Those who undertake to take refuge in the Buddha may use the Five Precepts to guide their practice. They are as follows:

The First Precept:  I vow to abstain from taking life.

The Second Precept: I vow to abstain from taking things not given.

The Third Precept: I vow to abstain from misconduct done in lust.

The fourth Precept: I vow to abstain from lying.

The Fifth Precept: I vow to abstain from intoxicants, taken to induce heedlessness.