| Characteristics
of Sangha |
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Buddhist monks are
belongs to Sangha - Who had official right from Lord Buddha to preach
Dharma. |
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Buddhist people
belong to four categories,
Between monks & house hold people. |
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They are Male & Female
followers of threefold refuge & Male & Female sectors
of Sangha. |
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Sangha have
following characteristics defined by Lord Buddha. |
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Always work hard to
remove desires, illwill & ignorance of the mind. |
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Always lives with steady minded
&
meditation minded under eight noble path. |
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Live in temples,
monastery, forest hills, under the huge trees means out of society. |
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Diving donation to
them & worship them by bonding hands help to collect merit |
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They have great knowledge
about Buddhist teachings. |
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Sangha
practice & finished path for steam entry, once-returning lust
world, non-returning lust world & Arhat |
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They don't belongs
to parties or some group of people. |
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They accomplish with
great kindness. |
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They live with
difficult life style & lack of luxury. |
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They are like bird
who have not any home excepts their wings. |
Lord
Buddha's Advices For Sangha
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Don' stick to
industries or other house hold works as lay people do |
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Don' stick to
talking & discussing topics which are not related to Dharma |
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Don' stick to
sleeping |
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Don't trying to
gather people or make separate sectors or groups among Sangha |
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Don't stick for
staying with house hold people & government officers |
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Don't stick for
learning & teaching subjects & philosophies of normal world |
Ten
Facts Help To Become Sangha
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Observe all precepts
for Sangha |
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Learn whole Dharma |
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Obey to great
members who had steady goal to achieve enlighten in this life |
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Help & ability
to do all works of members who have same virtue as you |
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Practicing
Dharma in daily life |
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Happy with little
collections of monk's cloths, alms food, monasteries & other medicine
goods |
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Four persistence in
Buddhism - reduce sin, stop sins, develop merits & start merits |
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Stay with
concentrated mind - remove desires, angry & ignorance of mind |
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Try to develop
wisdom from understanding four noble truths |
Individual
Buddha (Pacceka Buddha)
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After the universal
Buddha, the individual Buddha is most honorable person in universe |
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Individual Buddha
enlighten in time periods ( Kappa) when there have no universal
Buddha |
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They enlighten about
four noble truths from their own effort & with out teacher as
universal Buddha |
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But they can't make
understand that wisdom to all gods & humans |
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They live in silent
places with out influence to society as such universal Buddhas |
Universal
King (Sakvithi Raja)
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Universal kings have
thirty-two body features as universal Buddhas |
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They are king to all
over the earth & some times other worlds |
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Universal kings rule
according to five precepts without using weapons & punishments |
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When universal king
rules the world, every one in earth observe & live according to
five precepts |
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Universal king
suddenly get seven gems, then every other kings in earth give their
kingdom to universal king |
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Circle,
elephant,
horse, gem, queen, chief lay & adviser are those seven gems |
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Except that universal
king have gold color skin, long life time, less ill & popularity |
Four
Honorable To Build Stupa & Worship
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If someone offer
flowers to these stupa, then it become merit to rebirth in long times
in heavens |
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Universal Buddha -
cause great mentor for gods & humans |
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Individual Buddha -
cause enlighten about four noble truths without teacher |
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Fully enlighten
Sangha of universal Buddha - cause enlighten & stop rebirth cycle |
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Universal king -
cause rule the world according to five precepts
& don't use weapons or punishments |
True Buddhist Person Have Goal To Get
Enlighten State In This Life Time - Lord Buddha |