Il Poya: The coming Buddha Metteyya!
Bhikkhu Samahita
Friends:
How to be a Real Buddhist through Observance?
Il Poya day is
this full-moon day of November. This
sacred day celebrates:
1: The Buddha Gotama's
declaration of the next Buddha Metteyya.
2: The sending out in the world of the 60 missionary
Arahats
3: The passing away of the general
of the Dhamma: Sariputta.
4: The Buddha's 1st explanation of Anapanasati
Breathing
Meditation.
More on the
Significance of Il Poya Day:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Importance_of_Il_Poya.htm
The next Buddha Metteyya:
The Friendly One!
More on this last perfectly
self-enlightened one in this universe: Metteyya!
The Coming Buddha:
Ariya Metteyya. Sayagyi U Chit Tin: BPS Wheel 381/383
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Metteyya/arimet00.htm
On how to meet Buddha Metteyya in the future:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/How-2-Meet_Buddha_Metteyya.htm
On such Full-Moon Uposatha
Poya Observance days:
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 & 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 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,
developed further by Dhamma-Study
and
fulfilled by training of Meditation...
Today indeed is Pooya or
Uposatha or observance day, where any
lay
Buddhist normally keeps even 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 hereby ..." signed with
name, date, town & country to me or join here. A
public list of this new
quite rapidly growing global
Saddhamma-Sangha is set up here!
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
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 Poya day!
Friendship is
the Greatest! 
Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ Sri
Lanka ]
http://What-Buddha-Said.net
Il Poya: The coming Buddha Metteyya!