There are the five precepts that all followers of the Buddha must observe if they hope to be reborn as a human being and there are the ten precepts which are an expansion of five precepts, with four of the five being repeated in the list of ten.

Many followers of Buddhism observe a code of conduct known as the Five Precepts, of which the fifth precept prohibits consumption of intoxicating substances ( except for medical reasons ).

However, the order also insists that followers observe the full range of Muslim obligations ; it does not dismiss them as mere legalism, as some strands of Sufism have done.

As with followers of the Shingon school of Buddhism, order members observe ten precepts ( ethical training rules ).

Their followers have continued to observe monthly dusk-to-dusk Te Whiti and Tohu days at Parihaka ever since.

These groups taught that Gentile followers of Jesus needed to become Jewish proselytes and by so doing also observe the various requirements of the written Torah.

The associated Sikh Dharma movement, based in Española, New Mexico, considers itself a Sikh sangat, and its followers observe the five K's.

Many Shia Muslims, who make up the largest minority of Islamic followers — including the Ismailis and especially Dawoodi Bohra's — observe Laylat al-Qadr on the night of the 23rd, in keeping with traditions received through Ali and his wife Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter and Fatimid Imams.

After his crucifixion for sedition by the Romans, his followers broke over whether they should continue to observe Jewish law, such as at the Council of Jerusalem.

Most followers of Buddhism do not belong to structured congregations, or observe a definite ritual of adherence such as taking Refuge, making it difficult to accurately estimate the number of practitioners.

The followers of Rama in the district observe fast throughout the day and the Ramayana is read and recited and people gather to listen to the recitations.

Some move on to the bandit camp and observe Raza and his followers — including a buxom soldier, Chiquita ( Marie Gomez ).

As the Court has decided that ... no legal provision allows a Thai monk to refuse to be subject to the Sangha Act, BE 2505 ( 1962 ), the declaration of the 80th Defendant and his followers to secede from the administration of the Supreme Sangha Council and not to observe the said Act therefore brings about a schism amongst the Buddhist Community.

Forty-five of his followers face the charge of failing to observe the government fatwa by continuing to be " members of a sect declared deviant ", which carries a fine up to RM 3, 000 or two years in prison.

In his final Silence Day request to his followers in 1968, he asked only that they keep silent.

Many of Baba's followers continue to celebrate Silence Day by keeping silence in his honor.

Most Baba followers keep silent on 10 July ( Silence Day ), observing the request Baba frequently made of his followers during his lifetime.

" " The Day of the LORD " was widely celebrated and highly anticipated by the followers of God.

This is believed to be one of the oldest fertility rites in the UK ; revellers dance with the Oss through the streets of the town and even through the private gardens of the citizens, accompanied by accordion players and followers dressed in white with red or blue sashes who sing the traditional ' May Day ' song.

Preference for these titles generally depends on the school to which a person belongs, with " Shōnin " being commonly used within Nichiren Shū, which regards Nichiren as a Buddhist reformer and embodiment of Bodhisattva Superior Practices, while " Daishōnin " is the title used by followers of most, but not all, of the schools and temples derived from the Nikkō lineage, most notably the Sōka Gakkai, who regard Nichiren as ' The Buddha of the Latter Day of the Law ' and also Nichiren Shōshū, who regard Nichiren as ' The True Buddha ', or ' Buddha of True Cause '.

His personal communications and writings to his followers as well as numerous treatises detail his view of the correct form of practice for the Latter Day of the Law ( Mappō ); lay out his views on other Buddhist schools, particularly those of influence during his lifetime ; and elucidate his interpretations of Buddhist teachings that preceded his.

According to this, the followers of the Talmud would have to remain in a condition of political servitude until Judgment Day.

The traditional date for this is 28 March, which is today referred to as Ragnar Lodbrok Day by certain followers of the Asatru religion.

The rebellion was initially planned for July 4, Independence Day, but was postponed for more deliberation between him and his followers, and due to illness.

