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From Barabara O’ Brien’s Buddhism Column at About.com

I’ve written a new feature article on the Three Pure Precepts.  These are Mahayana precepts featured in Zen, Pure Land, and probably some other schools. A standard translation:

To do no evil;
To do good;
To save all beings.

However, as I explained in the article, there are lots of interesting variations. One that I didn’t discuss in the article is from Reb Tenshin Anderson Roshi, from his book Being Upright: Zen Meditation and the Bodhisattva Precepts:

Embrace and sustain forms and ceremonies
Embrace and sustain all good
Embrace and sustain all beings

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