The Six Paramitas are 1. Giving – Dana; 2. Discipline – Five Precepts; 3. Patience; 4. Effort; 5. Meditation; and 6. Wisdom. … There are many precepts given in Buddhism depending upon whether you are a lay practitioner or a priest and whether you are a female or male. However, what we will focus on are the first five, which apply to all.

The Five Precepts are, not to take life, not to take what is not yours, not to engage in sexual misconduct, not to tell an untruth, and not to use intoxicants. …

I like to point out that whenever we equivocate or try to make excuses or bend the rules, then we are ignoring an inability to be honest with ourselves. I personally don’t care one way or another how strictly a person adheres to these rules; after all it is not up to me to judge. But what does concern me is whenever someone tries to dance around the point, rather than being honest with oneself and others.