Receiving and upholding precepts is a major practice in Buddhism. In the three learnings, the first learning is Precepts. Before the Buddha passed into nirvana, the Buddha told his disciples to take the precepts as teacher. Hence precepts are very important in Buddhism. We should treat precepts as the Buddha, as it represents the spirit of Buddhism. However, many misunderstood the precepts. While the precepts tell us "refrain from..", or "no not..", they are only on the surf

Many Buddhists know of the 5 precepts for devotees or lay cultivators (non-monastics): No killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants. However, some may not of further precepts such as the Bodhisattva precepts. After having taking and upholding the Bodhisattva precepts for some time, and renewing it again, I think writing a reflection on taking the Bodhisattva precepts will help clarify what the Bodhisattva precepts is about. I may not have the wisdom like go