precept
A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
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Intercepted from HHS: Devotees, It's better for millions to die of completely preventable diseases than to give up one precept of our credo. Your SpiritFather, Raël Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. the Hypostasis
Buddhist sect welcomes humanoid robot Gabi with precept ceremony https://old.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comments/1t57hxl/buddhist_sect_welcomes_humanoid_robot_gabi_with/ #Buddhism
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A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
Precept guides, but example draws.
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(legal) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
He found a people in the extreme of barbarism living in caves, feeding upon the bloody flesh of animals they killed in hunting; he taught them many things, so that by his example, and for generations after he left them by his precepts, t…
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(UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
“Intercepted from HHS: Devotees, It's better for millions to die of completely preventable diseases than to give up one precept of our credo. Your SpiritFather, Raël Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. the Hypostasis”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Buddhist sect welcomes humanoid robot Gabi with precept ceremony https://old.reddit.com/r/Buddhism/comments/1t57hxl/buddhist_sect_welcomes_humanoid_robot_gabi_with/ #Buddhism”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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