The five precepts that monks, nuns, trainees and clergy must follow… 1. To refrain from killing living beings, the crime is to know that something is a living being, intend to kill it, attempt to do so, and succeed.
2. Refrain from taking what has not been given to you (stealing) 3. Refrain from sexual misconduct, this concerns intercourse with an improper partner (cheating) this also includes time and place of intercouse 4. Refrain from untrue speech, one should neither intentionally say what is untrue nor claim to know something that one doesn’t know.d places of having intercourse. 5. Abstinence from drinking alcohol, the main purpose of this is because alcohol alters ones alertness and is more prone to committing other sins. -Members of the clergy have five more concepts that are more strict that they must follow. These rules are as follows, Clergy men must NOT… 1. watch dancing, singing or shows 2. recieve gold and silver 3. adore oneself with garlands, perfumes, or ointments 4. eat after noon 5. use a high bed
information from http://www.gardendigest.com/zen/ten.htm
1 comment:
It is really interesting to read about the rules that they have to follow, they seem to be really strict. Especially the one about not watching dancing or singing, i wonder what they did for entertainment? I also thought it was interesting how they don't allow the drinking of alcohol, because I have never heard of a religion baning alcohol. I think the rules of this religion would be very hard to follow and that there would have been many people who rebeled because of teh strictness of the rules.
Hailey C.
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