The 5 Precepts: The 5 Keys to be Environmentally Friendly

In Buddhism, the precepts are five commandments we need to follow to attain a certain level of wellness and awareness. These commandments aren’t to respect Buddha or someone else but only to respect you. These rules are “to abstain from killing living beings […] taking what is not given, sexual misconduct, improper speech, and intoxicating substances […].” (Loid 154) These five commandments, if respected by every one of us, would help a lot the environmental cause by reducing pollution and waste. In fact, killing living beings such as cows, pigs and chickens are forms of pollution in today’s…