殺せっ生しょう戒かい

noun

precept against killing; precept of non-violence

Buddhist precept that forbids taking the life of any sentient being. Often discussed in the context of the Five Precepts (五戒).

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、殺せっ生しょう戒かいは最もっとも基き本ほん的てきな戒かい律りつの一ひとつです。

  In Buddhism, the precept against killing is one of the most fundamental precepts.

• 彼かれは殺せっ生しょう戒かいを守まもるために菜さい食しょく主しゅ義ぎを選えらんだ。

  He chose vegetarianism in order to observe the precept against killing.