What are
the 8
Precepts, which brings Divinity?
The Blessed Buddha once said:
The habitual praxis of the observance day endowed with eight
features brings high
reward and blessing, & is of sublime dignity
and greatness! And which are these eight
features? In this, any
Noble Disciple considers within himself: Throughout their life
the Arahats avoid all alcoholic drinks, such
as beer, wine, and liquor! May I also, this
day & night,
avoid alcoholic & intoxicating drinks...
By that I will follow the track and
traits of the perfected Arahats!
I shall then have observed the Uposatha observance
day perfectly!
With this fifth praxis is the observance day enriched. Observed
in
this
very way, the observance day endowed with eight features
brings high - even divine -
reward & blessing & is of sublime dignity
and immense greatness...
The innocent fluid
down-the-drain-brain happy-maker: Alcohol!
Addiction
to alcohol and drugs is often a need for tranquilization!
The side-effects are much worse than the restlessness they cure...
Drinking & drugging - though pleasant - leads to lazy carelessness...
This lax neglect of the real world problems are often catastrophic!
Bodily decay, social isolation and steady fall is inevitable, though
often violently denied or actively ignored by the addicted person...
Compared to the calm bliss of meditation is drugged sedation banal!
Many addicted persons may have experienced the serene bliss of
deep meditative states in an earlier life and is thus now prone to
search for, & become addicted to a similar chemical calm, which
however is a blurred haze lacking the cool clarity of meditation...
Tobacco => Lung-cancer and Marijuana => lazy no-brain
zombie!
