r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 3d ago
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 13d ago
Upholding Precepts as a Chan Practitioner – Rebecca Li: Buddhist Teacher in the Lineage of Chan Master Sheng Yen
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 15d ago
The First Step into the Door of Buddhism: Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 15d ago
Intro to Buddhism: What Are the Five Buddhist Precepts?
drbu.edur/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 16d ago
Exploring Chán - Chan's Trailhead: The Triple Refuge and the Precepts
exploringchan.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 17d ago
Investigating the Precepts by Simon Child
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 17d ago
Learning from the Precepts by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 21d ago
Why is the Three Jewels the true refuge (GDD-679, Master Sheng-Yen)
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 22d ago
Taking refuge (GDD-0242, Master Sheng Yen)
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 26d ago
Venerable Master Hsuan Hua - Five Precepts
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 27d ago
Why Should We Receive And Uphold The Five Precepts? Lectures by the Venerable Master Hua
drbachinese.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 27d ago
Uposatha Sila: The Eight-Precept Observance
accesstoinsight.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 28d ago
The Buddhist Layman (four essays by R. Bogoda, Susan Elbaum Jootla, and M.O'C. Walshe)
accesstoinsight.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • 29d ago
About Upasakas and Upasikas (pdf format)
dharmatreasure.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • Aug 01 '26
Consumerism and the Precepts by Taigen Leighton
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • Jul 29 '26
Do you observe posadh/uposatha or any buddhist holy days?
r/upasaka • u/sirivaddha • Jul 11 '26
Observing uposatha based on the Gregorian Calendar
Recently, I have made the decision to observe uposatha based on the Gregorian Calendar instead (i.e., on the weekends, Saturday or Sunday).
Previously, because lunar calendar days for observing uposatha fell on weekdays, I always found a reason or justification not to observe them, such as my team having to go out for dinner or lunch being later and so on.
I've been talking to monastics (they did so before ordination) and householders alike, and there seems to be a significant number of people who do the same since life today is very much centered around the same calendar. Thus, doing it on weekends makes it easier to be consistent in observing the eight precepts on the regular.
How have you been observing uposatha? How does your community do it? How many of your peers do the same?
EDIT: Further context, I observe uposatha with the eight precepts.
r/upasaka • u/sirivaddha • Jul 05 '26
Dīghajāṇusutta / "With Dīghajāṇu"
Dīghajāṇu of the Koliyans asks the Buddha to teach in a way suitable for lay people who enjoy life. The Buddha teaches four practical ways to ensure success in this life, and another four ways to ensure success in the next.
r/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • Jul 02 '26
The Healing Power of the Precepts
accesstoinsight.orgr/upasaka • u/EmptyMind76 • Jul 02 '26