Editing Five precepts (section)

=== In Pāli tradition ===
In the Theravāda tradition, the precepts are recited in a standardized fashion, using [[Pāli language]]. In Thailand, a leading lay person will normally request the monk to administer the precepts by reciting the following three times:

{{blockquote |"Venerables, we request the five precepts and the [[three refuges]] [i.e. the triple gem] for the sake of observing them, one by one, separately". ({{lang|pi |Mayaṃ bhante visuṃ visuṃ rakkhaṇatthāya tisaraṇena saha pañca sīlāniyācāma.}}){{sfn |Terwiel |2012 |pp=179–80}}}}

After this, the monk administering the precepts will recite a reverential line of text to introduce the ceremony, after which he guides the lay people in declaring that they take their refuge in the three refuges or triple gem.{{sfn |Terwiel |2012 |p=181}}

He then continues with reciting the five precepts:{{sfn |Harvey |2000 |p=67}}{{sfn|Ledgerwood|2008|page=152}}
# "I undertake the training-precept to abstain from onslaught on breathing beings." ({{langx |pi|Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.|italic=yes}})
# "I undertake the training-precept to abstain from taking what is not given." ({{langx |pi|Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.|italic=yes}})
# "I undertake the training-precept to abstain from sexual misconduct." ({{langx |pi|Kāmesumicchācāra veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.|italic=yes}})
# "I undertake the training-precept to abstain from false speech." ({{langx |pi|Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.|italic=yes}})
# "I undertake the training-precept to abstain from alcoholic drink or drugs that are an opportunity for heedlessness." ({{langx |pi|Surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.|italic=yes }})

After the lay people have repeated the five precepts after the monk, the monk will close the ceremony reciting:

{{blockquote |"These five precepts lead with good behavior to bliss, with good behavior to wealth and success, they lead with good behavior to happiness, therefore purify behavior." ({{lang|pi |Imāni pañca sikkhāpadāni. Sīlena sugatiṃ yanti, sīlena bhogasampadā, sīlena nibbutiṃ yanti, tasmā sīlaṃ visodhaye.}}){{sfn |Terwiel |2012 |p=182}}}}