Purpose of Rules and Precepts

What is the purpose of the practice of restraint? What benefits can one get by restraining oneself, and what are the basic precepts that one can keep in order to practice? If you wish to gift your support to life at the Hillside you would be very welcome to do so by donating at: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/support-us ____________________________________ For other forms of Dhamma Teachings see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings For the Buddhist Phenomenology essays see: https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings/writings/