Buddhism, the eight precepts (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā-sīla, Pali: aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or aṭṭha-sīla) is a list of precepts that are observed by lay Buddhists on observance days and festivals. They include general precepts such as refraining from killing, but also more specific ones, such as abstaining from ...
The Bodhisattva Precepts ( Skt. bodhisattva-śīla, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai) are a set of ethical trainings ( śīla) used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva. Traditionally, monastics observed the basic moral code in Buddhism, the ...
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 ...
[8] In early Buddhism, these practices started with understanding that the body-mind works in a corrupted way (right view), followed by entering the Buddhist path of self-observance, self-restraint, and cultivating kindness and compassion; and culminating in dhyana or samadhi, which reinforces these practices for the development of the body ...
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 ...
v. t. e. 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 ( vinaya) that applied to monks.
The fourth truth is the Noble Eightfold Path, which consists of eight practices that end suffering. They are: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi (concentration, mental unification, meditation).
e. Pure Land Buddhism or Pure Land School ( Chinese: 淨土宗; pinyin: Jìngtǔzōng; Japanese: 浄土仏教, romanized : Jōdo bukkyō; Korean : 정토종; RR : Jeongto-jong; Vietnamese: Tịnh độ tông; also known as Amidism[ 1][ 2]) is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism focused on achieving rebirth in a Pure Land. It is one of the most ...