To occasionally break a precept
is enough to prevent one
from becoming a Buddha,
as all Buddhas have perfect morality.
While we might not have perfect morality now,
the practice of observing the precepts
is for working towards perfecting morality,
beginning from now.
— Stonepeace | Get Books
But we don’t want to seem like prudes! Lol, so we break them, and say that Buddhism is not about following a list of rules…
Haha, reminds me of this:
There are fixed rules,
including the rule that
some rules are not fixed.
[The spirit of the precepts
is more important
than the letter of the precepts.]
– Stonepeace
When observing the precepts,
it is not a matter of knowing
if one can do this or not,
but whether one should do this or not.
– Stonepeace
Is It Better Not to Observe Any Precepts?
https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2010/02/is-it-better-not-to-observe-any-precepts