precepts

• Rather than instructions, they seem to be guidelines or advice

  Precepts as Guidelines July 2009 — Dibbavana

The most important texts

1. The Meaning of the Precepts ●●●

   Master Dogen said that following the precepts is only the custom of Buddhists; it is not their aim.

   250 rules for monks · ceremony of receiving the precepts · changeable and unchanging precepts · cows in a fenced meadow · having no rules is our rule · keeping the precepts through zazen · order of the universe · precepts and God's laws · precepts as habit, not goal · sixteen precepts · three universal precepts
2. Precepts as Guidelines ●●● July 2009 — Dibbavana

   to act simply and sincerely is not doing wrong; it's the best we can do

   breaking the precepts without blame · not doing wrong · precepts as guidelines · Shoaku Makusa

Other texts

3. Shoaku Makusa 3: Balance and Not Doing Wrong ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   But there is state in which no wrong can be done. And it’s subtly different really.

   not doing wrong · inhibiting ourselves and allowing · moving smoothly in the kitchen
4. Shoaku Makusa 2: Not Doing Wrong as a State ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   not doing wrong is not some kind of admonition to think something that is wrong and then not do it; it’s a state

   not doing wrong · pine tree and chrysanthemums
5. Right and Wrong in Buddhism ●●●

   quoted by Master Dogen in the Shobogenzo, at the start of the chapter titled “Shoaku-makusa – Not Doing Wrongs.”

   Buddhist playground · Shoaku Makusa · sixteen precepts
6. Introductions 4: Ordinary Balance ●●● Summer 2003 — Introductions to Shobogenzo Chapters

   The title of the chapter is interesting, it says Not Doing Wrong, not Doing Right

   not doing wrong · throwing away the precepts
7. Shoaku Makusa 1: Not Doing Wrong Here and Now ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   we manifest the state where there is no doing of wrong, and wrong continues not to be done

   not doing wrong
8. Shoaku Makusa 4: Doing Right Without a Doer ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   it’s better to act right and break the precepts than to keep the precepts

   acting right rather than keeping precepts
9. Shoaku Makusa 5: The Child and the Old Man ●●● Winter 2006 — Shoaku Makusa

   Master Dorin is talking about a state called not doing wrong

   not doing wrong
10. A Buddhist Teacher Without a Plan ●●● June 2007 — Padmafarma

    became a Buddhist without knowing what the precepts were, or what the meaning is

    taking the precepts without knowing them · wine of delusion
11. Kuge 5: Compassion and Freedom in Action ●●● Winter 2007 — Kuge

    if we make our efforts not to criticise others, especially in a sesshin, we can see ourselves

    precept not to criticise other Buddhists
12. Ceremony and Everyday Life ●●● February 2009 — Cholín

    It's a miniature travelling robe. But it's developed into a symbol of taking the Buddhist precepts.

    rakusu and the precepts
13. Right Action from Balance ●●● August 2014 — Banský Studenec

    Not to commit wrong. To do the many kinds of right.

    not doing wrong
14. Just to Be Alive Is Enough ●●● August 2011 — Dibbavana

    I don't pay any attention to whether you're following the precepts or not, he answered. I just notice how you are with each other.

    relationships rather than precepts
15. Dogen’s Teaching as a Way of Living ●●● September 2013 — Banský Studenec

    So they're not a kind of rules. They're like signposts

    precepts as guidelines
16. Escape and Refuge in Zazen ●●● May 2014 — Banský Studenec

    Although I don't make a strong effort to follow the precepts, I think over some years, the precepts follow me

    precepts as habit, not goal

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