[1. The precept not to kill] means that if a person kills other living beings indiscriminately and takes their lives, he will die and fall into the evil path; or if he is reborn as a human being, his life span will be short. If you don't do this, it will be called the precept against killing. ——"Zengyi Agama Sutra"
[1. Not killing is paired with benevolence], loving kindness is called benevolence, and the wood of the five elements also governs benevolence, and benevolence means not killing, so not killing is paired with benevolence. ——"The Book of Benevolent Kings"
[1. Not killing living things], not killing living things means not harming the lives of all things, which is the goodness of stopping killing. Instead of killing yourself, you should do the good deed of releasing lives.
The contents of the "Ten Precepts" include "Three of the body", that is, no killing, no stealing, and no sexual intercourse; "4 of the mouth," that is, no double-talk, no harsh words, no lying, and no idle talk; "3 of the mind", that is, no greed, no anger, and no ignorance. Body, speech, and mind represent actions, words, and thoughts. The "Ten Precepts" are derived from the "Five Precepts", but they have different emphasis from the "Five Precepts". The "Five Precepts" focus on stopping evil, while the "Ten Precepts" focus on doing good. The "Ten Good Deeds" derived from the "Ten Precepts" are to avoid greed by contemplating impurity, from anger by contemplating compassion, from ignorance by contemplation of causes and conditions, from lying by honest speech, by abstaining from double-talk by harmonious speech, by abstaining from evil speech by loving words, by abstaining from frivolous speech by honest speech, by abstaining from killing by saving lives, by abstaining from stealing by giving, and by abstaining from sexual immorality by pure conduct.
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