Download Lesson 6 - Castlemilk High School

Buddhism
The Five Precepts
Buddhism
The Human Condition –
o The 3 Marks of Existence
o The 1st Noble Truth (Life is Dukkha)
o The 2nd Noble Truth (Dukkha is caused by Tanha)
The Goals o Karma
o The 3rd Noble Truth (You can stop Dukkha by stoping Tanha)
o Nibbana
The Means –
o The Three Jewels
o The Noble Eightfold Path / The 4th Noble Truth
o The Five Precepts
Objective:
•To learn what the Five Precepts of Buddhism are
We recently looked at the Noble Eightfold Path.
That gave an idea as to how a Buddhist is supposed
to act. But it didn’t have any definite actions that
you should or should not do.
The Five Precepts provide more detailed
instructions about what you are supposed to
do.
Buddhism Charades
Buddhism Charades
Instructions:
1. You will be divided in to groups. One
person from each group will leave the
classroom, accompanied by your
teacher.
2. The person(s) taken out of the class will
be told what the Buddhist Precept is,
and will then come back in to the Class.
3. The rest of the group have to try and
work out what the Precept is from the
mime of the person acting.
The 1st Precept
Negative: Do not take a life
Positive: Preserve life and cause no harm
The 2nd Precept
Negative: Do not take what is not given
Positive: Practice being generous and giving.
The 3rd Precept
Negative: Do not make false speech
Positive: Speak truthfully
The 4th Precept
Negative: Do not engage in sexual misconduct
Positive: Respect the feelings of others.
The 5th Precept
Negative: Do not take alcohol or drugs
Positive: Expose your body to healthy things.
Task
For each precept give 2 examples of what a Buddhist
would do to follow each precept. They must be positive
actions.
e.g. “I undertake to abstain from taking life”
1.
Buddhists will always try to take care of plants
and animals.
2.
A Buddhist would stop to help someone who had
been injured.
The difference between lay people
Buddhist monks and nuns follow the 5
and
monks?
precepts that regular Buddhists follow.
However, they also have to follow an
additional 5:
1. Don’t have food at inappropriate
times
2. Don’t sing, dance, play music or go to
concerts
3. Don’t wear perfume, cosmetics or
jewellery
4. Don’t sit on high chairs or sleep on
luxurious, soft beds
5. Don’t accept money
Why?
Question
Why did the Buddha choose these 5 things to
specify? What do you think is special about them, or
what effect might it have to obey or disobey them?
Remember: Buddhism doesn’t have a God, so
it’s not like there is anyone just making up
rules about what is good and bad.