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.
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