aids on the path to coming into contact with ultimate reality

The five precepts of Buddhism:

1. I undertake the precept to refrain from harming living creatures.
2. I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not freely given.
3. I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.
4. I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speech.
5. I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of mindfulness.

(from a Wikipedia article)