Brahmajāla Sūtra forms the behavioral norm in terms of ethical morality, mercifulness and the good cultivations. The basic content, in this sūtra, of Bodhisattva Precepts categorizes firstly the practice of good doings aiming at the cultivation of all virtuous behaviors, secondly the prevention of “body, mouth and mind” from evil doings in light of the principle of Vinaya requisites, and thirdly the benevolence towards all the sentient beings in accordance with compassion and sympathy. Bodhisattva Precepts encompass the codes in the path of Mahāyāna Bodhisattva, and the spirit is to yield the bodhicitta(mind of a bodhisattva). Hence, in addition to the prevention from the evil deeds and wrong doings, the precepts connote the practice of the good doings and the deliverance of the sentient beings. It reveals that a practitioner of bodhisattvahood should not merely, to the least, hold the attitude of not committing the evil behaviors, but he also, to the most, ought to cultivate every good doings. And thus he can behave well under the regulations and further to attain the state of ease and happiness at present and in the future life.
Along with the development of social civilization as well as the changing background of time and space, human beings care their living environment and health much more than ever so that the topic upon the health cultivation is also more and more stressed. “Health Cultivation”, under the fundamental cognition of diet, body and mind, indicates various aspects towards life, survival, adapting and fostering. Yet people are confined how the food should be served or how the living should be going on. They often neglect kinds of contradictory behaviors and the negative emotion, and those will do harm to health and serenity of body and mind.
This thesis is to present the features and the fulfillment of Bodhisattva Precepts as well as how the application of characteristics to meet the idea of modern health cultivation in precept per se. It will also demonstrate how to subtly put the concept into practice in the daily life in order that the ordained practitioners of bodhisattva precept can be hold still the spirit of it but not just cling to the regulations of the precept itself. And hopefully, it can help to improve the individual behaviors and become a norm of social regulations.
