Uposatha Questions
- theravada_guy
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Re: Uposatha Questions
With the suggestion to be in seclusion also, are the Eight Precepts a form of this? What else can fulfill that?
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Re: Uposatha Questions
have a look at the index on Acess, there is a whole section on seclusion.
Blog, Suttas, Aj Chah, Facebook.
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 …
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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
Re: Uposatha Questions
I highly recommend looking over this article:
Uposatha Sila The Eight-Precept Observance
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Uposatha Sila The Eight-Precept Observance
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Liberation is the inevitable fruit of the path and is bound to blossom forth when there is steady and persistent practice. The only requirements for reaching the final goal are two: to start and to continue. If these requirements are met there is no doubt the goal will be attained. This is the Dhamma, the undeviating law.
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- theravada_guy
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Re: Uposatha Questions
Thanks bodom. It looks like a great link. I bookmarked it so I can read it later.
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