The Five Precepts From The Buddhist Scriptures

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I was particularly interested in The Five Precepts from the Buddhist Scriptures, specifically the one pertaining to sexual misconduct. In contrast to the Ten Commandments which includes nothing about sexual misconduct other than abstaining from adultery, and even that comes from the antiquated mindset that woman are chattel, I found it refreshing to see guidelines about rape included in a set of “rules” set forth by a religion. Not only that, but these precepts are merely guidelines and not rules with the threat of divine punishment looming overhead so followers who agree to observe the precepts are not doing so out of begrudging obligation. However, as much as I am pleased with the addition of abstaining from sexual misconduct in these precepts,

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