The Nature of Human Beings and the Five Precepts
What is the Nature of Human Beings?
The nature of human beings consists of five
characteristics.
1. By nature, humans will not kill.
A human who takes life has deviated from the nature of
humankind. H
…tiate us from animals. First, humans, by nature, refrain from killing, which is vital to our humane identity. Second, we do not steal; humans can produce and trade for sustenance, unlike animals that fight fo…