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How do you keep the Five Precepts intact? When I was a student, I started training myself to observe the Five Precepts. This is how I did it. Before I was ordained, I wore a Buddha image around my neck. Every morning before going to school, I would hold the Buddha image in my hands and pay my respects by chanting: "Namo tussa bhakavato arahato summa sumbuddhassa" three times. And then I would make my resolve with the Buddha image: 1. Today I will not kill. 2. Today I will not steal. 3. Today I will not commit adultery. 4. Today I will not lie. 5. Today I will not drink alcohol or use drugs. Once I had done this, then I would leave for school. When I started, sometimes I was able to keep the Five Precepts for the day, but sometimes I couldn't. However, after half a year, I was able to keep all Five Precepts everyday. After I was able to abide by the Five Precepts for six years straight, then I was ordained. Do you think you can do it too? I think you you. life. Conclusion Let me go over the Five Precepts one more time with Why should we not kill? Because everybody loves his Why should we not steal? Because everybody needs possessions to be comfortable. If certain things were taken away from us, we will not be able to survive. Even if we survive, our lives will be full of hardship. Why should we not commit adultery? Because everybody loves their family and friends. Why should we not lie? Because every body loves honesty and truthfulness. Why should we not consume intoxicants? Because it will destroy our conscience. Without our conscience, we would be capable of infringing upon all the other Four Precepts. Therefore, if you want to grow up to be good person, you have to abide by the Five Precepts. The writer hopes that this account will help parents to teach their children to observe the Five Precepts, so that they grow up to be good people. The accomplishment we can feel most proud of is to raise our children to be ethical adults. can. The Warm Hearted Family 286 Making the Five Precepts Easy for Children to Understand The Warm Hearted Family 287 Making the Five Precepts Easy for Children to Understand