Dionysian Decadence

NEWARK, Aug. 6 -- Sixty-foot bottle atop an abandoned brewery

A Buddhist monk was travelling from place to place and needed lodging for the night. He came upon a woman who lived alone. She offered him a bed for the night but he had to choose one of three things – to sleep with her, kill the goat or have an alcoholic drink. Thinking that the last option was the least reprehensible of the three, he decided to have a drink. One drink led to another and before long he was very drunk. When he woke up the next morning, he found that not only had he got drunk but he had also killed the goat and slept with the woman. This story is told to show the dangers of drink. By breaking the fifth precept he had ended up breaking the first and third too! -- Anthony Flanagan

The Five Precepts as I understand them:
1. Respect life, no killing.
2. Respect others' property, no stealing.
3. Respect others, no illicit sex.
4. Respect the truth, no lying.
5. Respect the mind, no intoxication.

For reference:
Benedict's Dharma II: A Buddhist/Christian Dialogue on the 'Rule of Saint Benedict

The Ten Commandments:
I. "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."
II. "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,"
III. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;"
IV. "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."
V. "Honor thy father and thy mother:"
VI. "Thou shalt not kill."
VII. "Thou shalt not commit adultery"
VIII. "Thou shalt not steal."
IX. "Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor."
X. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor anything that is thy neighbor's."