Ceremony to Recite the Three Refuges, Two Promises, and Five Mindfulness Trainings Friday, 21 August 2009 01:00 |  Written by webmaster | 
Sisters and brothers in the community, this is the moment when we enjoy reciting the Five Mindfulness Trainings together. The Five Mindfulness Trainings represent the Buddhist vision for a global spirituality and ethic. They are a concrete expression of the Buddha’s teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path, the path of right understanding and true love, leading to healing, transformation, and happiness for ourselves and for the world. To practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings is to cultivate the insight of interbeing, or Right View, which can remove all discrimination, intolerance, anger, fear, and despair. If we live according to the Five Mindfulness Trainings, we are already on the path of a bodhisattva. Knowing we are on that path, we are not lost in confusion about our life in the present or in fears about the future. 1. Opening the Ceremony Sitting Meditation [10 - 15 MINUTES] 2. Opening Verse [BELL, BELL, BELL] Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa [BELL] The Dharma is deep and lovely. We now have a chance to see, study, and practice it. We vow to realize its true meaning. [BELL] Last Updated (Monday, 24 August 2009 03:42) |
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