The 16 Buddhist Precepts Workbook Another adventure in living a life of peace, joy, love, and compassion By: Kathleen Shokai Bishop, MS, PhD Southern Palm Zen Group 2013 I hope you will spend some time on each one of the 16 Buddhist Precepts. The best way to change your life is to make a plan that includes living a life around these teachings. Read the essay and then work on the suggestions and ideas in the essay for a week or more. Keep track of your thoughts, feelings, ideas, challenges, and joys at the end of each day in a journal. They can be worked on in the order that they are written or in any order that fits in with your current life and circumstances. Good Luck! In gassho, Shokai