Uposatha

The Uposatha is the Buddhist sabbath day, in existence from the Buddha's time (500 BC), and still being kept today in Theravada Buddhists countries. The Buddha taught that the Uposatha day is for "the cleansing of the defiled mind," resulting in inner calm and joy. On this day, disciples and monks intensify their practice, deepen their knowledge and express communal commitment through millennia-old acts of lay-monastic reciprocity.
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