After taking refuge in the Three Jewels to live according to the law of the Buddha made it, and to move forward on the Path. The rule is that the Five Precepts. Grapes religious people have to live up to the Three Diamond, Sleep often, the people follow Buddhism also can not life without maintenance Three Refuges Five Precepts. 

Who found refuge center was already stepped up rescue ladder, but if not keep the five precepts are only the first step a step and stopped, unable to liberation really are. Men are not only given the strong progress on the road of liberation, but also to bring orderly, peaceful, family peace, Country, society. The five precepts are precepts surely create happiness for individuals and groups, the teacher la prevent us doing nonsense in this degenerate time. Therefore, Sakyamuni Buddha had words earnestly following testaments before he entered Nirvana: 

- "After my passing, the revered monk to precepts as their teacher; oil gives us alive to teach the people thousands of lives away, we also add any thing outside the law." Buddhist precepts devised lot, so need to apply to a broad range of practitioners - monks, - nuns, - novice, -Sa di ni. Particularly for laypeople, only 5 presented only. But if you keep 5 Precepts are benefits for themselves, for the unspeakable. 

B.- District Threads: 

I.- Definition: The five precepts are five things forbidden by the Buddha made it, to stop the evil memorial, speaking not healthy, illicit act. In his commandments are: - Do not kill, - not robbers, - not fornication, - Do not lie, - Do not drink alcohol. In this he kept on compassion, equality in terms of an end except personal sin and bring orderly, peaceful society that founded. Buddha not compulsory we have adhered to, nor threatened if we do not obey him, he should be punished. The keep or not keep the world is because we are entirely self retrieve data. Buddhism differs from another religion is at the point the Buddha was not a supreme judge retains payoff. A thought, a word, a good or bad actions gave it a germ carrying payoff already. Buddha is a guide only very compassionate, and very lucid. He shows us the path of light is the path and the road is dangerous path should not go. But if we do not follow the path that wants to go into the light of harm's way, then of course we will meet the natural disaster, but Buddhism does not create disasters to punish us. Court is the law of causality. We do evil, we bear bad fruit; we do good, we get good fruit. Five World is five bastions stop for us not stray into the evil way, is five barriers prevent us from falling into the abyss, while we go on the path of liberation. 

II.-  In About 

1.-  Do not be killed . The first section that prohibits Buddha advises us not to kill life, from humans to animals. Life is a precious value, especially in the life of people; killing another life to compensate for the life of this bowl is an evil, irrational religion. 

Buddhism prohibits killing a number of reasons: 

a)  Respect for the fair.  - We considered his life is precious and is an absolute treasure. If someone craftily, that he fought to protect life radically. I knew you in your network itself, why people want to trample life? To generalize, the animals also appreciate their networks. As a cow or a pig about to be hit on the head bleeds, we see strong resistance, the extreme trauma of them, by the cries, her struggles ones escape! According to justice, what we do not want anyone to make me, and I also do not do to others, or other species. He tells us: "Everyone is afraid of the sword, and everyone is afraid of death. So his soul with heart failure, not murder! Do not be to kill!". 

b)  Respect for equality Buddhahood . - We each species but different body, but still contract a Buddha nature. Buddhahood have equality can not institute any reason to say that the Buddha nature in person than in material value, in this class this skin color class values ​​other than the other skin color. Murder is killing a living creature Buddhahood. 

c)  Cultivate compassion . - Compassion of the Buddha look like human beings, should he not agree to his disciples murdered beasts, whatever the circumstances. Because the night life is killing center cruelty was flourishing, compassion being smothered. Ruthless unprovoked killing an animal, evil no less violent killing one man. Ruthless do for others or other objects to her struggles, groans, helpless with blood dig ore, in hot practice before last breath, is killing his compassion, is strangling the very germ of love quybau in our hearts. Thus, it is difficult to cultivate the Fruit is. Confucius has taught: "Van period cynically bar is, in fact, is being cynically period is character". (Listen to the cry of an animal, could not bear to eat meat it, see it live had not seen it die). So people have compassion and kindness are not the heart to kill people or animals. 

d)  Avoid retributive hatred causation . - When we kill a person or an animal, their resentment brimming hard extinguished. They can, because our weakness should be killed. Meanwhile, they embrace hatred, vengeance waiting to see the opportunity, or the children of their relatives will avenge it. And so every day we are sowing hatred for humans and animals, the cumulative long day, volume was louder injustice in our power, as long as it does me being murdered again. The more karma police, the plunge into suffering. He tells us: "The consciousness usually murdered, as growth ,, now suffering in samsara forever revolve, no days off" (Lankavatara Sutra). 

