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I always aproached the precepts as very important guidelines but not very important bans.

Certainly, while on the eightfold path, if one intakes a substance that even subtlety clouds the mind then it will lead to one's suffering and the suffering of those around one. The more one understands this and the more one sees things as they are the more one will follow the presepts naturally like a river follows the best way down the side of a mountain.-Metta

I always approached the precepts as very important guidelines rather than rigid rules for banning one's actions.

Certainly, while on the eightfold path, if one intakes a substance that even subtlety clouds the mind then that substance would lead to one's suffering and the suffering of those around one. The more one understands this and the more one sees things as they are, the more one will follow the presepts naturally like a river follows the best way down the side of a mountain.-Metta

The precepts are guidelines not bans.

Certainly, while on the eightfold path, if one intakes a substance that even subtlety clouds the mind then it will lead to one's suffering and the suffering of those around one. The more one understands this and the more one sees things as they are the more one will follow the presepts naturally like a river follows the best way down a mountain.-Metta

I always aproached the precepts as very important guidelines but not very important bans.

Certainly, while on the eightfold path, if one intakes a substance that even subtlety clouds the mind then it will lead to one's suffering and the suffering of those around one. The more one understands this and the more one sees things as they are the more one will follow the presepts naturally like a river follows the best way down the side of a mountain.-Metta

The precepts do not ban anything. If one intakes a substance that even subtly clouds the mind then it will lead to suffering.

The precepts are guidelines not bans.

Certainly, while on the eightfold path, if one intakes a substance that even subtlety clouds the mind then it will lead to one's suffering and the suffering of those around one. The more one understands this and the more one sees things as they are the more one will follow the presepts naturally like a river follows the best way down a mountain.-Metta