How to be a Real Buddhist on Observance Day ... !!!

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How to be a Real True Buddhist through Observance?

 

Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges and undertakes the Five Precepts like this: Newly bathed, shaved, white-clothed,with clean bare feet, one kneels at a shrine with a Buddha-statue,and bows first three times, so that feet, hands, elbows, knees andhead touch the floor. Then, with joined palms in front of the heart,one recite these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:

As long as this life lasts: I hereby take refuge in the Buddha.I hereby take refuge in the Dhamma.I hereby take refuge in the Sangha.

I hereby seek shelter in the Buddha for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Dhamma for the 2nd time.I hereby seek shelter in the Sangha for the 2nd time.

I hereby request protection from the Buddha for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Dhamma for the 3rd time.I hereby request protection from the Sangha for the 3rd time.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Killing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Stealing.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Sexual Abuse.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Dishonesty.I hereby accept the training rule of avoiding all Alcohol & Drugs.As long as this life lasts...

Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's own eyes & children(!), since they protect you & all other beings much betterthan any army! They are the highest offer one can give in & to this world!This is the very start on the path towards Nibbāna -the Deathless Element-This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Bliss, initiated by Morality,developed further by Dhamma-Study and fulfilled by training Meditation...

Today indeed is Pooya or uposatha or observance day, where any lay Buddhist normally keeps the Eight Precepts from sunrise until the next dawn...If any wish an official recognition by the Bhikkhu-Sangha, they may simplyforward the lines starting with "I hereby" signed with name, date, town & countryto me. I have put up a public list of this newly born Saddhamma-Sangha here!

http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htmMay your journey hereby be eased, light, swift and sweet. Never give up !!!

Bhikkhu Samahita: what.buddha.said

 

For Details on Uposatha Observance Days: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html

 

 

 

 

 

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Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.

 

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