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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

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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

Control anger

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Control anger · 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 1620. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Protect freedom of conscience

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect freedom of conscience · 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 1665. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not manipulate quotations or evidence

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not manipulate quotations or evidence · 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 1749. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hear both sides of a dispute

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Hear both sides of a dispute · 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 1792. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Listen before judging

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Listen before judging · 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 1834. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Distinguish fact, interpretation, and belief

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Distinguish fact, interpretation, and belief · 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 1875. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not lie

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Do not lie · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Ten Grave Prohibition: do not lie

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Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1916. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Care for the sick

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Care for the sick · 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 1952. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Protect children

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect children · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

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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 1993. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice compassion

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice compassion · 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 2033. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Care for the poor

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Care for the poor · 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 2070. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Care for widows and orphans

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Care for widows and orphans · 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 2108. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Comfort those who mourn

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Comfort those who mourn · 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 2146. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Defend victims of trafficking and slavery

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Defend victims of trafficking and slavery · 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 2184. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Give water to the thirsty

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Give water to the thirsty · 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 2223. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Shelter the homeless

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Shelter the homeless · 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 2261. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Visit and support prisoners

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Visit and support prisoners · 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 2299. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Clothe those in need

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Clothe those in need · 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 2336. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Feed the hungry

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Feed the hungry · 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 2373. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice hospitality

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice hospitality · 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 2410. 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.