Editing Five precepts (section)

== Present trends ==
In modern times, adherence to the precepts among Buddhists is less strict than it traditionally was. This is especially true for the third precept. For example, in Cambodia in the 1990s and 2000s, standards with regard to sexual restraint were greatly relaxed.{{sfn|Ledgerwood|2008|page=153}} Some Buddhist movements and communities have tried to go against the modern trend of less strict adherence to the precepts. In Cambodia, a [[Faith in Buddhism#Millenarianism|millenarian movement]] led by [[Chan Yipon]] promoted the revival of the five precepts.{{sfn|Ledgerwood|2008|page=153}} And in the 2010s, the [[Supreme Sangha Council]] in Thailand ran a nationwide program called "[[Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen#Teachings|The Villages Practicing the Five Precepts]]", aiming to encourage keeping the precepts, with an extensive classification and reward system.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 October 2013 |work=[[Khao Sod]] |publisher=Matichon Publishing |page=31 |language=th |script-title=th:สมเด็จวัดปากน้ำชงหมูบ้านรักษาศีล 5 ให้อปท.ชวนประชาชนยึดปฎิบัติ |trans-title=Wat Paknam's Somdet proposes the Five Precept Village for local administrators to persuade the public to practice}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|script-title=th:39 ล้านคนร่วมหมู่บ้านศีล 5 สมเด็จพระมหารัชมังคลาจารย์ ย้ำทำต่อเนื่อง|trans-title=39 million people have joined ''Villages Practicing Five Precepts'', Somdet Phra Maharatchamangalacharn affirms it should be continued|url=https://www.thairath.co.th/content/969738|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121085832/https://www.thairath.co.th/content/969738|archive-date=21 November 2017|url-status=live|work=[[Thai Rath]]|publisher=Wacharapol|date=11 March 2017|language=th}}</ref>

In many Western Buddhist organizations, the five precepts play a major role in developing ethical guidelines.{{sfn |Bluck |2006 |page=193}} Furthermore, Buddhist teachers such as [[Philip Kapleau]], Thich Nhat Hanh and [[Robert Baker Aitken|Robert Aitken]] have promoted mindful consumption in the West, based on the five precepts.{{sfn |Kaza |2000 |page=24}} In another development in the West, some scholars working in the field of [[mindfulness]] training have proposed that the five precepts be introduced as a component in such trainings. Specifically, to prevent organizations from using mindfulness training to further an economical agenda with harmful results to its employees, the economy or the environment, the precepts could be used as a standardized ethical framework.<!--p=957--> As of 2015, several training programs made explicit use of the five precepts as secular, ethical guidelines.<!--pp=958-9--> However, many mindfulness training specialists consider it problematic to teach the five precepts as part of training programs in secular contexts because of their religious origins and import.<!--pp=965-6-->{{sfn |Baer |2015 |pages=957–59, 965–66}}

[[peace and conflict studies|Peace studies]] scholar Theresa Der-lan Yeh notes that the five precepts address physical, economical, familial and verbal aspects of interaction, and remarks that many conflict prevention programs in schools and communities have integrated the five precepts in their curriculum. On a similar note, peace studies founder [[Johan Galtung]] describes the five precepts as the "basic contribution of Buddhism in the creation of peace".{{sfn |Yeh |2006 |p=100}}