Buddhist Ethics/Conduct

This page is dedicated to articles and videos that discuss the Buddhist precepts, vows, Vinaya and rules of conduct, such as the five main precepts and eating slaughtered animals.

The Five main Buddhist precepts

KEEPING OUT THE ‘FOG’ OF INTOXICANTS: The fifth main Buddhist precept of no intoxicants and reasons behind it

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING CLEAN, LOVING, TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUE IN BUDDHIST ETHICS: The third and fourth main Buddhist precepts: No lying/false speech (musāvādā) and no sexual misconduct (kāmesumicchācāra)

The second main Buddhist precept: Not stealing (Adinnādānā veramaṇī)

The Five Main Buddhist Vows (I): Not Killing (Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī)

Eating Animals

The 17th Karmapa’s lifetime vow to give up eating meat and other recent teachings on Buddhism and eating animals (video clips in Tibetan w English subtitles)

BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ON NOT EATING SLAUGHTERED ANIMALS IN THE HINAYĀNA, MAHAYĀNA AND VAJRAYĀNA

Buddhism and Eating Animals: Is It Permissible or Not?

Vinaya Rules

A CELIBATE LIFE WITH LITTLE DESIRE FOR WORLDLY PLEASURES: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MONASTICS AND HOUSEHOLDERS: Origin and development of the Vinaya rules, the eight kinds of precepts, four defeats, the origin and meaning of the Pratimoksha Sutra and comparison between different Vinaya versions and schools (Day Four, 17th Karmapa teaching, August 2022)

VINAYA-BREAKING POP CONCERTS AND LAYWOMEN AT KARMA KAGYU EVENTS: The London 2017, Kagyu Monlam 2018 pop concert events and the “pretty” laywomen centre-stage: what happened?

AN ACTUAL BEACON OF LIGHT NOT AN IMAGE OF ONE: THE DHARMA AS THE REAL REFUGE AND TEACHER; AND VINAYA AND SECRET MANTRA AND THE THREE SETS OF VOWS (Day Five, 17th Karmapa teachings, August 2022)