What is Good Lay Buddhist Praxis ... ???

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A fine friend asked me this good question:>Venerable Bhikkhu Samāhita:

>Please give a dhamma lesson for a layperson (me) who works, >watches his daughters, has little money/time for retreats, >and just wants to be a good layperson Buddhist.

>Thank You

__________________OK! Well then acute attention to these 4 simple points is quite advantageous:

1: Keep the precepts completely clean.

2: Meditate 45 min every morning 5-6 am.

3: Study the Sutta Pitaka thoroughly.

4: Support the Sangha regularly.

For Exact Details: Please see what the Buddha himself said:

Regarding Lay Buddhist Praxis:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html#family

The layperson's code of conduct:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/digha/dn-31-nt1.html What it takes for a layperson to become a stream-winner:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-092.html

How a layperson can best work for the welfare of others:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an08-026.html

Five qualities of a sincere lay follower:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-175.html

Five rewards a layperson can expect for having conviction:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-038.html

Actions that only lead to one's downfall:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp1-06.html How skillful actions and choices can protect you:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/suttanipata/snp2-04.html

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/khp/khp.html#khp-5

Development of the first six recollections can be done no matter how busy you are:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an11-013.html

How to recognize a lay stream-winner:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an05-179.html

Examples of lay stream-winners in the suttas:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html#stream

Anathapindika:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/hecker/wheel334.html

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-names.html#anathapindika

Nakula's mother:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an06-016.html

Suppabuddha (the leper):

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/khuddaka/udana/ud5-03.html

Visakha (a.k.a. Migara's Mother): see her entry in the

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-names.html#visakha1

Buddhist Culture, The Cultured Buddhist (Robert Bogoda)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bogoda/bl139.html

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