🧘 Buddhism and the Five Precepts: Do you Follow Any of These?🧘
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Thank you for sharing!! I have a question about precept 1, does that mean it is imperative to be a Vegetarian? I have always tried to save bugs and animals even as a small child. I would go and save all the worms stuck on the sidewalk after it rains. (I still do😀) I don’t kill spiders and I tell them they can live in the house as long as they don’t bite any of us. I’m very interested in learning more about Buddhism. I took a philosophy of religion class and learned some, and would love to learn more. Thanks for sharing 💜💕
The first precept does mean you should be a vegetarian, never ever harming any life, if possible. The Buddha never ate meat unless it was offered to him during daily alms -he recognized the alms-giving, and was grateful to the giver for their generosity. When invited as a guest of honor, he always asked that no animal be killed for any reason.
I fail on all the points, but then ….. I am a Goblin :-)
Keep trying. Even the
existence of intention of it proves that you ain't a goblin 😜
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So I’m curious as to the bit about sexual misconduct.
Only because there were some schools (not all) within the Mahayana tradition that did include some sexual rituals. Some of these were passed into Taoist Schools that embraces Buddhist philosophy, rituals, and ideas.
Were there nuances to what they described as “sexual misconduct”?
Can we make the discernment that sexual conduct is OK if mutually consenting, but not otherwise?
How do we explain these?
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Thanks to @vibesforlife for bringing up such wonderful thoughts!
Several years back when I was a vegetarian, I was regular to Vipassana meditation centres. Even today, I consider Vipassana as the best meditation practice. But since turning vegan, I stopped going to these centers. I'm still looking for a vegan Vipassana centre in India. Can you help me in this regard?
As @consciousangel7 thinks that it's imperative to be a vegetarian, I think it imperative to be a vegan for following all 5 precepts. To each his own!
Regarding the compliance part, I do struggle with precept-4 as even exaggeration or understatement of facts violates this precept. That's why I used to love my time at Vipassana centers where we observe absolute noble silence during all those days.
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Such a wonderful reminder. Yes I do follow 4 of them, but I eat non veg so indirectly I am contributing to eat. 😔
I love the precepts and philosophies. I overall have tried to follow them in my life without know what they actually were until now. I know I won't become vegetarian, but I can make conscious decisions about what is in what I eat and where it comes from.
Beautiful post @vibesforlife.