Ayya Santacari is providing the opportunity for people to reaffirm their commitment to Buddhist Virtues through taking 3 Refuges and 5 Precepts (Trainings) on the full moon and new moon days known as Uposatha (Pali) or Poya (Sinhala).
9am weekends and 8am week days
30 Nov 2024, Sat New Moon – 15 day Hemanta 1/8 : 9am
15 Dec 2024, Sun Full Moon – 15 day Hemanta 2/8 : 9am
29 Dec 2024, Sun New Moon – 14 day Hemanta 3/8 : 9am
13 Jan 2025, Mon Full Moon – 15 day Hemanta 4/8 : 8am
28 Jan 2025, Tue New Moon – 15 day Hemanta 5/8 : 8am
12 Feb 2025, Wed Full Moon – 15 day Hemanta 6/8 : 8 am
26 Feb 2025, Wed New Moon – 14 day Hemanta 7/8 : 8am
Please Join us via Zoom at 8am with this Link: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87453966401?pwd=VUZLMkF6L2RDSUcyNG81a29LVVcwZz09
Meeting ID: 874 5396 6401
Passcode: 034898
on the Uposatha days as listed in the Thai Calendar shown below:
The foundation of Buddhist ethics for laypeople is The Five Precepts which are common to all Buddhist schools. The precepts or “five moral virtues” (pañca-silani) are not commands but a set of voluntary commitments or guidelines, to help one live a life in which one is happy, without worries, and able to meditate well. The precepts are supposed to prevent suffering and to weaken the effects of greed, hatred and delusion. They were the basic moral instructions which the Buddha gave to laypeople and monks alike. ( see more …)
