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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] praeceptum, from neuter of praeceptus, past participle of praecipere to take beforehand, instruct, from prae- + capere to take before
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a command or [[principle]] intended especially as a general rule of [[action]]
*2: an order issued by legally constituted [[authority]] to a subordinate official
==Description==
A '''precept''' (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an [[authoritative]] rule of [[action]].
In [[Buddhism]], the fundamental code of [[ethics]] is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Precepts Five Precepts] (Pañcaśīla in [[Sanskrit]], or Pañcasīla in Pāli), [[practiced]] by laypeople, either for a given period of time or for a lifetime. There are other levels of precepts, varying amongst [[traditions]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada Theravadan] [[tradition]] there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Precepts Eight Precepts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Precepts_(Buddhism) Ten Precepts] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patimokkha Patimokkha]. Eight Precepts are a more rigorous [[practice]] for laypeople. Ten Precepts are the [[training]]-rules for samaneras ([[male]]) and samaneris ([[female]]), novice [[monks]] and nuns. And the Patimokkha is the basic Theravada code of [monastic] discipline, consisting of 227 rules for monks ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu bhikkhus]) and 311 for nuns ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhuni bhikkhunis]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precept]
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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] praeceptum, from neuter of praeceptus, past participle of praecipere to take beforehand, instruct, from prae- + capere to take before
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: a command or [[principle]] intended especially as a general rule of [[action]]
*2: an order issued by legally constituted [[authority]] to a subordinate official
==Description==
A '''precept''' (from the Latin: præcipere, to teach) is a commandment, instruction, or order intended as an [[authoritative]] rule of [[action]].
In [[Buddhism]], the fundamental code of [[ethics]] is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Five_Precepts Five Precepts] (Pañcaśīla in [[Sanskrit]], or Pañcasīla in Pāli), [[practiced]] by laypeople, either for a given period of time or for a lifetime. There are other levels of precepts, varying amongst [[traditions]]. In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada Theravadan] [[tradition]] there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Precepts Eight Precepts], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Precepts_(Buddhism) Ten Precepts] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patimokkha Patimokkha]. Eight Precepts are a more rigorous [[practice]] for laypeople. Ten Precepts are the [[training]]-rules for samaneras ([[male]]) and samaneris ([[female]]), novice [[monks]] and nuns. And the Patimokkha is the basic Theravada code of [monastic] discipline, consisting of 227 rules for monks ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu bhikkhus]) and 311 for nuns ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhuni bhikkhunis]).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precept]
[[Category: Education]]
[[Category: Religion]]