The five precepts
The five precepts
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2022 
Jun 11, 2022 Part of a series of talks given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Buddhism for Young Adults program in the summer of 2022.
- Appreciating the kindness and efforts of others
- Setting our motivation for the day
- Overcoming attachment with discriminating wisdom
- Ethical conduct as an antidote to self-centeredness
- The first four of the five precepts
- Avoiding killing and practicing non-harm
- Avoiding different ways of stealing
- Avoiding unwise or harmful sexual behaviour
- Avoiding lying
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
