The Five Precepts

1. Refrain from taking the life of sentient beings. *

2. Refrain from speaking what is not true.

3. Refrain from taking what is not yours.

4. Refrain from sexual misconduct.

5. Refrain from using intoxicants. **

 

* This precept requires strict adherence to a vegan or lacto-vegetarian diet.
No meat, fish, poultry, or eggs (fertilized or nonfertilized).

** This includes avoiding all poisons of any kind, such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco,
gambling, pornography, and excessively violent films or literature.

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