Upholding of Buddhist Precepts
leads to universal liberation
due to spiritual purification;
not to existential restriction.
— Sisyphusian
If you do not intend to be a murderer,
why are you not committed to the First Precept,
which is to abstain from killing,
unless you do plan to kill?
If you do not intend to be a thief,
why are you not committed to the Second Precept,
which is to abstain from stealing,
unless you do plan to steal?
If you do not intend to be an adulterer (or rap_ist),
why are you not committed to the Third Precept,
which is to abstain from sexual misconduct,
unless you do plan to have an affair?
If you do not intend to be a liar,
why are you not committed to the Fourth Precept,
which is to abstain from false speech,
unless you do plan to lie?
If you do not intend to be a drunk,
why are you not committed to the Fifth Precept,
which is to abstain from intoxicants,
unless you do plan to lose mindfulness,
(thus possibly breaking the Four Precepts above)?
Is it too much to aspire firmly
to not be murderers, thieves, adulterers, liars and drunks?
Is it not appalling to yourself
if you are uninterested in such basic morality?
If not, are you losing your decent humanity?
Breaking of Buddhist Precepts
leads to existential restriction
due to karmic suffering;
not to universal liberation.
— Sisyphusian