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 Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:40 pm
Hello, everyone. I've been lurking in this forum on and off for a good while, but this (I think) is my first post.
Whenever I have read about uposatha observances, it's not clear whether all Buddhists take part. At first I assumed that they all did, but I have one Buddhist acquaintance who doesn't seem to, but I do not see or hear from him often enough to know for sure.
Anyway, most of the people I know are Christian and many of them don't go to church, and I've been wondering if uposatha is looked at in the same way by Buddhists. (not as an excuse not to do it, just wondering)
Do you observe uposatha days?
And if you do, what discipline do you follow?
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:13 pm
Uposatha is practiced in both the Therevada and Mahayana traditions. In Japanese it's called roku sainichi ("six days of fasting"). Vesak, for instances, is absolutely observed in the Tibetan tradition.
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:51 pm
Nirguna the Heart Uposatha is practiced in both the Therevada and Mahayana traditions. In Japanese it's called roku sainichi ("six days of fasting"). Vesak, for instances, is absolutely observed in the Tibetan tradition. Thank you for replying, and for the information. Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed trying to sort out all the terms and such... sweatdrop
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:21 am
The roku sainichi are not observed in the tradition that I was brought up in, however the special days such as the day of Siddartha's birth "hanamatsuri" and his enlightenment "Bodhi Day" are.
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