The benefit of not killing.  - For these reasons, the Buddha forbid Buddhists do not kill. Not murder, will have the following advantages: 

a)  In terms of individuals . - A person not ruthless murderer, harmful organisms, not cruel to shed blood, not snake skin, flesh, beheaded, strangled, then no radiation inside the bone, remorse, body and mind to be gentle poetry Thoi , was peacefully asleep, his face was gentle and pure. 

b)  Regarding the social aspect.  - If all mankind in this world are properly maintained first precept of the Buddha here, the war would not have, but the rebirth now also been freed. So the old Organization has taught: 

Industrial whole beings not kill, 
yet have emerged Ten war. 
Every home, every place are charitable. 
Lo galaxy what peace there.  

Limitations: Still know who killed that create suffering, but laypeople are vegetarians, and do other work and that, it is difficult to avoid close transgression. Here we are not required to hold such radical, just keep the important part is not to kill people, and large animals such as buffalo, cows, horses, dogs, pigs, chicken etc .. But the small What if you avoid much. we should go more slowly then sure. One must not kill an animal a ridiculous, like kill kill for satisfaction. While the police precept, should take precautions are following two: 

a) Do not let malicious arise. Killing an animal so large that inadvertent or self-defense, then the effects of it even lighter than kill a dragonfly with evil intent to kill for the fun of hand. 

b) Avoid the episode in the context of orders to kill: The child was 3, to 5 Courtyard meet dragonflies, butterflies and interrupt capturing wing, head if the parents found guilty without remonstrance; to 12.13 years old, they linger shopping, nowadays; T birding, to 20.25 years old, they stabbed throat pig, kill the dog, still uninhibited or later, familiar with atrocity, in rage, they Can blooded murder. So we should not be free for the children know what the creature killed, but did not give them witness scenes of carnage in the cinema or in the middle of life. 

2. -  Do not mix robbery . Everyone knows that mixing robbery is taking the material resources owned by the people, without the consent, or forcing people to consent by force or authority. The precious objects such as buildings, farms, money, jewels ... until such lowly animal betel leaf, chilli ... but people do not give myself taken are thieves and robbers. Robber takes many forms: Y strong horizontal pulling factions of people are robbed ,; How reliable money-making rights of the weak dependence is robbery; caught dead people while needy to usury, holding sell cheap price is robbery; speculative hoarding to sell black-market price is robbery. Using a ruse stalking, surreptitious taken from the burglary; weight preterm or measuring lack evasion strings, and contraband goods, is the one that does not seek to return the stolen. We can say one sentence summary is; Any kind, because greed took the main nguoibat are thieves and robbers all. If for the poor and needy, the sick wife pain, lack of medicine shortage of rice, should be forcing shifty, the offense also delay; but already rich, eat sung happy, the car off the horse, but also cheat people's take, rob public, to live a regal manner in sweat tears of those poverty, the crime is so hard! 

For whatever reason Buddha forbid robbers? Buddha forbid thefts following reasons: 

a) Respect for fairness: We do not want anyone to take her, why she was staring wants his disposal? Personal ownership of me, I know t6o important, then why do the trampling of property rights? Doing so is contrary to justice. A society without justice can not survive long-term. 

b) Respect for equality. - Everyone has Buddha nature alike, why we would want others to torment us be happy? Why do we want to enjoy nefarious aligns characteristics while also only a man like how many others? 

c) Cultivate compassion. - Once unintentionally lose something or some money, my grief headache, loss of appetite, restless sleep, why we take heart from the heart to let people to weep, suffer because we? It is often said: "Money is the lifeblood resources". Thus, the person who robbed robbed ie blood people, so killing human life. Only those who have no compassion, conscience agree to take new things so dark. As for me, was a Buddhist, is trying to foster compassion, can not somebody be thieves. 

d) Avoid karmic revenge. - In an organized society, respect for justice, the crime of thieves always punished. Stealing is being brought to court misdemeanor, the court robbery felonies. When not caught, thieves have to find hundreds of thousands of design methods to evade. live fit in darkness. When caught, the thieves must be bound, tortured, imprisoned, locked up examination. I've had body parts suffering extreme position, to make their families, parents, wives and children also sad shame, and lost all hope in the future. 

