Il Poya today celebrates the next Buddha!

[Bhikkhu Samahita]

Friends:

How to be a Real Buddhist through Observance?

Il Poya day is the full-moon of November. This holy day celebrates:
1: The Buddha <http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/buddha.htm>
Gotama <http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/g/gotama.htm> 's
declaration of the next Buddha
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/buddha.htm> Metteyya
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/me_mu/metteyya.htm> .
2: The sending out in the world of the 60 missionary Arahats
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ariya_puggala.htm>
3: The passing away of the general of the Dhamma: Sariputta
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/sa/saariputta.htm> .
4: The Buddha's 1st explanation of Anapanasati
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/majjhima/mn118.html> Breathing
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Awareness_by_Breathing.htm>
Meditation
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm> .

More on the Significance of the Il Poya today:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Importance_of_Il_Poya.htm

The next Metteyya
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/me_mu/metteyya.htm> Buddha.

On such Full-Moon Uposatha Poya Observance days:
Any Lay Buddhist simply joins the Three Refuges
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/tisarana.html> and undertakes the
Five Precepts <http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/pancasila.html> 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 & head touch the floor.
Then, with joined palms at the heart, one recites 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 will hereby respect these Three Jewels
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Three_Jewels.htm> the rest of my
life!

I accept 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 these 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! So is the start towards Nibbāna: the Deathless Element!
This is the Noble Way to Peace, to Freedom, to Ease, to Happiness,
initiated by Morality
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Mighty_is_Morality.htm> , developed
further by Dhamma-Study
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/essential.books.htm> and
fulfilled by training of Meditation
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm> ...

Today indeed is Pooya <http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/uposatha.html> or
Uposatha or observance day, where any lay
Buddhist normally keeps even the Eight Precepts
<http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/atthasila.html> 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 hereby ..." signed with
name, date, town & country to me <mailto:what.bud...@gmail.com> or
join here <http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm> . A public
list of this new
quite rapidly growing global Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm>

The True Noble Community of Buddha's Disciples: Saddhamma Sangha:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Saddhamma_Sangha.htm

Can quite advantageously be Joined Here:
<http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm>
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/sangha/Sangha_Entry.htm
May your journey hereby be light, swift and sweet. Never give up !!

Bhikkhu Samahita: what.bud...@gmail.com

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

Have a nice day!

Friendship is the Greatest *
Bhikkhu Samahita * Sri Lanka :-)
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