Pancha Sila

[ puhn-chuh-see-luh ]

nounBuddhism.
  1. a standard recitation of Hinayanists, including repetitions of formulas and of vows to abstain from anger, lust, cowardice, malevolence, and to abstain from the desire for possessions and unwholesome pleasures.

Origin of Pancha Sila

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From Pali pañca sīlā

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