warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance; admonishment; scolding; exhortation
the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)
Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
caution; precaution; care
the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxication)
to break the Buddhist commandments
strictly adhering to Buddhist precepts
vowing to follow the precepts
observing the precepts (of Buddhism)
prohibition on adultery and other indecent sexual acts
do not speak untruthfully (precept)
Verse of the Shared Morality of the Seven Buddhas
precepts given to an adherent prior to being consecrated as an Acharya (in esoteric Buddhism)