Preliminary Teachings

• Take Threefold Refuge (Khp 1) [commentary]
• Understand Four Noble Truths (SN 56.11)
• Follow Eightfold Path (MN 117) [commentary]
• Observe 5 Precepts (AN 8.39) | 8 precepts on Uposatha Days (AN 8.43)

Threefold Refuge

• I go to the Buddha for refuge.
• I go to the Dhamma for refuge.
• I go to the Sangha for refuge.

Four Noble Truths

• The noble truth of dukkha
• The noble truth of the origin of dukkha
• The noble truth of the cessation of dukkha
• The noble truth of the way leading to the cessation of dukkha

Noble Eightfold Path

• Wisdom
  
  • right view (MN 9)
  • right intention

• Ethics
  
  • right speech
  • right action
  • right livelihood
    
    
• Concentration (MN 10)
  
  • right effort
  • right mindfulness
  • right concentration

Precepts

• Refrain from destroying living creatures
• Refrain from taking that which is not given
• Refrain from sexual misconduct
• Refrain from incorrect speech
• Refrain from intoxicants
• Refrain from eating after noon
• Refrain from indulging in entertainments and vanity
• Refrain from lying on a high or luxurious sleeping place