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Once a while, you'd probably be prompted to have a hard look at the seemingly simple Buddhist Five Precepts. In Malaysia, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Socialist Youth chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the ban on the sale of lottery tickets in Kelantan by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) had created fear and confusion among the Chinese. Buddhist Five Precepts say not to kill, not to steal, not to be involved in sexual misconduct, not to lie and to abstain from intoxicants. The last of the precepts is often associated with alcoholic drinks and there are times when I heard people saying that the precept discourages one from drinking but not gambling. As it is, buying lottery is a form of gambling and if you were to have it, there is nothing wrong at all with it. Would you then care for your rights to gamble?
Once a while, you'd probably be prompted to have a hard look at the seemingly simple Buddhist Five Precepts. In Malaysia, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Socialist Youth chief Anthony Loke Siew Fook said the ban on the sale of lottery tickets in Kelantan by Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) had created fear and confusion among the Chinese. Buddhist Five Precepts say not to kill, not to steal, not to be involved in sexual misconduct, not to lie and to abstain from intoxicants. The last of the precepts is often associated with alcoholic drinks and there are times when I heard people saying that the precept discourages one from drinking but not gambling. As it is, buying lottery is a form of gambling and if you were to have it, there is nothing wrong at all with it. Would you then care for your rights to gamble?
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