The eight precepts are not just fasting. To get rid of impure thoughts, habits and bad influences from the outside are the main objectives. Everyone is Buddha.

八关斋戒不是断除食物而已，重要的是断除一些不好的思想、不好的习惯、不好的外在影响。

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A 17-year-old girl said she was kicked out of her prom because some of the dads chaperoning the event for home-schooled teens thought her dancing would give the boys "impure thoughts."

一名17岁的女孩说她被赶出自己的毕业舞会，因为一些陪同自主学习少年参加舞会的家长认为她的舞蹈会让那些少年产生“不纯洁的想法”。

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And so even the ones who had impure thoughts about raising taxes in return for cuts got nowhere.

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