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The Eight Precepts are precepts for Buddhist lay men and women who wish to practice Buddhism more strictly than through adherence to the usual five precepts.
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* Anagarika-one who keeps the Eight Precepts on a more permanent basis, or as preparation to ordain.
Taking the Eight Lifetime Precepts.
The three additional rules of the Eight Precepts are:
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* The second, appearing in chapter 19, is Zhu Bajie, literally " Eight Precepts Pig ", sometimes translated as Pigsy or just Pig.
Buddhist laypeople take refuge in the Triple Gem ( the Buddha, his teaching, and his community of noble disciples ) and accept the Five Precepts ( or the Eight Precepts ) as rules for conduct.
In Theravadan tradition there are Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts, and the Patimokkha.
Eight Precepts are a more rigorous practice for laypeople.
* Eight Precepts
Monthly observances of Buddha Tara, Je Tsongkhapa, Eight Mahayana Precepts, and Dorje Shugden practices:
In the Theravada tradition, on Uposatha days, devout lay practitioners may request the " Eight Precepts " from monastics ( Pali: uposathaŋ samādiyati ).
This practice can still be found in contemporary Theravadin temples, especially during the occasion when a non-Buddhist converts to Buddhism or when one is observing the Eight Precepts on an uposatha day.
There are several precept levels: Five Precepts, Eight Precepts, Ten Precepts and the Patimokkha.
The Eight Precepts are a more rigorous practice for laypeople.
Uposatha or sabbath days are observed keeping the Eight Precepts by most during Thingyan and Lent, and by devout Buddhists all the year round.
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There are 151 items in the Wilmington show, including one painting by each member of the `` Eight '', as well as work by Sloan's friends and students.
* 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
Eight rasas and associated bhāvas are named and their enjoyment is likened to savoring a meal: rasa is the enjoyment of flavors that arise from the proper preparation of ingredients and the quality of ingredients.
Eight structural isomers with molecular formula C < sub > 5 </ sub > H < sub > 12 </ sub > O and all alcohols are known:
Eight of the nine districts are partly or wholly on Tortola, and encompass nearby neighbouring islands.
Eight of its 14 governors are nominated by the Diocese of Truro or the Parochial Church Council of St. Petroc's, Bodmin.
Eight species are described although many researchers believed these actually represented only three at most while some estimated there could be around twenty in total.
* 1957 – Eight people on the ground in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
Eight are killed and 80 wounded.
Eight peremptory challenges are allowed for both counsels for all offences in Queensland.
Eight of these are piscivorous and an important prey is the small Barbus tanapelagius, another endemic of the lake ( B. humilis and B. pleurogramma also occur in Lake Tana, but neither is endemic ).
Eight of its proposed constituent divisions ( excluding Kunama, Kuliak, and Songhay ) are found in the modern nation of Sudan, through which the Nile River flows.
Eight civilians are killed and thirteen wounded.
Eight Sri Lankan Air Force planes are destroyed and 10 damaged.
Eight genera and 26 species are currently recognized.
The largest fragment produced the main crater with a depth of 22 m. Eight smaller craters with diameters ranging from 12 to 40 m and depths varying from 1 to 4 m are all within 1 kilometer of the main crater.
The Taijitu (" yin and yang ") symbol as well as the Ba gua 八卦 (" Eight Trigrams ") are associated with Taoist symbolism.
Eight of its undergraduate campuses are ranked among the top 100, six among the top 50, and two among the top 25 U. S. universities by U. S. News and World Report.
Eight campuses operate on the quarter system, while Berkeley and Merced are on the semester system.
Eight finalists are sent to a panel of professional sf writers, who determine the top three awards.
Eight of them are later arrested and tortured, and at least four are killed.
* November 17 – Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish nationalists.
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Eight years ago while we were going through the mud-sweat-and-tears construction period, we were each solaced by the vision of early morning dips and evening home-comings to a cool family collected around the pool with a buffet table laid out nearby for the lord and master's delectation.
The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is US $ 100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises.
Eight minutes before departing the lunar surface, capsule communicator ( CAPCOM ) James Irwin notified Young and Duke from mission control that they were go for liftoff.
Canada has the tenth largest economy in the world ( measured in US dollars at market exchange rates ), is one of the world's wealthiest nations, and is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) and Group of Eight ( G8 ).
The Qing dynasty set up the " Eight Banners " system that provided the basic framework for the Qing military organization.
* ( Hanukkah ) is also the Hebrew acronym for — " Eight candles, and the halakha is like the House of Hillel ".
Eight game-theorists have won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and John Maynard Smith was awarded the Crafoord Prize for his application of game theory to biology.
Eight states and the District of Columbia ban open carry outright or restrict it to the point that it is infeasible for everyday practice ( 2 states restrict open carry to rural areas, while 6 others and Washington DC allow it only for outdoor sport such as hunting, or ban it completely ).
The largest of those airports, Bluie West Eight, now renamed Kangerlussuaq Airport, remains the international hub for travel to Greenland, as it is the only airport that has a large enough runway to service jumbo jets.
He officially joined Nagoya Grampus Eight after playing his final game for Spurs on 2 May 1992, when he scored the consolation goal in a 3 – 1 defeat by Manchester United on the last day of the season.
When Selznick moved to MGM in 1933 Cukor followed and directed Dinner at Eight ( 1933 ) and David Copperfield ( 1935 ) for Selznick and Romeo and Juliet ( 1936 ) and Camille ( 1936 ) for Irving Thalberg.
It is one of the Eight Great Traditions of Chinese cuisine and is well known for its hot spicy flavour, fresh aroma and deep colour.
** Eight players from the 1950 team played for Head Coach John Longfellow as the United States ' Gold Medal Basketball team at the inaugural 1951 Pan-American Games.
* The Saint Joseph's Pumas, led by current coach Richard Davis, returned to the NCAA Elite Eight for the fourth time in 2010.
Indeed, the term " raga rock " was coined by The Byrds ' publicist in the press releases for the single and was first used in print by journalist Sally Kempton in her review of " Eight Miles High " for The Village Voice.
Eight years earlier he was released from a TBS-clinic after being treated for child molestation.
Eight grandmasters, all considered contenders for the world championship: Karpov, Anand, Salov, Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Shirov, Ljubojevic and Polgár.
* 1996: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series-The Larry Sanders Show: " Eight "
Eight expansion packs and nine stuff packs have been released for the sequel.
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