In 1845, following the succession crisis in the Latter Day Saint movement, Sidney Rigdon ( one of the three main contenders along with James Strang and Brigham Young for leadership of the Latter Day Saints following the death of Joseph Smith, Jr .) took his followers to Pennsylvania and formed a Rigdonite Mormon settlement at Greencastle.

The Rigdonite Mormon settlement at Greencastle only lasted a few years ; some former Rigdon followers went to Utah to join Brigham Young, while William Bickerton, who had opposed Rigdon's move to Greencastle, would eventually reorganize the remaining Pennsylvania branch of the Latter Day Saint movement in Pittsburgh as The Church of Jesus Christ ( Bickertonite ).

The tract, titled, A Tract, Showing that the Seventh Day Should Be Observed as the Sabbath, Instead of the First Day ; " According to the Commandment ", was widely read by Miller ’ s followers.

The Kirtland Safety Society ( KSS ) was a quasi-bank organized in 1836 ( and reorganized on January 2, 1837 ) by leaders and followers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.

The Final Call organization led by Louis Farrakhan in Chicago celebrates a similar day every fourth Sunday in February regardless of the date called Saviours ' Day, but with an apostrophe at the end instead of apostrophe-s indicating that Farrakhan and his followers believe there are saviors other than Fard Muhammad.

Smith's followers believe the vision reinforces his authority as the founder and prophet of the Latter Day Saint movement.

: Within a compass of two hundred pages it proclaims unequivocally the existence and oneness of a personal God, unknowable, inaccessible, the source of all Revelation, eternal, omniscient, omnipresent and almighty ; asserts the relativity of religious truth and the continuity of Divine Revelation ; affirms the unity of the Prophets, the universality of their Message, the identity of their fundamental teachings, the sanctity of their scriptures, and the twofold character of their stations ; denounces the blindness and perversity of the divines and doctors of every age ; cites and elucidates the allegorical passages of the New Testament, the abstruse verses of the Qur ' án, and the cryptic Muhammadan traditions which have bred those age-long misunderstandings, doubts and animosities that have sundered and kept apart the followers of the world's leading religious systems ; enumerates the essential prerequisites for the attainment by every true seeker of the object of his quest ; demonstrates the validity, the sublimity and significance of the Báb's Revelation ; acclaims the heroism and detachment of His disciples ; foreshadows, and prophesies the world-wide triumph of the Revelation promised to the people of the Bayán ; upholds the purity and innocence of the Virgin Mary ; glorifies the Imams of the Faith of Muhammad ; celebrates the martyrdom, and lauds the spiritual sovereignty, of the Imam Husayn ; unfolds the meaning of such symbolic terms as " Return ," " Resurrection ," " Seal of the Prophets " and " Day of Judgment "; adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages of Divine Revelation ; and expatiates, in glowing terms, upon the glories and wonders of the " City of God ," renewed, at fixed intervals, by the dispensation of Providence, for the guidance, the benefit and salvation of all mankind.

The followers believe that John Frum will come back on a February 15 ( the year of his return is not known ), a date which is observed as " John Frum Day " in Vanuatu.

They further relaxed their control in 1983, permitting their followers to visit relatives on Mother's Day.

Young and his followers migrated west to the Salt Lake Valley in what became the Utah Territory, continuing to use Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints as their name until incorporating in 1851, when the spelling was standardized as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Latter Day Saints who followed Rigdon separated themselves from the followers of Brigham Young.

Braudel's followers admired his use of the longue durée approach to stress slow, and often imperceptible effects of space, climate and technology on the actions of human beings in the past.

The fact that the name occurs on these gems in connection with representations of figures with the head of a cock, a lion, or an ass, and the tail of a serpent was formerly taken in the light of what Irenaeus says about the followers of Basilides:

Writing three centuries later, Ibn Abi Zar suggested it was chosen early on by Abdallah Ibn Yasin because, upon finding resistance among the Gudala Berbers of Adrar ( Mauritania ) to his teaching, he took a handful of followers to erect a makeshift ribat ( monastery-fortress ) on an offshore island ( possibly Tidra island, in Arguin bay ).