But if the law does not punish the world, then the thieves did not escape the karmic law of cause and effect. Thieves from thieves by man, the suffering caused sack animosity. He tells us: "The excellent financial attachment refused to leave, as well as a little kid nostalgia on the blade density, tongue licking, must be the scourge off the tongue" (Beijing Fourth Chapter Twelve). Exactly so, because of the money involved, people who really throw myself into the prison itself, into hell. Let us listen to verse wake of King Tran Thai Tong: 

Pink walls broken into the media where 
the amount involved hundred thousand staff needs; 
generations of people have been oil, 
the other team always buffalo horse lives. 
For these reasons, the Buddha forbid the robbers to death. 

The benefit of not thieves. 

a) In terms of individuals. - The space involved, the present life is peaceful, not required, detention, imprisonment, where to go and get other people trust, entrusted to him the important position. The space involved, the progeny are blessed wealth, joy, and also thanks to my own children and grandchildren inherit negative qualities of grandparents, parents leave the glory. 

b) In terms of mass. - If a date in mind social nobody take time, stealing the home does not need to close, from the worry of keeping, animals dropped not lost, so there is nothing happier! It's difficult because there is no, but there's many who still suffer, because they must take care to preserve. Ie who do not steal silently give others the peace already. Confucian saying: "Real allocated Nhon unjust, unjust any player character" Much we are Buddhists went thieves or what? 

3. -  Do not commit adultery . Ie adultery want to talk about the non-celebration lewd, illegal. Law who teaches renunciation glass over yet continue to lust, and the house is not deviant sex. When the couple had called the wedding ceremony right enough; in addition, promiscuity sneaky illegal work with the opposite sex is called evil. But if the couple formal way, that is not the place, shook each other near the extent it also belongs to adultery at all. It was said in terms of crude. To be more subtle, the flesh of the excellent distraction wrecked, thinking underhanded, racketeering flirting, also belong to the kind of sexual misconduct at all. 

Buddha forbid adultery following reasons: 

a) Respect for righteousness. - Everybody wants her family harmony, peace and happiness, his wife and children the radical right, why go destroy the older, cardboard scandalous goalkeeper, took his wife into the path of human sexual immorality. 

b) Protection of the family happy. - What's not suffering, darker, when a husband or wife family with private labor, so evil. Where happiness also, when husband and wife do not trust each other! Once the family into that situation, the child will be embarrassed, self-indulgent, orphaned, her children not to go unheard, career shattered, neighbors decry, honor tarnished. The conditions necessary to preserve the happy family is fidelity of the couple. People said: "Thuan wife upon her husband, the well dry winter pool". Since the sexual misconduct of one of the two friends in the family line that often occur cases jealousy, quarrels, beatings, sometimes to cause murder. Sometimes, to revenge, people often see happen sight "He ate cha, she ate spring rolls". A husband to his wife observation center, the very well poised their wives and children into the fence lines and others. They broke happy family man, the happy family they disbanded before. 

So adultery ban is a necessary condition for building happiness for our families and families. 

c) Avoid hatred and evil retribution. - He tells us: "The heart craving hug as ringleader pacer contrary wind, fire victims decide arm" (Beijing Four Twelve chapters). Indeed, it is evil heart of lust passion, not soon find out whether the victim decide if the loss of water insoluble, are also broken leg killed by gun, sword. Historically, these catastrophic results dark due cause sexual passion lacks nothing; we just lifting the husband or wife of history daily newspaper, you'll abound in every page, every paragraph. In the animosity, no hatred yet intense hatred by the sub fields by deception causing erotic. the daily murder, largely the result of sexual misconduct. 

Benefits of the evil not dam.Vi so the precepts forbid adultery would have the following benefits: 

a) In terms of individuals. 

