- The five
precepts (Sanskrit: pañcaśīla; Pali: pañcasīla) or five
rules of
training (Sanskrit: pañcaśikṣapada; Pali: pañcasikkhapada) is the most important...
- A
precept (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or
order intended as an
authoritative rule of action. In religion, precepts...
- Buddhism, the
Eight Precepts (Sanskrit: aṣṭāṇga-śīla or aṣṭā-sīla, Pali: aṭṭhaṅga-sīla or aṭṭha-sīla) is a list of
moral precepts that are
observed by...
- In the
Catholic Church, the
Precepts of the Church,
sometimes called the
Commandments of the Church, are
certain laws
considered binding on the faithful...
- The
Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra,
traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, ****anese: bosat****i; Tibetan: byang...
- not
perish from the earth."
While he was in prison, Lane
wrote the 88
Precepts as a
treatise on his
views on race, politics, and philosophy. Lane viewed...
- The
Polestar Precept is a 4-door
electric concept car by Polestar, a
subsidiary of
Volvo Cars and Geely. The
Precept was
unveiled on
February 25, 2020...
- has been
variously described as virtue,
moral discipline uprightness and
precept,
skillful conduct. In
contrast to the
english word "morality" (i.e., obedience...
- The Ten
Precepts of
Taoism were
outlined in a
short text that
appears in
Dunhuang m****cripts (DH31, 32), the
Scripture of the Ten
Precepts (Shíjiè jīng...
- to
Thomas Aquinas'
precepts. This
reason is
believed to be embodied, in its most
abstract form, in the
concept of a
primary precept: "Good is to be sought...
