What should a layman who practices at home abide by?

A layman must convert to the Three Treasures and observe the Five Commandments.

First, there must be centrifugation.

The word "at home" itself is the cause of the obstacle. It is very difficult to practice at home, so the word "at home" should be changed to "leave", which is in line with Buddhism. Because home is a secular law, it corresponds to Buddhism after alienation.

Second, we should strictly observe the precepts when practicing at home.

Why do you have to obey the precepts at home? Because there are many violations at home, heavy drugs must be used. You can't overcome the temptation at home without taking heavy medicine. The best medicine to really prevent this family from bringing bad luck is discipline. Therefore, the Buddha said that in the end, all living beings take precepts as their teachers. Only by taking precepts as teachers can we find a way to practice. If you can't learn precepts, everything you practice is heresy and the way to fix things. Buddhism is the morality of China, so Buddhism is based on precepts. Without this foundation, nothing can be built, just talking. Therefore, it is very dangerous to practice at home and strictly observe the precepts. If you are not careful, you will fall into this kind of infringement. We must be prepared.

Third, practicing at home is to change the concept of being at home.

There must be centrifugation. For example, I have a husband, wife and children. What about my parents? We can see what Vimalakīrti said. He compared his parents to good knowledge, his wife and husband to fellow practitioners, and his children to all beings. In fact, Vimalakīrti lay people also practice becoming monks at home and so on. Some of us misunderstood-besides, Vimalakīrti lay man was an ancient Buddha. Although Vimalakīrti's lay people take the lay people at home as an example, he also explained that we lay people should leave this family early. In the inseparable situation, we must turn the family into a Dojo and change the relationship between people. Don't say this is your wife, this is your husband ... and then it can't be repaired; We all become Taoist friends, which makes it easy for us to benefit from practice.

Fourth, we must protect the three treasures when practicing at home.

If you don't protect Sambo, you will lose your teacher. No matter where you fix it, there will be no teachers. Be sure to protect the three treasures. Protecting the three treasures is to protect you and your future career as a Buddha. Practice at home and let more people ... do a lot of things. Let's talk about these points first. (Excerpted from Buddhism "Enlightening Dalian Layman")