Truth,  or  religion,  or  the  doctrine  of  religion,
is  called  Dharrna,  and  the  congregation  of  the
followers  of  Buddha,  the  brotherhood,  is  called
Sangha.  Thus  the  formula  which  is  repeated
three  times  upon  joining  the  Buddhist  faith,
reads:  "  I  take  my  refuge  in  the  Buddha;  I
take  my  refuge  in  the  Dharma;  I  take  my
refuge  in  the  Sangha."

There  is  no  prayer  in  Buddhism;  but  there
are  vows,  and  all  Buddhists  are  expected  to
avoid  the  ten  evils,  which  are  three  of  the  body,
four  of  the  tongue,  and  three  of  the  mind:
(1)  killing,  (2)" stealing,  (3)  impurity;   (4)  lying,


(5)  slander,  (6)  abuse,  (7)  gossip;  (8)  greed,
(9)  malice,  and  (10)  ignorance.  Five  trades  are
forbidden  to  monks:  (1)  traffic  in  arms,  (2)  the
slave  trade,  (3)  traffic  in  flesh,  (4)  the  sale  of
liquors,  and  (5)  the  sale  of  poisons.
Further,  there  are  five  precepts  for  laymen:

(1)  not  to  destroy  life,  (2)  not  to  take  what  is
not  given,  (3)  not  to  tell  lies,  (4)  not  to  drink
intoxicating  liquors,  (5)  not  to  commit  adultery.
And  there  are  three  additional  precepts  for
monks:  (1)  not  to  eat  food  at  night,  (2)  not
to  use  perfumes,  (3)  not  to  sleep  in  high  beds
but  on  mats.
A  remarkable  institution  is  the  Uposatha  or
confession,  which  is  however  not  to  be  made
privately  to  a  pater  confessor  (as  in  the  Roman
Catholic  Church),  but  publicly  before  the  as-
sembled brotherhood.
