Ten precepts

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ten precepts [of novices] (S. daśaśīla; P. dasasīla; T. tshul khrims bcu; C. shijie; J. jikkai; K. sipkye 十戒). A set of ten precepts that are observed by novice monastics (śrāmaṇera/śrāmaṇerikā) as part of their training.[1][2] Also known as the “restraints for novices” (śrāmaṇera-saṃvara).[1][2]

The ten precepts/restraints are:[3][4][5][6]

  1. refraining from killing living beings (prāṇātipāta virati)
  2. refraining from taking what is not given (adattādāna virati)
  3. refraining from engaging in sexual misconduct (kāmamithyācāra virati)
  4. refraining from lying (mṛṣāvāda prativirati)
  5. refraining from from intoxicants (madyapāna virati)
  6. not to eat at improper times [viz. after twelve noon] (vikālabhojana virati)
  7. not to use perfumes, garlands, or cosmetics (gandhamālyavilepanavarṇakadhāraṇa virati)
  8. not to sing, dance, play music, or attend entertainments (nṛtyagīta virati)
  9. not to sleep on high and luxurious beds (uccaśayanamahāśayana virati)
  10. not to handle "gold and silver" (money) (S. jātarūparajatapratigrahaṇa-virati; T. gser dang dngul la reg pa spong pa; C. bu xu jinyinbao jie 蓄金銀寶戒)

The Mūlasarvāstivāda vinaya, which is the vinaya lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, also enumerates an expanded set of thirty-six precepts.[1][6]

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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. daśaśīla.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 十戒 (Ten precepts), Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
  3. ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. List of lists, "Ten precepts".
  4. ↑ བསླབ་པའི་གཞི་བཅུ་པོ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
  5. ↑ The Ten Precepts, Access to Insight
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The sramanera/sramanerika precepts, thubtenchodron.org

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