- Business ThapThien said: "The world does not misconduct shall enjoy the following four benefits: 

- Six apartments (ear, eye, nose, tongue, body and mind) are integrity. 
- Lifetime is respected. 
- Then clear the disturbances even bother backward. 
- The love life predestined no one dares committed. " 

b) In terms of mass. 

- In a society where everyone is not misconduct, the family peace and happiness, the failure of the trade lus6n will dissipate, something rare scenes, jars kill will not happen again; children are tricks, pampering, society 
will be prosperous. In short, samsara filth, misery will turn into the world pure, joyful. 

4 -  Not to say untrue . Speaking untrue four ways: Lying, speaking embellishing, said two-way blade, say cruel. 

a)  Lie or lie , is not telling the truth, things have said no, do not say yes, to say the contrary, said that contrary to; it heard not hear, hear things not heard; or false front commended sausage, behind cooking tent; or if preferred, the sweet talk sweet, bitter as the bitter hate. In a nutshell, the idea of a job before the next word conflict, around different, in outer Real First, lie belongs to all. 

b)  Tell weaving , is the little Nazis for many, makes the listener floating anger; Tria is improve speech, voice or broaching shrinkage, up slightly down mellow tone for a cool evening to tempt the listener, making shipwreck enthusiasts infection; also when the said caricatures, saying press, said magnet, said injection makes people listen to miserable. In short, how many words are not literally true, additions to the literary vanity, polished makes guys listen to psychosis, birth afflictions are called speaking embellishing all. 

c)  said two-way blade , or more colloquial, is saying "two heads sharp shock attack", meaning to say this place partakers with this party to defame the other party, the other party is saying he played along side for defamation This party, making friends are close back against each other, who grace, the means opposition, hatred together. 

d)  speak wickedness , says the language is vulgar cursing brusquely, making listeners have pain, sadness, fear. 

Why Buddha said banning false? Buddha said banning false for the following reasons: 

a) Respect for the truth. - Buddhism is realistic; who practiced Buddhism should respect the truth. Acquaintance with lies, not necessarily to find the truth, it's hard to get them through. We live in hope, the main task of the practice is to try to destroy his illusion to see the chapel; failure to do so could instead compounded the illusion that with the lies fooled again, then it is immoral. 

b) Cultivating compassion. - The main driving force of lies is selfishness, evil, bad people want to satisfying his dark desires. The deceived, hocus suffer because their antlers, sometimes have to take revenge for evil eye, sometimes have to go bankrupt tan. The practice which is already approved to do so to take conscience, has smothered the love in their hearts already. Once compassion is not, meaning that the main motivation was lost, then the practice is only a false, deceptive people, and of course never catch on 
well. 

c) Preserving fidelity in society. - In a family, a community, a society in which nobody believes anybody, then all the work of small to large have failed. In Confucianism, one of the five fundamental virtues are faith. "Unbelief Nhon Real up", it is the teachings of Confucius, Happy family and society can not be obtained in a lie. doubt, jealousy. 

d) Avoid suffering retribution. - Speech but not the blade, but it is more dangerous than the sword, because it has two tops nose, a nose hit the other person, a nose hit the people to use it. Everyone surely has not forgotten story shepherd boy tried to deceive neighbors by yelling "Fire! Fire!", But it just hocus person once, the next time it fires the truth, although it roar carpet Facilities also no one wants to fire again. Day, who lie just cause for his painting. Therefore, the Buddha said: "All those who were born, sharp-edged hammer is available in the mouth, cutting her the reason is because evil words." Cups whipped intermittent, said distortions is to harm people, but you've hurt people, how people also left their harm. "Evil evil hybrids" are. To avoid enmity and avoid evil now, we should not lie, exaggerating. 

The benefit of not lie: 

a) In terms of individuals. - To be honored for, reliable, not plaintively hateful hostility; Where are people around for a trusted position, warm welcome. In business career, the truth is many clients, and is entrusted to many precious responsibility. 

b) In terms of mass. - Family and society are united in trust. All the general public, with the result being promoted tot.Dong loving compatriots, several more sympathetic. 

