The Other Precepts
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A Reader recently wrote:
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As someone is relatively new to Buddhism, I have read about the sixth precept of not eating untimely meals. What does this mean to a western Buddhist?
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And my response:
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We only talked about FIVE precepts, but depending on your group, there may be more. In some cases, there are as many [...]
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