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Reflection on conduct .

In our Monastery here in Thailand, every day , at 6.30 in the evening, the community of Monks, Nuns and meditators come together in the big Dhamma Sala for chanting.

One of the daily chants is a reflection on 10 recommended conducts Monks must observe. The chanting is in Pali.

ow, we don’t have to be Monks to make those points for reflection a helpful reminder about our practice of Vipassana meditation in our daily life and here at our center. Because when we start our meditation, during this brief period we are monks in our own right . And when we finish our meditation it doesn’t mean that we are finished practicing…….

1. Vevaõõiyamhi ajjhūpagato.     I have left the social order.
2. Parapañibaddhā me jīvikā .     My life needs the support of others.
3. Añño me ākappo karaõīyo .     I must change the way I behave.
4. Kacci nu kho me attā sīlato na upavadatī ?
                                                          Can I fault myself with regard to the precepts?
5. Kacci nu kho maü anuvicca viññū sabrahma-cārī sīlato na upavadantī ?                                  

Can my knowledgeable fellows in the holy life, on close examination, fault me with regard to the precepts?
6. Sabbehi me piyehi manāpehi nānā-bhāvo vinā-bhāvo .
                                                         I will grow different, separate from all that is dear & appealing to me.

These are the first six points , they are the warm up , the setting of perimeters,  the foundation to build on , shaky foundation,  shaky building.