བསླབ་པའི་གཞི་ལྔ། | Glossary of Terms

To abstain from killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants.

In The Benefits of the Five Precepts, bslab pa / śikṣā is used in its second main sense as it appears in the Vinaya (the first being “training”), namely, five kinds of right conduct that are observed by all lay Buddhists. They are refraining from (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual misconduct, (4) speaking falsehoods or lying, and (5) consuming intoxicants (alcohol in particular). The term is here used synonymously with the “five disciplines.”

Five vows taken by upāsakas and upāsikās: to not kill, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or take intoxicants.

Five trainings for all vehicles in general: avoiding killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and taking intoxicants (alcohol, etc.).

Five basic rules of conduct for all Buddhists (= Skt. pañcaśīla): abstaining from (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual misconduct, (4) false speech, and (5) intoxicants (alcohol).

Five fundamental precepts of abstaining from (1) killing, (2) stealing, (3) sexual misconduct, (4) lying, and (5) intoxication.

Often translated as “training,” here it has the meaning associated with the Vinaya, which is “right conduct,” “ethical behavior,” or “precept.”

A training or code of conduct committed to under oath. May refers to the five basic precepts undertaken by lay devotees, or to the precepts of monastic ordination.

Refers to the five fundamental precepts of abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and consuming intoxicants.

Abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication.

A general term for practice of the Dharma. Sometimes translated as “training.”