The five moral precepts are the five principles that Buddhists follow in order to live ethically and morally good lives. They also help Buddhists to overcome the Three Poisons. The five moral ...

This passage underlines the purpose of the Five Precepts in avoiding samsara and rebirth: To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one’s mind - this is the teaching of the Buddhas.

Ordination ceremony for 500 novice monks, also known as Shramneras, is underway in the Maya Devi Temple complex of Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha. The Pravrajya ceremony started from ...