In an era characterized by rapid change and moral relativism, the Ten Commandments serve as an enduring beacon of ethical ...

Modern Buddhists believe that they should develop harmlessness and compassion, and the first of the Five Moral Precepts suggests that Buddhists should avoid taking life. This might mean that a ...

They also help Buddhists to overcome the Three Poisons. The five moral precepts are: to refrain from taking life, ie killing any living creature to refrain from taking what is not freely given ...