The three practices of Buddhism include precepts, meditation and wisdom. The first is precepts of three practices. “The precepts is a teacher.” when the Buddha tell his students before Buddha Nirvana. The Nirvana Sutra said “Bhiksu respect Precepts such as people see light when they are walking in dark night or poor men get money. Precepts are your teacher too when the Buddha lives in the world. Its means precepts exist is Buddha dharma but precepts do not exist that no Buddha dharma in the world. The Buddha precepts priority and important should be remembered in the Buddha students brain. Accepting precepts, learning precepts, repenting fault, reading precepts become the Buddha students should to do work and all the Buddha students should do basic require. The Buddha does not set up Sin when the Buddha students do not learn mediation and wisdom but the Buddha students may rebirth as an animal, ghost, hell if they do not keep precepts well.
Bodhisattva precepts are basic of Mahayana Buddhism also are upper level precepts of five vehicles of Buddhism. The Bodhisattva Precepts of Brahma Net Sutra is popular and wide influence in the society in East Asia. The Bodhisattva Precepts of Brahma Net Sutra said “The past Buddha read, now Buddha reads and future Buddha will read the Bodhisattva Precepts of Brahma”.Also said “The past Buddha learned, now Buddha learns and future Buddha will learn the Bodhisattva Precepts of Brahma。Bodhisattva precepts of Mahayana Buddhism student receive and follow is Buddha said also Buddha and Bodhisattva learn and read in the past and will learn and read in the future. We are normal Bodhisattva students should learn and read now.
Part one of Brahma Net Sutra descries thirty thought and ten stages of Bodhisattva learning levels and emphasis mediation and wisdom. These are levels Difference teaching and Round teaching of Tian-Tai School of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. The Difference teaching learn a thought by each stage only but Round teaching learned each thought by all stages. Part two of Brahma Net Sutra descries Ten Serious Crime Precepts and Forty-Eight little Crime Precepts that includes bind-behavior precepts, benefit all beings precepts, and vowed helping all being precepts. The Brahma Net Sutra emphasizes precepts which connect mediation and wisdom.
Song Dynasty Yuan Zhao preceptor wrote of his book Zhi Yuan Yi Bian Part one of chapter essence of precept said: “Essence of precept is the center of Precept school and basic of take precepts and break precepts and begin of start practice Buddhism dharma. It means Buddhism
