five-precepts

Category: Religious commitments and rules of life (religious). Each language text below is one published, write-once file; the CID is computed over its exact bytes and is what an IFP-21 citation pins.

Pañcasīlāni

version: 1
date: 2026-07-29
category: religious
kind: oath
language: pi
authentic: true
type: full-text
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file: 1.pi.md

The five Buddhist training rules (pañcasīla), in the undertaking formulas recited by lay practitioners; canonical Pali per the Sikkhāpada section of the Khuddakapāṭha. The text is ancient and in the public domain.

Pañcasīlāni

  1. Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
  1. Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
  1. Kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
  1. Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
  1. Surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.

The Five Precepts

version: 1
date: 2026-07-29
category: religious
kind: oath
language: en
authentic: false
type: full-text
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Courtesy translation prepared by this registry; the Pali text (1.pi) is the authentic text of this entry. This rendering follows the standard undertaking formula.

The Five Precepts

  1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking life.
  1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from taking what is not given.
  1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from sexual misconduct.
  1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from false speech.
  1. I undertake the training rule to abstain from intoxicants that cause heedlessness.