Friends:
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 and
head touch the floor. Then, with joined palms in front of the heart,
one recite these memorized lines in a loud, calm & steady voice:
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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. |
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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 will hereby respect these
Three
Jewels the rest of my life!
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I accepts to respect & undertake these 5 training rules:
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, I am thus protected by 5 precepts...
Then, one keeps and protects these sacred vows better than one's own
eyes & children(!), since they protect you & all other beings much better
than 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 simply
forward the lines starting with "I..." signed
with name, date, town & country
to
me or join
here. A
public list of this new Saddhamma-Sangha is
here!
The New Noble
Community of Disciples:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm
Join Here:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
May your journey hereby be eased, light, swift and sweet. Never
give up!
Bhikkhu Samahita:
[email protected]
For Details on Uposatha
Observance Days:
https://what-buddha-said.net/library/ati_website/html/ptf/dhamma/sila/uposatha.html
Updated:
22 Mar 2016
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Observance_Day.htm