Limitations: Lying is a great calamity, to himself and society. However, there are a few cases should lie. That's when out of compassion but to lie to save people or animals. Lying in the case guilty by greed, hatred as motivation. However, if by promoting compassion that must lie, is not guilty. 

5. -  Do not drink alcohol . All things intoxicating enzyme, make malicious people are not drinking. Himself not drink, but people also urged others not to drink. Urged, encouraged others to drink, I drink heavily than their own anymore. While heavy crock, taking these drugs do not heal, Herbalist told to use alcohol mixed in medicine, it is used temporarily. But before using them to increase transparency should know. When to get better, not keep drinking the wine with air anymore. 

For these reasons the Buddha forbid alcohol? - Buddha banning alcohol for the following reasons: 

a) To preserve the intellectual seed. - Alcohol is more dangerous than poison. A jar of poison we drink to die soon, but currently only one body dies, but alcohol, loss of intellectual seed, have risen from the dead countless lives. So in order to preserve valuable intellectual seeds, Buddha forbid alcohol. 

b) Prevent the reasons born sinful. - Alcohol itself is not a sin as killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, but it can still cause other sins born. When drunk alcohol in, the offense can also be committed. Here's a story to prove it: - A farmer his other plowing between copper, suddenly found out their horns in front of a huge teenagers, bizarre, threats to kill him. He was horrified, crying plead for his life. Area teenagers said: 

- If you do one of three things, we spared her life: either kill your father or your mother is beaten or drank liters of wine on the table to your house. 

British farmers think sweat answer: 

- May He give you to drink liters of wine. 

Teenagers listening to seems satisfied then disappeared. That afternoon, the farmer back home, see liters of wine, which he bought to entertain themselves, because the upcoming anniversary, he hastily grabbed, downed the one bit. His father noticed his son sassy, ​​holding sticks stormed the hit scolded child. Ma enamel impregnated, he did not know right from wrong, the father snatched sticks, beat him a good cheut tree! The mother ran to hug the village mule. He's not angry lah, dust bags or mother. Villages run up the lead again arrested him for the murder of his father or mother. He regained consciousness knows drinking is serious sin first in the three kites that teenagers caught him doing. 

In brief alcohol causes many sins. Here are 10 evils of alcohol that biblical mentioned: 1 - Wealth fallen; 2 - Growth pleased killed; 3 - Intellectual fades; 4 - The Industry such success; 5 - Body care much suffering; 6 - relatives or blemish; 7 - Mind elated hatred, strife recommended; 8 - Blessed Lord consumed; 9 - Life expectancy reduced; 10 - General Networking fall into hell. 

Benefits Of The Forbidden Drink 

a) In terms of individuals. - He does not drink, avoid harm 10 mentioned above. 

b) In terms of mass. - The family is still fun, the children at the illness, social harmony position, race is mighty. 

C - Conclusion 

1. - Buddhists do not hold world is not a Buddhist. - We have seen the practical uses and benefits of the 5 world in terms of individuals and organizations. If the Three Refuges is the foundation, the world's fifth rung contingent of lay people to step down on the fruits. In the first step, if possible Buddhists vow to keep the five precepts, the better; if so many ties can not keep the whole year, the world has held several world they may find practicable, such as: Do not drink, do not lie. Then, with the diligent and courageous Bodhicitta, I vow to continue holding more otherworldly as not stealing, no adultery ... but made a vow to keep the world does keep loyal, do not take a step forward, two steps regressive, honorable and again it never went anywhere. If Buddhists without morality does so called Buddhist? Ordinary people, not the Buddha but also keep status as not drink, do not lie, do not steal instead, let alone a Buddhist? I came to Buddhism is looking beyond the world of the human mediocrity. If we in the Path and still continue the old floating life, or worse life of thenhan often, it is we want to tarnish Way, 

So Buddhists should try to keep the world to deserve its own name, to bring happiness to ourselves and all beings. 

2 People do not follow Buddhism also keep world. - In World aforementioned nothing is sublime, mysterious. That is a lesson that ordinary citizens of any society, a country that wants prosperity, mighty can not be overlooked. So in that law applies not just to separate the Buddhists, but also for all those who want to live a healthy life, happily, there are rites and progress. 

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