Five ethical precepts

pañcasīla

Foundations & ethics Core — needs to be understood Stage 3 of 8

Not to kill, not to take what is not given, no sexual misconduct, no false speech, no intoxicants: training rules (sikkhāpada) that one takes upon oneself — protection for others and a condition for a quiet mind.

On the path: 3 · Living and conduct — What way of living creates the conditions for a clear mind? The five precepts, speech, action, livelihood, good friendship. → to this stage in the learning path

In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of ten · Help

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Passages where pañcasīla occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Old Javanese · Buddhist Texts from Bali · Old Javanese

ṅakənira: sakiṁ śa:stra, ya dipa, ṅa| Ikaṁ kasuśīlan·, Ikaṁ satata ma nūti rasaniṁ pañcaśila mvaṁ daśaśila, ya gaṇḍalepa, ṅa, | ḍarmma ṇa, ṅa, saṁ vruhiṁ dibyaniṁ sarvvaḍarmma, vruha yen kadi cayaniṁ ma hesan·, svabha:vanikaṁ ra:t kabeḥ, Apan maya:maya: svabha:vanya, tan· tuhutuhu hana, maniḥ luṅha: maniḥ təka, maṅkana svajati nika ra:t kabeḥ, tan lana, hanitya ya, tan tuhu hana, Eṅət pva kita ri ja:tinikaṁ ra:t, yaṁ maṅkana svabha:vanikaṁ bhuvana, ya teku pahesan· ja:ti rūpa, ṅaranya| laras· hrū, ṅa, kahi laṅan ikaṁ pañcavaraṇa, ṅa, ra:ga, dveṣa, moha:, Irṣya:, matsaryya, yateka kahilaṅa ri k
Tipiṭaka · svnt · Pāli

544 . Pañcasīla…pe… veditabbā yamaniyamādibrāhmaṇadhammānaṃ tadantogadhabhāvato. Tabbiparītā ti pañcasīlādiviparītā pañcaverādayo. Inda nti indanāmakaṃ devaputtaṃ, sakkaṃ vā. ‘‘Aciravatiyā tīre nisinno’’ ti iminā yassā tīre nisinno, tadeva upamaṃ katvā āharati dhammarājā dhammadhātuyā suppaṭividdhattāti dasseti. ‘‘Punapī’’ti vatvā ‘‘aparampī’’ ti vacanaṃ itarāyapi nadīupamāya saṅgaṇhanatthaṃ.
Mahāyāna sūtras · Mahāvadānasūtra · Sanskrit

6. His Mother Keeps the Five Precepts dharmatā khalu yasmiṃ sa maye Vipaśyī bodhisatvas Tu ṣ i tād devanikāyāc cyavitvā mātuḥ kukṣāv asthāt tato mātrā yāvajjīvaṃ pañca vratapadāni samā dattāni yāvajjīvam asya mātā prāṇātipātāt prati viratādattādānā d abrahmacaryān mṛṣāv ādāt surāmaireyamadyapramādasthānāt prativiratā iya m atra dharmatā tasmād idam ucyate ||

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