» Thai study links Buddhist precepts to lower stress levels

Thai study links Buddhist precepts to lower stress levels

People who follow the five main moral precepts of Buddhism demonstrate lower levels of stress, anxiety and depression, according to a research study conducted by psychiatry professors at Chiang Mai University in northern Thailand.

The Science Daily website reported that “the study suggests how people with high levels of neuroticism and stress may be at greater risk for depressive symptoms, while those links could be buffered for people who observe the five precepts of Buddhism – a fundamental system of ethics for the religion’s followers.”

The five precepts of Buddhism guide followers not to kill, not to steal, not to engage in sexual misconduct, not to tell ill-intentioned lies,…