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The Five PreceptsPart of the spiritual path in Buddhism involves the following of moral rules or 'precepts'. These are the basic moral guidelines that were laid down by the Buddha. For the monk, in addition to 227 or so monastic rules, there are ten precepts. For the lay person, however, there are only five, though on certain days, these may be increased to eight or ten. The five precepts are: 1. I undertake to abstain from killing living beings 2. I undertake to abstain from taking what is not given 3. I undertake to abstain from sexual misconduct 4. I undertake to abstain from false speech 5. I undertake to abstain from intoxicating drugs or drink
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