How should I keep the vows when studying Buddhism at home? Thank you!

You can do what you can, after all, learning Buddhism is also inseparable from life.

While ensuring that you keep the vows as much as possible, you must not affect the normal life of your family.

If you are a vegetarian yourself, you can't force your family to eat vegetarian together. You can cook two, one vegetarian and one meat. Even if it's a pot of vegetables, you eat the vegetables, and others eat the meat. In conclusion, don't let others think you're different. We want to set an example for people who don't believe in Buddhism, not set a model.

While following the public, stick to your own principles.

There are several kinds of precepts for lay people: the five precepts, the five precepts, the eight precepts, the nine precepts of compassion, and the ten precepts.

For an explanation of the specific vows, see His Holiness Mahinder's Introduction to Theravada Buddhism

It is recommended that you study Theravada Buddhism, which is the conservative school of Buddhism, and still maintains the clothing, precepts, language, and practice methods of the Buddha's time, and still maintains the practice of begging for food and not holding money, which is the closest to the Buddhism of the Buddha's time.

The inheritance of Theravada Buddhism's meditation teachings is in the Manting Pagoda Temple in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province, where there is the only instructor in China, and you can sign up for practice work or short-term ordination to experience the original teachings of the Buddha's time, which is very special.

The main aspect of Theravada is the path to enlightenment.

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It is recommended to practice the mindfulness of entering and exiting. The Buddha once practiced the idea of entering and exiting the breath, and it was through the thought of entering and exiting the breath that the Buddha attained meditation and meditated on this basis, so that he attained nirvana. For the practice of the mindset of entering and exiting the mind, please refer to the chapter on karma in the Introduction to Theravada Buddhism.

Generally, lay people are not as strict as monks in keeping the precepts, and only the five precepts are sufficient. Or if you want to be strict with yourself, you can take the bodhisattva vows.

According to the teachings, to perceive the public for skill.

The practice of taking the vows as a lay lay person is as follows:

The first thing a home worker has to do is overcome the obstacles at home. For example, if you have a lot of things that people in the world approve of, but don't meet the requirements of the Dharma, you can't do that. At home, you should do what you do as a monk, and that's what you do.

Some people have "standards" for themselves, and they use the word "at home" to lower their standards very low. Actually, although it has been lowered and I feel that it is going well, it has nothing to do with becoming a Buddha, it is just a good Dharma in the world. In order to become a Buddha, lay people must overcome all the obstacles and habits at home in order to become a Buddha.

Some people don't know how to practice after they become monks, why? It was when he was at home that he didn't make good use of the practice at home. If you know how to take care of your eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, and mind at home, how to get rid of color, sound, fragrance, taste, touch, and law, and how to get rid of greed, hatred, and ignorance.

How to fight against this kind of behavior that violates the Dharma at home, so that he can practice whether he is a monk or a monk.