ISBN 983-3512-27-0
IJ008/98/16
Size: 5.5” X 8.25”
Pages: 68
The Five
Precepts; we know them, have taken them umpteen
times, they are the basis of our spiritual life. And yet... To do good and avoid evil is, as an old and well-known story says, an
instruction which a three years old kid can remember but a ninety years old man
or woman still find difficult to carry out.
The
three short essays in this book are reflections on the scope and use of
precepts to build a saner world. Sandy
Eastoak describes the precepts that she teaches to young people. Julie Quinn gives
a simile which helps children to find back purity after a slip. Sulak Sivaraksa
analyses the scope of the precepts in regards of the global suffering arising
from selfish behaviour. These authors inspire us to have a new look at our
moral behaviour, to reflect on it thoroughly and to polish it where necessary.
APPENDIX
A) Five
Precepts and Eight Precepts by Venerable
Dr K Sri Dhammananda
B) Eight
Lifetime Precepts (with Right Livelihood as the Eighth), Nine Precepts
and Ten Precepts by Sayadaw U Sīlananda
C) Five
Precepts and Five Ennoblers by HRH
the Late Supreme Patriarch Prince
Vajirañāṇavarorasa
D) Abstention
(virati): The Undertaking of Precepts
E) Factors
Leading to Violation of the Precepts by
Bhikkhu Bodhi
F) The
Benefits of Precepts by Bhikkhu Bodhi
G) Jātaka Story: A
Gang of Drunkards
H) Jātaka Story: A
Lesson from A Snake
I) Pāḷi Chant: Five
Precepts [Pañca Sikkhāpada]
J) Pāḷi Chant: Eight
Lifetime Precepts (with Right Livelihood as the Eighth) [Ajivaṭṭhamaka
Sikkhāpada]
K) Pāḷi Chant: Eight
Uposatha Precepts [Aṭṭhaṅga Uposatha Sīla]
L) Pāḷi Chant: Nine
Uposatha Precepts [Navaṅga
Uposatha Sīla]
M) Pāḷi Chant: Ten
Precepts [Dasasīla / Sāmaṇerasikkhā]
N) Working with the Precepts by Bodhisāra Stephen Gerber (with Five Precepts Cards attached at the Back Cover Flap)
PRECEPTS: The Guardians of the World
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