1. Refrain from taking the life of sentient beings*;
2. Refrain from speaking what is not true;
3. Refrain from taking what is not offered;
4. Refrain from sexual misconduct;
5. Refrain from the use of intoxicants*** This precept requires strict adherence to a vegan or lacto-vegetarian diet. No meat, fish, poultry, or eggs (fertilized or nonfertilized).
**This includes avoiding all poisons of any kind, such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gambling, pornography, and excessively violent films or literature.Daily practice of the Quan Yin Method of meditation, and the keeping of theFive Precepts are your only requirements after initiation. The Precepts areguidelines that help you to neither harm yourself nor any other living being.These practices will deepen and strengthen your initial enlightenmentexperience, and allow you to eventually attain the highest levels of Awakeningor Buddhahood for yourself. Without dailypractice, you will almost certainlyforget your enlightenment and return to a normal level of consciousness.