Panca Sila or Five Percepts in Buddhism: A Pristine Source of Origination for Muluki Criminal Code

Abstract

Far and away, religion is falsely assumed as manifestation of intermittent enchantments and directives or theological footprints for social rituals. Various fundas and deepening dogmas are forcefully rendered as rigid parameters as well as primary positioning to mis-judge and wrongly adjudicate the religion as mere superstitious showcasing. Unlike Science, it is reflexively ranked or responded as unpragmatic, supercilious, conventional, hallow cum dogmatic discipline too in course of embodying utility for dignifying life and progressive living of human kinds. However, this paper, through an engagingly exclusive study and rigorous analyses, claims that the Buddhism– especially Five Percepts or Panca Sila principle–is primitive and premier source for current Muluki Criminal Code and some other laws. Every single directive of Panca Sila principle or Five Percepts in Buddhism has given gravity, ground and reference to beget several provisions of Muluki Criminal Code and some other laws which are in place and practice. Thus, Buddhism, besides mere pro-rituals religion, should be well considered as point of origination for several laws of present time. Hence, Buddhism should be dully assumed- and deserves an aestheticized assimilation- as mother for Muluki Criminal Code and some other laws, given the exclusive reference of Panca Sila principle or Five Percepts as the foremost foundation.