take the time to cleanse the mind
Held every full-moon day of the month, this morning gathering is designed to support practitioners
to grow deeper in their practice even within this urban community.
Practice carefully creating every thought, speech, and action.
Join other practitioners online and let us craft our hearts, together.
Online gathering starts at 7 a.m.
Check the center’s calendar below for the Uposatha observance days.
Meeting ID: 841 9228 8645 | Passcode: metta
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84192288645?pwd=Dmh2FTtUk5a5lI3fyWHNF2xq9WJ6KM.1
New-Moon Program
The new-moon program gives emphasis on the repentance procedures. In the Mahayana traditions, repentance is a way of purifying karma, softening remorse, restoring integrity, and reopening the bodhisattva path. It is not merely admitting wrongdoing in a moral or legal sense. It is a conscious turning of the mind: acknowledging harmful actions, regretting them sincerely, resolving not to repeat them, and reorienting oneself toward wisdom and compassion.
The practitioner, after going through the repentance, is now ready to let go of the past, and begin anew.
The chanting is in Chinese with English subtitles.
Full-Moon Program
The full-moon program highlights the Five Recollections. This encourages us to face life honestly and live with wisdom. By reflecting on aging, illness, death, separation, and karma, we remember what cannot be controlled and what still lies in our hands: how we think, speak, and act.
We can use this time to reflect into life’s fragile nature and guide us to live responsibly and diligently.
We will begin this program with a morning Pāli chanting.
The Eight Precepts
The Eight Precepts are a one-day training in simplicity, restraint, and mindfulness. Observing them on Uposatha days, traditional days of intensified practice, helps purify conduct, calm the mind, and turn ordinary time into a deliberate step on the path.
The Eight Precepts are:
1. To refrain from killing living beings
2. To refrain from taking what is not given
3. To refrain from all sexual activity
4. To refrain from false and harmful speech
5. To refrain from intoxicants that cloud the mind
6. To refrain from eating at improper times, usually after noon until dawn the next day
7. To refrain from dancing, singing, music, shows, and from using garlands, perfumes, cosmetics, and adornments
8. To refrain from high and luxurious beds and seats
Calendar of Activities
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