Bright on Buddhism - Episode 124 - What is the second moral precept of Buddhism? What is its significance? How have interpretations of it changed over time?
Resources: Five Precepts: Collected Essays by Paul Dahlke (BPS Wheel Publication No. 55)
Going for Refuge; Taking the Precepts by Bhikkhu Bodhi (BPS Wheel Publication No. 282 / 284)
For a Future to Be Possible: classic work about the five precepts, by Thich Nhat Hanh and several other authors
The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics: by Robert Aitken, about the precepts in Zen Buddhism
Excerpt from the Pāli Canon about the precepts, on website Access to Insight, archived from original on 7 May 2005
Dissertation about the role of the precepts in modern society, and the aspect of heedfulness (apamada)
Article with overview of the role of the precepts in Buddhist teachings, by scholar of religion Donald Swearer (registration required)
The Buddha's Guidelines for Simplifying Life: The Precepts Buddhism for Beginners
Gwynne, Paul (2017), World Religions in Practice: A Comparative Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-1-118-97227-4
Cozort, Daniel (2015), "Ethics", in Powers, John (ed.), The Buddhist World, Routledge, ISBN 978-1-317-42016-3
Wai, Maurice Nyunt (2002), Pañcasila and Catholic Moral Teaching: Moral Principles as Expression of Spiritual Experience in Theravada Buddhism and Christianity, Gregorian Biblical BookShop, ISBN 9788876529207
Harvey, Peter (2000), An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues (PDF), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-511-07584-1, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2019, retrieved 24 August 2018
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