文／佛光星雲（1927～）

佛教的戒律當中，

五戒與儒家的五常有相通之處。

五常就是仁、義、禮、智、信，

若以五戒配五常，即：

不殺生曰仁，

不偷盜曰義，

不邪淫曰禮，

不妄語曰信，

不吸毒曰智。

在佛教的道德標準裡，

以五戒十善的自我規範，健全人格；

以聖賢濟世利人的胸懷，昇華道德；

以菩薩般若空慧的真理，明心見性。

因此，舉凡出於利眾的悲心，且不違背世間禮法和菩薩饒益有情的大乘精神，都是我們完成人格，圓滿菩提的資糧。

──選自《人間佛教的戒定慧》

The Five Precepts and

the Five Constant Virtues

Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927~)

English translation: Hsin-Yu Huang and Linda Tsui

The Five Precepts in Buddhism and the Five Constant Virtues in Confucianism have some points in common.

The Five Constant Virtues are humaneness, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and integrity. They can be correlated with the Five Precepts in the following manner:

To refrain from killing is humaneness;

To refrain from stealing is righteousness;

To refrain from having sexual misconduct is propriety;

To refrain from lying is integrity;

To refrain from consuming intoxicants is wisdom.

The Five Precepts and the Ten Wholesome Actions* help us develop a sound character. Learning from the conduct of those sages who have benefited humanity helps us to elevate our morality. The Bodhisattva’s wisdom of emptiness helps us to understand our mind and see our nature. That which stems from a compassionate mind, does not violate secular law, and is in line with the spirit of benefitting all living beings, is the sustenance that fuels the fulfilment of our human character and attainment of enlightenment.

── from Renjian Fojiao De Jie Ding Hui

(Practicing and Learning Humanistic Buddhism)

*Refers to not killing, not stealing, not committing

adultery, not lying, not speaking harshly, not

speaking divisively, not speaking idly,

not being greedy, not being angry, and not

having wrong views.