
22/07/2025
The Positive Precepts have been translated into 47 languages, including Malti. The booklet is available online:
https://thebuddhistcentre.com/translations/5-and-10-positive-precepts
The inspiration behind this booklet is to raise awareness of our Sangha’s international nature, and therefore how the Dharma is taught and practised in many different languages and cultures.
The Positive Precepts embody a set of Ideals to which we can aspire: Lovingkindness, Generosity, Stillness, Integrity, Mindfulness.
In order for us to take any ideal seriously we need to express them. When we recite verses of significance like the positive Precepts we hear them. They come out of our mouths and then go back in our ears. In this way we hear them with the heart, they enter the imagination, we give our depths the opportunity to take them seriously.