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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Theravada Buddhist Ethics

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Classification and source basis

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Corpus family: Dharmic / Buddhist

Corpus classification: Religious

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Mapped teachings and source anchors

137 mappings

Do not slander

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2849. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not bear false witness

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not bear false witness · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2974. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not commit perjury

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not commit perjury · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3096. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not deceive through omission

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not deceive through omission · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3136. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not use harsh or degrading speech

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not use harsh or degrading speech · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3176. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice intellectual humility

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice intellectual humility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3216. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not steal

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Do not steal · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Second Precept: refrain from taking what is not given

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Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3305. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Respect equal human dignity

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect equal human dignity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3349. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Obey just laws

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Obey just laws · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3525. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not abandon vulnerable dependents

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not abandon vulnerable dependents · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3563. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Respect consent and bodily integrity

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect consent and bodily integrity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3636. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice generosity

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice generosity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3709. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not create malicious software

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not create malicious software · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3782. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Care for children and dependents

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Care for children and dependents · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3906. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Avoid intoxication or impaired judgment

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Avoid intoxication or impaired judgment · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3979. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Preserve intergenerational responsibility

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4014. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Reconcile family estrangement where safe

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Reconcile family estrangement where safe · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4049. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hold leaders accountable

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Hold leaders accountable · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

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Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4380. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Practice sincerity

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice sincerity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4675. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Do not betray trust

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not betray trust · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4709. 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.