Lay Buddhist Practice
The Shrine Room,Uposatha Day,and Rains Residence
by
Bhikkhu Khantipālo
Buddhist Publication SocietyKandy • Sri Lanka
The Wheel Publication No. 206–7
Copyright Kandy, Buddhist Publication Society, (1974, 1982)BPS Online Edition (2007)BPS Online Edition © 2006For free distribution. This work may be republished, reformatted, reprinted, and redistributedin any medium. However, any such republication and redistribution is to be made available tothe public on a free and unrestricted basis and translations and other derivative works are to beclearly marked as such.
Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................................................3Introduction...............................................................................................................................................4Daily Practice.............................................................................................................................................5The Shrine Room...................................................................................................................................5The Offerings.........................................................................................................................................7Gestures of Respect...............................................................................................................................9The Preliminary Formula for Revering the Buddha.......................................................................11The Three Refuges (
).............................................................................................................12The Five Precepts (
).............................................................................................................13Recollections........................................................................................................................................14Recollection of the Three Treasures..............................................................................................14Affirmation of Refuge in the Three Treasures.............................................................................14The Five Subjects for Daily Recollection.....................................................................................15The Development of Loving kindness.........................................................................................15Meditation............................................................................................................................................16
...........................................................................................................................................21Chanting...............................................................................................................................................22The Laity’s Practice of Dhamma.......................................................................................................23
(Giving)...................................................................................................................................23
(Moral Conduct, Precepts)......................................................................................................24
(Development or cultivation of the mind)....................................................................24
....................................................................................................................................................25The Eight Precepts..............................................................................................................................28The Rains Residence...............................................................................................................................32The Purpose of These Practices.............................................................................................................34The Discourse to Visākhā on the Uposatha with the Eight Practices...............................................35Uposatha-aṭṭhaṅgika Sutta................................................................................................................35The Precepts or Moral Conduct (
)...................................................................................................40Appendix of Pali Passages.....................................................................................................................41Preliminary formula.......................................................................................................................41Five Precepts....................................................................................................................................41Recollection of the Three Treasures..............................................................................................41Affirmation of Refuge in the Three Treasures.............................................................................42Five Subjects for Daily Recollection..............................................................................................42The Development of Loving kindness.........................................................................................42
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Preface
In the following pages I have tried to write about those things that a lay Buddhist can do eventhough his home is far away from Buddhist lands, or even from Buddhist temples and societies.I have had to consider the various daily and periodic events of the Buddhist calendar and retainhere only those items which can be practised by lay Buddhists without access to bhikkhus,monasteries, temples, stupas, and so on. Out of the rich traditions found in Buddhist countries,only three subjects have been dealt with: the daily service chanted in homage of the ThreeTreasures with some recollections and meditation; the Uposatha days with the Eight Precepts;and the Rains-residence of three months. Most has been said here about the first of these as it isvery important to have some regular daily Dhamma-practice.Even where isolated Buddhists are fortunate enough to be near some Buddhist centre, theywill still benefit from these Buddhist practices, all of which are based on similar methods usedin the East.Bhikkhu KhantipāloSydney, Australia3
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