Five lay vows
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The five lay vows (Skt. upāsakaṃvara; Tib. དགེ་བསྙེན་གྱི་སྡོམ་པ་, Wyl. dge bsnyen gyi sdom pa) — lay people can take one or several of these five vows or precepts, which are the basic vows that underpin the Buddhist way of life. They are the vows:
- not to kill,
- not to steal,
- not to lie,
- not to commit sexual misconduct, and
- not to take any intoxicants.
Further Reading
- Thich Nhat Hanh, For a Future to Be Possible (1993; Parallax Press Revised edition, 2007)