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The '''five lay vows''' (Skt. ''upāsakaṃvara''; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་གྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dge bsnyen gyi sdom pa'') are: | [[Image:Pancha_sila.JPG|thumb|A tablet with an inscription of the five vows at [[Lumbini]] ]] | ||
The '''five lay vows''' (Skt. ''upāsakaṃvara''; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་གྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dge bsnyen gyi sdom pa'') — lay people can take one or several of these five vows or precepts, which are the basic vows that underpin the Buddhist way of life. They are the vows: | |||
#not to kill, | #not to kill, | ||
#not to steal, | #not to steal, | ||
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#not to commit sexual misconduct, and | #not to commit sexual misconduct, and | ||
#not to take any intoxicants. | #not to take any intoxicants. | ||
==Further Reading== | |||
*[[Thich Nhat Hanh]], ''For a Future to Be Possible'' (1993; Parallax Press Revised edition, 2007) | |||
==Internal Links== | |||
*[[Pratimoksha vows]] | |||
[[Category:Vows and commitments]] | [[Category:Vows and commitments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:31, 18 March 2024
The five lay vows (Skt. upāsakaṃvara; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་གྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, Wyl. dge bsnyen gyi sdom pa) — lay people can take one or several of these five vows or precepts, which are the basic vows that underpin the Buddhist way of life. They are the vows:
- not to kill,
- not to steal,
- not to lie,
- not to commit sexual misconduct, and
- not to take any intoxicants.
Further Reading
- Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to Be Possible (1993; Parallax Press Revised edition, 2007)