Alexander Hardcastle, Rev. Master

The Precepts are actually how we live when we learn to let go of greed, hate and delusion—they are enlightened action, they are the life blood, the working, of the Buddha Mind. They are the guide to a place which is beyond the legalistic mind, the dualistic mind.

“Enlightened action leaves no wake,” it is said in the scriptures; it leaves the heart at peace. We cannot know full peace of mind unless we live by the Precepts, as the Precepts really are none other than actions which do not cause body and mind to split apart, actions that preserve the harmony of body and mind.

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