10 Buddhist Precepts

1. I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures.

    (I shall not kill any beings)

2. I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given.

   (I shall not steal)

3. I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.

 (If I am a monk or a nun, I will abstain from all sexual activities. If I am a layperson, I would only be with my spouse, restraining from all sexual thought, sexual speech, and sexual actions with whom who is not my spouse, or have sex in the inappropriate time )

4. I undertake the precept to refrain from faulty speech.

(I shall not lie, talk with double tongue, bear false witness against others, talk of others short-comings and faults, making jokes, or talk about irrelevant subjects that have no benefit for my quest to become enlightenment)

5. I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which impairs the function of my body and mind.

(I shall not consume drug, alcohol, and other addictive materials)

6. I undertake the precept to refrain from eating at the inappropriate time.

(I shall not indulge myself with food and neglect my mind)

7. I undertake the precept to refrain from dancing, singing, music, going to see worldly acts.

(I understand that if I still love to indulge myself with such activities, then I will not be able to escape the cycle of life and death)

8. I undertake the precept to refrain from adorn my body with earthly possession.

(I will not indulge my senses and will not covers my temporary form with faulty material.  Instead, I will adorn my Dharma body with Dharma merits from my Bodhi thoughts, deeds, and right meditations)

9. I undertake the precept to refrain from lying on a high or luxurious sleeping place.

(I will not rest while I haven’t reached the enlightenment stage.  I will not rest while other sentient beings are still suffering in three miserable realms. I will not enter nirvana and forshaken sentient beings)

10. I undertake the precept to refrain from accepting gold and silver (money).

(I will refrain from accepting and possess any material and wealth since they belongs to sentient beings.  I understand that if I do not conquer my greed, I shall not be able to escape the cycle of life and death. I will not dwell in heaven with my great merits while sentient beings are still suffering in other three miserable realms)