For married people, keep Five Precepts and occasionally practice Eight Precepts.The ways to practice chastity- First level of chastityFor married people, housewives and husbands should keep the Five Precepts, content only with their spouses, and do not betray the ones they are married with.- Middle level of chastityFor married people, keep Five Precepts and occasionally practice Eight Precepts.- High level level of chastityFor people who are not in a marriage, the laypersons should keep Eight precepts all their life and abstain from sexual relations. Monks should practice meditation and follow all Buddhist teachings available to the utmost.All level of chastity will persist on the basis of meditation practice.“Man enters the kingship with the first level of chastity; be angels with the middle level of chastity; purify with the highest level of chastity.”Making progress with the practice of the precepts (sila),meditation and wisdom without falling backwards.Intriguing Story about OrdinationA Buddhist enjoys ordination when he turns 20 years old. This is the best practice for chastity and we should know a part of it as follows:1. The age of ordinationThe young male who has spare time should find time to ordain as a novice at a certain time between the age of 12 and 20 years old. The reason is that this age has less responsibility and worry so that one can fasten one’s progression of meditation. Otherwise, one should find the appropriate time to ordain when he turns 20-25 years old or any other age. The point is that he should not wait until he gets too old to ordain because of the inconveniences of the older body. With an older body, it will be difficult to sit and stand or even to practice meditation. Furthermore, when people get older they usually get more conviction, and are harder to teach like the old tree that cannot bend.2. The period of ordinationIt is usually 3 months of Buddhist lent, summer session for 1-2 months, on vocation, or for the entire life. But the period of ordination should be at least 1 month so that there should be enough time to study the discipline of Dhamma.3. The selection of the ordination institutionThis is the most important part of the ordination process. The level of attainment depends upon the ordination institution. The selection should be focused on the institution that is the most thorough with meditation and discipline. The good institution should have a preceptor who teaches the new monk closely. They should motivate the new monk to concentrate on meditation until he does not have time to think of anything else. If any institution fails to teach properly while ordaining or dose not pay attention to the newly ordained. Thins is not considered as good. Some of the institutions never let the newly ordained talk to the preceptors; this means it is useless to ordain. The purpose of ordination is to adhere to the preceptor’s teachings in order for him to teach and practice meditation for the newly ordained. If the preceptor does not pay attention to the newly ordained, the ordination will not get much merit.4. The preservation of monk’s disciplineWe should always think that we would become monks because ofhow much we admire the monk’s discipline. If we take the discipline out of ourselves we would not be considered a monk any more; even though, the monk’s robes are still on us or our head is still bald. Not only being unconsidered as a monk, but also being called the thief who stole Buddhism. Thus, we should study the monk’s discipline thoroughly and maintain it firmly. Otherwise, once if you disrobe, you may feel sorrow for not be4ing a good monk during that time.5. The meditation practiceWe should spend time studying the discipline intensively and concentrate on meditation continuously. We should try not to engage in idle conversation.6. Supporting societyThe monk who ordains for three months should concentrate on his individual benefit, which is the meditation as a core benefit. Further, supporting the community part time but still should not fail in his commitment to meditation. In order to support laypeople, you should concentrate on being a good monk, preparing for an alms offering nicely and orderly, walking with consciousness which would centre the faith of laypeople. The laypeople will see you as a model to follow with discipline and care.The Benefits of practicing chastityThe Benefits of practicing chastity1. Gaining clear conscience. Having no worry, no mistrust.2. Sets you free like the bird flies over the air.3. Having more time to collect good deeds.4. Receiving respect from wise and ethical people.5. Making progress with the practice of the precepts (sila), meditation and wisdom without falling backwards.6. Attaining nirvana easily“Every type of sensuality has many disadvantages, little satisfaction and causes fighting with many sins.”รายการวิดีโอที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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