
As you read this, you are upholding the five precepts
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