Pure Life

Pure Living is a special practice of moral discipline that is done with the motivation of bodhichitta, the supreme good heart. If we can keep our actions of body, speech, and mind pure for one day and so on, we will eventually be able to maintain moral discipline all the time.

The essence of the practice is to take the eight precepts and keep them purely for a period of twenty-four hours. In this practice, then, we explicitly promise to abstain for twenty-four hours from eight actions: killing, stealing, sexual activity, lying, taking intoxicants, eating after lunch, sitting on high or luxurious seats, and wearing adornments, perfumes, etc., singing, dancing, and so on.

However, these eight actions are merely symbolic, as in reality we promise to abstain from all non-virtuous actions for this period.

If we do this practice frequently, we will become familiar with the practice of moral discipline in this way. This practice helps us solve the problems of this life by making us avoid the causes of suffering.

Schedule

Every 15th of each month

Free activity