Eight Mahayana Precepts
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5:15 am Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Join us for the power of group practice to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts, followed by a light breakfast, on the celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and passing into parinirvana.
Saka Dawa is a holy day when karmic results are multiplied one hundred million times, as cited by our Spitiual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, in the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic. Rinpoche encourages students to take the Eight Mahayana Precepts on holy days. This is a set of vows that are taken for 24 hours, from just before dawn to the sunrise of the following day.
The first time a student takes these precepts it must be from a qualified teacher. Geshe Gelek will give the vows on Saka Dawa. Those who have taken precepts previously from a qualified teacher can take them at home, at “first light”.
