The Five Precepts serve as fundamental guidelines for maintaining peace on earth. Originating before Buddha, they measure human behavior: full adherence results in complete humanity, while deviating reduces our humanity and increases animalistic traits. Today's disregard for these precepts has transformed peaceful societies into troubled ones, highlighting the vital role parents play in teaching these principles to their children to foster future responsibility and societal health. Without the commitment to the Five Precepts, individuals risk becoming a source of societal issues, undermining happiness and peace.
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-Five Precepts -Importance of Moral Conduct -Impact on Society -Role of Parents in Teaching -Human vs. Animalistic Behavior
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4. We shall not lie, utter profanity, speak nonsense, or
use divisive words.
5. We shall not consume intoxicants such as addictive
drugs and alcohol.
These Precepts are needed to keep peace on earth.
When the Five Precepts are not Observed
The Five Precepts were here even before the birth of the
Lord Buddha. He, through the incomparable power of His
enlightenment, came to know the existence of the Five Precepts
and passed on this knowledge to us. They can also be employed
to quantify human behavior, that is:
If we can observe all the Five Precepts, then we are 100%
human.
If we can only maintain four, then we are only 80%
human, 20% animalistic.
If we can only maintain three, then we are only 60%
human, 40% animalistic.
If we can only maintain two, then we are only 40%
human, 60% animalistic.
If we can only maintain one, then we are only 20%
human, 80% animalistic.
If none of them are observed, that person is no longer a
human being. He only exists in human form. He will have no
peace, no happiness. He only exists to produce trouble for
himself and society. Unfortunately, today, as more and more
people deviate from the Five Precepts, not following the Five
Precepts has become acceptable. This lack of a moral code
has changed a peaceful country into a murderous, fraudulent,
adulterous country. Its citizens are dissatisfied and afraid, yet
nobody can do anything about it.
If parents do not care to teach their children to abide by
the Five Precepts, there is no hope that society will improve.
The hope that their children will grow up to be responsible
adults is empty. Teaching children to live their lives
everyday by the Five Precepts is the most important
responsibility that parents have towards their children to
brighten their future and essential to the health, peace,
and happiness of society as a whole.
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