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Ariya Uposatha Observance🧵
By Observing #Uposatha
for the 1st time, I realised how Important it is. Why an individual supposed to observe it.
The Dhamma is a way to eradicate suffering and sorrow in life,
Buddha asked upasakas 2 observe This practice of Atthasila 2 end 1/n
Stress & suffering, it'll lead an individual to release his stress by way of practicing silas.
Logically, It's important to note that, practicing atthasila is preparing ourselves to live in absence of the pleasurable materials i.e. ornaments, luxurious seats & 3 times food 2/n
By observing uposatha one person undertakes 8 precepts
01. As Arhant bhikkus always refrain from hurting lives, even I do follow on this day.
02. As bhikkus always Don't take the things which are not belonging to them or not given to them even I do follow on this day. 3/n
03. As Arhant bhikkus always follow brahmachariya even I do follow today.
04. As Arhant bhikkus always follow not speaking lie, even I follow today.
05. As arhant bhikkus follow not consuming alcoholic things, so do I follow for today. 4/n
06. As arhant bhikkus follow vikaalbhojan veramani (not to eat at night, prohibited time of day) so do I follow today.
07. As Arhant bhikkus follow not associating with Dance, song, entertainments and Don't wear ornaments, gandha etc. so do I follow for Today. 5/n
08. As Arhant bhikkus follow, not sitting on comfortable seats or luxurious chairs(shld sleep on a pallet/ mat) so do I follow for day.
Folowing this lead to pleasure(sukha) in this life & also for next.
this eight-factored Uposatha has been proclaimed by the Awakened one 6/n
to lead to end of suffering & stress.
During Uposatha, one should visit a Buddha vihara or monestry, see the monks and listen to the dhamma, read the dhamma, meditate, chant the buddhist mantras i.e. Om Mani Padme hum.. Etc 7/n
One incident, of how Important is to observe a uposatha:
One day, On an occasion of full moon, kings of sakyas visited The Buddha, and Enlightened buddha asks the sakyas ;
Buddha : sakyas, today is fullmoon day, have You observed the Uposatha? 8/n
Sakyas : Bhagavan, v observe uposatha, but smtimes bcoz of our busy schedule, we skip uposatha, can't observe.
Buddha : Sakyas, It's not good to skip uposatha, buddha explains with an example,,
Sakyas, if a person earns 100 gold coins a day?
Sakyas : it is a good earning. 9/n
Buddha : if a person earns 1k gold coins a day?
Sakyas : bhagavan, that person will be having luxurious lyf and he'll be holding sufficient of wealth.
Buddha : if a person earns 1 lac gold coins a day & survives for 100 yrs, at his 100th year how much wealth he'll have? 10/n
Sakyas : Bhagavan, at his 100 yr age, that person will be the richest person onšŸŒ
Buddha : sakyas, if you observe uposatha for a day, that day's uposatha is such of importance, the person's wealth he earned till his 100yr age is 1/16 of what you gain by a day of uposatha. 11/n
Bhagavan Buddha gives discourse to #Vishakha in jetavan on uposath day(fullšŸŒ•)
Buddha says the different types of uposatha,
01. Gopal uposatha [eating some food thinking it's eatable(sabudana)] It's just name sake uposatha and for some Desires to fulfill people observe it. 12/n
02. Niganth uposath (shraman people follow) as jain monks renounce everything, even their cloths and belive that they have no relatives, but It's false or untrue, so It's not a fruitful one. 13/n
03. Ariya uposatha (as like we clean mirror with some materials(water&cloth), we can clean the chitta)
Remembering the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha are Brahma uposath, Dhamma uposatha and sangha uposatha respectively.
Observing the sila (sila uposatha)
ą¤øą¤¬ą„ą¤¬ कामं दादं
Sadhu 3 ā˜øļø n/n

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