Greetings,
Gosh darn it... I forgot all about it today.
Even still - it was quite a mindful day, and I got to read some more of my expanded edition of the Dhammapada, complete with the stories.
Metta,
Retro.
Uposatha Observance Club
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"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Retro,
You may be in luck. If you go by the days that Samahita Bhikkhu emailed me last week then tomorrow is really the uposatha! I was considering it but then I realized that it's Valentine's Day here in the US tomorrow so I decided that to forget about it and live to observe another day. Anyway, be well and best wishes. Metta.
You may be in luck. If you go by the days that Samahita Bhikkhu emailed me last week then tomorrow is really the uposatha! I was considering it but then I realized that it's Valentine's Day here in the US tomorrow so I decided that to forget about it and live to observe another day. Anyway, be well and best wishes. Metta.
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Hi Khalil and Retro
Happy observance day. Sounds like an appropriate antidote to valentine's day insanity.
metta
Ben
Happy observance day. Sounds like an appropriate antidote to valentine's day insanity.
metta
Ben
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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or unhappy valentines day stupidity!Ben wrote:Hi Khalil and Retro
Happy observance day. Sounds like an appropriate antidote to valentine's day insanity.
metta
Ben
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He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them.
But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side, if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion …
...
He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them … he must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form.
John Stuart Mill
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Happy uposatha day everyone!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
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-Dhp. 183
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Happy uposatha day! BTW it's Magha Puja for anyone who's interested. Be well.
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
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Hi,
I've made a google calendar for the Forest Sangha Observance Days as given in the Forest Sangha Newsletter. I have made this calendar public, so in theory anyone who has an ical calendar can share this calendar. The Google message says:
Please use the following address to access your calendar from other applications.
You can copy and paste this into any calendar product that supports the ical format.
Stuart
xxx
I've made a google calendar for the Forest Sangha Observance Days as given in the Forest Sangha Newsletter. I have made this calendar public, so in theory anyone who has an ical calendar can share this calendar. The Google message says:
Please use the following address to access your calendar from other applications.
You can copy and paste this into any calendar product that supports the ical format.
If anyone tries it, can they let me know if it works - I haven't tested it.
Stuart
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Thanks Stuart. BTW, tomorrow is an uposatha day everyone! Happy uposatha and may your observance be of great fruit and benefit! Metta!
Mike
Mike
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Khalil, I'd like to thank you for starting and maintaining this page, and the facebook notifications, it's great to be reminded.
I don't always join in, but on the odd days that I can, it's very beneficial to be reminded.
Thanks!
I don't always join in, but on the odd days that I can, it's very beneficial to be reminded.
Thanks!
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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It's my pleasure! Thank you and be well!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
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-Dhp. 183
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Spiffy...thank you...
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Happy Uposatha Everyone!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
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-Dhp. 183
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Happy Uposatha Day Everyone!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
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Happy Uposatha Day Everyone!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
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Hello Everyone,
Tomorrow is an uposatha day yet again! For those of you who are unfamiliar, I found this brief description here on Access to Insight:
Tomorrow is an uposatha day yet again! For those of you who are unfamiliar, I found this brief description here on Access to Insight:
May we all taste true happiness in this lifetime! Metta.Uposatha days are times of renewed dedication to Dhamma practice, observed by lay followers and monastics throughout the world of Theravada Buddhism.
For monastics, these are often days of more intensive reflection and meditation. In many monasteries physical labor (construction projects, repairs, etc.) is curtailed. On New Moon and Full Moon days the fortnightly confession and recitation of the Bhikkhu Patimokkha (monastic rules of conduct) takes place.
Lay people observe the Eight Precepts on Uposatha days, as a support for meditation practice and as a way to re-energize commitment to the Dhamma. Whenever possible, lay people use these days as an opportunity to visit the local monastery, in order to make special offerings to the Sangha, to listen to Dhamma, and to practice meditation with Dhamma companions late into the night. For those not closely affiliated with a local monastery, it can simply be an opportunity to step up one's efforts in meditation, while drawing on the invisible support of millions of other practicing Buddhists around the world.
The calendar of Uposatha days is calculated using a complex traditional formula that is loosely based on the lunar calendar, with the result that the dates do not always coincide with the actual astronomical dates. To further complicate matters, each sect within Theravada Buddhism tends to follow a slightly different calendar.
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
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-Dhp. 183
The Stoic Buddhist: https://www.quora.com/q/dwxmcndlgmobmeu ... pOR2p0uAdH
My Practice Blog:
http://khalilbodhi.wordpress.com