Andrew also went on conspiring with some prelates against his brother, but King Emeric was informed as to Andrew's plans and he personally arrested Bishop Boleszlo of Vác, one of Andrew's main supporters, and he also deprived his brother's followers ( e. g., Palatine Mog ) of their privileges.

2 Maccabees 2: 4-10, written around 100 BC, says that the prophet Jeremiah, " being warned by God " before the Babylonian invasion, took the Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Altar of Incense, and buried them in a cave on Mount Nebo ( Jordan ), informing those of his followers who wished to find the place that it should remain unknown " until the time that God should gather His people again together, and receive them unto mercy.

Already a recognized theologian and ascetic, he was the obvious choice to replace Alexander as the Patriarch of Alexandria on the latter's death in 328, despite the opposition of the followers of Arius and Meletius of Lycopolis.

It is implied he lost his virginity in " Holy Cornholio ," as Beavis, who was being worshipped by a group of fanatics at the time, passed on his followers to Stewart, who took him to have sex with the women of the cult.

On his website, Brooks states that his potential followers must first prepare by combining the junk food diet with the meditative incantation of five magic " fifth-dimensional " words which appear on his website, some of which are words from Kundalini yoga.

A cult film is a movie that attracts a devoted group of followers or obsessive fans, often despite having failed commercially on its initial release.

Uldin, a prince of the Huns, appeared on the Danube about this time and advanced into Thrace, but he was deserted by many of his followers, who joined with the Romans in driving their king back north of the river.

While church members point out that followers are free to choose to seek conventional medical treatment, most rely exclusively on healing by prayer.

A minority view in Christianity, known as Christian Torah-submission, holds that the Mosaic law as it is written is binding on all followers of God under the New Covenant, even for Gentiles, because it views God ’ s commands as " everlasting " (, ;, ; ) and " good " (; ; ).

TFI's founder and prophetic leader, David Berg, who was first called " Moses David " in the Texas press, communicated with his followers via Mo Letters — letters of instruction and counsel on myriad spiritual and practical subjects — until his death in late 1994.

Smith had been chosen, by those present, to speak on behalf of the followers of the Campbells.

On August 15, 1217 Dominic dispatched seven of his followers to the great university center of Paris to establish a priory focused on study and preaching.

In 1978 he published The Poverty of Theory which attacked the structuralist Marxism of Louis Althusser and his followers in Britain on New Left Review, ( famously saying "... all of them are Geschichtenscheissenschlopff, unhistorical shit.

He referred to followers of the movement as " Frog-Pondians " after the pond on Boston Common.

In the gospel of John, the account of the Last Supper has no mention of Jesus taking bread and wine and speaking of them as his body and blood ; instead it recounts his humble act of washing the disciples ' feet, the prophecy of the betrayal, which set in motion the events that would lead to the cross, and his long discourse in response to some questions posed by his followers, in which he went on to speak of the importance of the unity of the disciples with him and each other.

However, he also instituted a hierarchical system of levels among his followers, and had them swear an oath on his core tenets.

From this doctrine arose the Epicurean epitaph: Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo ( I was not ; I was ; I am not ; I do not care ) – which is inscribed on the gravestones of his followers and seen on many ancient gravestones of the Roman Empire.

We are dealing with this: Would a stable mind depart from the opinion handed down by so many men famous for holiness and miracles, depart from the decisions of the Church, and commit our souls to the faith of someone like you who has sprung up just now with a few followers, although the leading men of your flock do not agree either with you or among themselves – indeed though you do not even agree with yourself, since in this same Assertion you say one thing in the beginning and something else later on, recanting what you said before.

Most of Hume's followers have disagreed with his conclusion that belief in an external world is rationally unjustifiable, contending that Hume's own principles implicitly contained the rational justification for such a belief, that is, beyond being content to let the issue rest on human instinct, custom and habit.

Faith in Buddhism centers on the understanding that the Buddha is an Awakened being, on his superior role as teacher, in the truth of his Dharma ( spiritual teachings ), and in his Sangha ( community of spiritually developed followers ).