Becoming concentrated and wise naturally assists with transforming wrongdoing and cultivating virtue. This is the true significance, essence, and purpose of taking the precepts. Concentration brings tranquility, tranquility brings serenity, and serenity leads to rightful thinking. Realizing precepts, concentration, and wisdom, the Three Disciplines that are free from deficiency and outflow, naturally brings liberation from the cycle of birth and death. Don’t think that abiding by the precepts is difficult or tiresome. Recognize that it will give you great peace, joy, and liberation. True suffering is when you do not uphold the precepts and degenerate. Don’t be deluded in these matters and their significance.