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Precepts and Prayer

Saturday, February 15th from 7:00am-9:00am

with Resident Teacher Gen Kelsang Wangpo

Cost: Free

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The essence of the practice is to take eight precepts and to keep them purely for a period of twenty-four hours whilst fasting. By doing this practice again and again, we acquaint ourself with the practice of moral discipline and thereby make our human life meaningful. Taking and keeping these precepts is a special purification practice. Buddha realized that all living beings’ suffering comes from their previous negative karma, and so he taught special practices to purify it.

This is an intermediate level practice.

 

When we take the eight Mahayana precepts, we explicitly promise to abstain for twenty-four hours from eight actions:

  1. Killing

  2. Stealing

  3. Sexual activity

  4. Lying

  5. Taking intoxicants

  6. Eating after lunch

  7. Sitting on high or luxurious thrones or seats

  8. Wearing ornaments, perfume, etc, and singing and dancing, etc.

These eight, however, are merely symbolic, for in reality we promise to abstain from all non-virtuous actions for twenty-four hours.

We will follow the group Precepts practice with the chanted prayer and meditation.

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About the teacher

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Gen Wangpo is an American Buddhist monk and is the resident teacher in Phoenix, Arizona. He has been a student of Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche for over 20 years and has taught Kadampa Buddhism for decades at several Kadampa centers.

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Gen Wangpo is well known for his practical and skilled way of presenting ancient Buddhist wisdom. He is particularly talented in analyzing subjects deeply, from many angles combining this with compassion. He uses stories and analogies to highlight how accessible Buddha’s teachings are to everyone.  Using these techniques, he is offers Buddhist advice that is effective and heartfelt. His combined decades of  Buddhist learning and teaching enables him to provide powerful spiritual guidance that can benefit us all.

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