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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics

Three Refuges, Three Pure Precepts, Ten Grave Prohibitions, and Soto Zen practice texts

Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions

A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.

Classification and source basis

Three Refuges, Three Pure Precepts, Ten Grave Prohibitions, and Soto Zen practice texts

Corpus family: Dharmic / Buddhist

Corpus classification: Religious

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Mapped teachings and source anchors

164 mappings

Educate children morally

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Educate children morally · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 48. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Use knowledge for service

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Use knowledge for service · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 103. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Participate in community service

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Participate in community service · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 154. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Prevent suicide and self-destruction

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Prevent suicide and self-destruction · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 202. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Love or care for one's neighbor

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Love or care for one's neighbor · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 251. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice consultation

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice consultation · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 303. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Resolve family conflict without abuse

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Resolve family conflict without abuse · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 496. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Forgive

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 533. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Welcome the stranger

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Welcome the stranger · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 626. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not murder

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Do not murder · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Ten Grave Prohibition: do not kill

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Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 720. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Include persons with disabilities

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Include persons with disabilities · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 762. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Share burdens

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Share burdens · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 804. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Show mercy

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Show mercy · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 844. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Give without humiliating the recipient

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Give without humiliating the recipient · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1084. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Respect and assist elders

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect and assist elders · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1171. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Seek wisdom

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Seek wisdom · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1216. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Correct harmful misinformation

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Correct harmful misinformation · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1356. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Give credit for others' work

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Give credit for others' work · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1400. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Keep confidences

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Keep confidences · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1535. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Tell the truth

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Tell the truth · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1579. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Research gaps

The workbook does not provide a verified institutional history, chronology, founder, branches, population figures or geographic distribution here. Unsupported claims have not been added. Interpretations within a system may vary.

Provenance: Universal Moral Code — Statistical Atlas, Edition XXI. Names, definitions and source anchors are preserved verbatim. This atlas describes its corpus, not all beliefs or practices worldwide.