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Eating meat and buying meat
Killing an animal for consumption violates the first precept in Buddhism. Similarly, instructing someone to kill an animal on your behalf infringes upon the third precept. Buddha's teachings emphasize ...
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Does the second precept only apply to theft?
The Buddhist precept, "adhinna dhana weramani sikka phadan samadiyami," emphasizes the avoidance of stealing others' possessions.
This precept is transgressed when an individual takes ...
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Is assault against the first precept?
according to the first precept of the Buddhism, it break when a individual/animal killing another individual intentionally.
for break the first precept have to completes following stages
1. there ...
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