(traditional also the inclusion of acrid herbs and food), which are the basis for heedlessness.

Buddhists often take the precepts in formal ceremonies with members of the monastic Sangha, though they can also be undertaken as private personal commitments. Keeping each precept is said to develop its opposite positive virtue. Abstaining from killing for example develops kindness and compassion, while abstaining from stealing develops non-attachment, honesty and trustworthiness.

The precepts have been connected with utilitarianism,

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