While on the land please practice the 5 Buddhist training precepts as a guide for ethical practice. If you have questions about these, please ask the retreat guide or a more experienced practitioner. Practicing with these will animate the place with a spirit of generosity and nurture the potential for awakening, healing, and liberation of all beings - including yourself!
The Five Training Precepts 1. I undertake to train myself to abstain from taking the life of any living being. 2. I undertake to train myself to abstain from taking that which is not given. 3. I undertake to train myself to abstain from sensual misconduct. 4. I undertake to train myself to abstain from unskilful speech. 5. I undertake to train myself to abstain from taking substances that cause intoxication to the point of heedlessness. | Precepts in Positive Expression 1. I will train myself to support and appreciate the life of all living beings. I will live with a sensitive and responsible awareness for the whole ecology of life. 2. I will train myself to dwell more and more in the mind of spontaneous generosity. Daily I will give material support, emotional support, and an example to others of awakening in action. 3. I will train myself to use the senses to further awakening, explore Dharma, and to come to know the world more profoundly and more compassionately. 4. I will train myself to communicate in a skilful and compassionate manner. 5. I will train myself to be ever more directly aware of how nutriment affects the mind and body. I will eat and drink and nurture myself and others, in a way that supports awakening. |