Although this website is specially devoted to the monastic Vinaya, it is not out of place to dedicate a work also to the five and eight precepts for the laity. They can be conceived as the stepping stone for monastic life, the place where one can mature one commitment and develop a more profound resolution. The hope is that those lay persons who are interested in a life more attuned to the Buddhist ethics will find this humble work useful.
The Chinese Vinaya Tradition for Western Buddhist Monastics
