"2. Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given."
In order to break the precept 5 factors must be fulfilled.
Conditions that Break the Precept
The five factors of the second precept are:
- para-parigga-hitam -- article(s) with a concerned owner.
para-parigga-hitam -- article(s) with a concerned owner.
- para-parigga-hita-sannita -- one knows there is a concerned owner.
para-parigga-hita-sannita -- one knows there is a concerned owner.
- theyya-cittam -- the intention to steal.
theyya-cittam -- the intention to steal.
- upakkamo -- the effort to steal.
upakkamo -- the effort to steal.
- tena haranam -- the article(s) is (are) stolen through that effort.
tena haranam -- the article(s) is (are) stolen through that effort.
All of the above factors must be fulfilled in order to break the precept. So if you can answer no to one or more of them you didn't break the precept.