Sila Day – 8 Precepts in Khmer & English
Samnang got educated by chunks, this meant he got education by living with the monk in a Buddhist Monastery. If you have been through his Biography on his social work AFK organization, you would have seen the long stories of how his education get developed over the time and all started with the three years dedicated to the Buddhist study.
Here with this article, Sam is sharing the fundamental practices as Buddhists and apply to general people to live correctly by not hurting others and oneself. This article is written in Khmer language (Sam’s native language and in English, his developmental language. Here you go:
ថ្ងៃនេះ
Today is Sila Day also known as Buddhist Holy Day, Oposatha Day, and Precepts Observance Day. SAM INSPIRE page would like to share the the 8 Sila Buddhist Precepts in Khmer and English as following:
ចំណែកឯសីល៥វិញ មិនបានកំណត់កាលឬកំណត់ថ្ងៃដូច្នេះទេ ព្រោះសីល៥ គឺជាសីលដែលត្រូវរក្សាជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ ជានិច្ចនិរន្តរ៍ ដូច្នេះហើយទើបមានវេវចនស័ព្ទមួយទៀតហៅថា និច្ចសីល។
The 8 Precepts are observed only 4 days a month on the Khmer Lunar Calendar. Two days on the Waxing part, and other two days on Waning part. The 8th and 15th/14th Waxing on Lunda months and 8th and 15th/14th of Waning Lunar months.
While the 5 precepts are observed on daily basic. This means that only 3 of the 8 precepts are on those 4 days in addition to the 5 daily precepts.
ខាង ក្រោម នេះជាសេក្ខាបទទាំងប្រាំបី៖ Hereunder are the 8 precepts:
សិក្ខាបទ
Precept 1: I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures.
សិក្ខាបទ២:
Precept 2: I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given.
សិក្ខាបទ៣:
Precept 3: I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.
សិក្ខាបទ៤:
Precept 4: I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speech.
សិក្ខាបទ៥:
Precept 5: I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which lead to carelessness.
សិក្ខាបទ៦:
Precept 6: I undertake the precept to refrain from eating at the forbidden time (i.e., after noon).
សិក្ខាបទ៧:
Precept 7: I undertake the precept to refrain from dancing, singing and playing music, going to see entertainments, wearing garlands, using perfumes, and beautifying the body with cosmetics.
Precept 8: I undertake the precept to refrain from lying on a high or luxurious sleeping place.
Please kindly accept these holy precepts with respect!
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