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Say No to Alcohol The negative long-term effects of alcohol consumption are difficult to control and overcome. Not only is your own welfare at risk, but also the welfare of those around you, especially your family. Dangers associated with intoxication are innumerable. Here are some obvious examples: • Destruction of wealth. • Destruction of health. • Vulnerable to violent behavior and aggression • Causing shamelessness and indecent exposure. • Loss of friendship. • Giving root to negative karma. Weakening of intellect Benefits for not consuming alcohol • Giving rise to good karma. • Having sound mental and intellectual capacity • Having clear-seeing quality. • Having respectability from others • Having better abilities to perform good deeds. • Easier to reach Nirvana Discipline for Monastics Monastic Discipline is divided into four components: Restraint according to monastic conduct (patimokkhasamvara) – To follow the set of rules of training—the 227 Precepts—which the Buddha established for the monks to restraint bodily actions and speech. To do the things that the Buddha allowed and to avoid doing the things that the Buddha prohibited. Restraint of the senses (indriyavashamara) – This means specifically the restraint of the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin contact and mind. Monks are not to be affected by any forms of sensual distractions, such as the sight of a woman, the smell of a perfume, the sound of music, or the taste of food.