by Hla Min
Updated : Aug 2025
Numerals
- HIndu-Arabic numeral : 8
- Roman Numeral : VIII
Magggingas
- Samma dithi / Right view
- Samma sankappa / Right thoughts
- Samma vaca
Right speech - Samma kamanta / Right action
- Samma ajiva / Right livelihood
- Samma vayamo / Right effort
- Samma sati / Right mindfulness
- Samma samadhi / Right concentration
Precepts for Ajivatthamaka sila
Abstain from
- killing living beings
- taking what is not freely given
- committing sexual misconduct
- telling lies
- slandering or divisive speech
- harsh speech
- frivolous talk or talking nonsense
- wrong livelihood
Uposatha Precepts
Abstain from
- killing living beings
- taking what is not freely given
- ignoble conduct (sexual intercourse)
- telling lies
- intoxicating drinks and drugs that cause heedlessness
- eating after mid-day (until next dawn)
(a) dancing, singing, playing music, witnessing shows or entertainment
(b) wearing flowers, using perfumes, beautifying with cosmetics - using high and luxurious seas and beds
Importune Moments
- Being born in hell
- Being born in the animal realm
- Being born in the Peta realm (of ghosts or ever-hungry beings) and in the Asura realm (of demons)
- Being born as a long-lived Brahma in the realms of No-Perception (Asannasatta) and No-Form (Arupaloka)
- Being born as a person in a remote borderland inaccessible to monks, nuns, and lay people
- Being born as a person with wrong views
- Being born as a man with no intelligence to understand the Dhamma
- Being born as a man with intelligence but when the Buddha has not arisen
Miscellaneous
- Octave
Eight notes apart
- August
Eighth month in the Gregorian Calendar - October
Eighth month in the Old Roman Calendar - President’s Challenge Cup (RUBC)
Inter-club Coxed Eights - Gallon
Eight pints - Mile
Eight furlongs - Sabbath includes 8th Waxing day and 8th Waning day
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