Mind purely, rightly initiated and with proper access to a bodhi site
undertaking the occasion, everyone is eligible for genuine short-term
renunciation.
The seven-day renunciation is an occasion for a layperson to experience
the monastic life with its ceremonies whilst generating affinity. Quitting
wrongdoing and doing good, choosing virtue and adhering to it, abiding
by the precepts and discipline with vigor, and abstaining from killing in
protection of life, blessedness, virtue, and longevity are sure to result.
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and bedtime.
The seven-day renunciation comes in two parts, the first being the eightgate
precepts and fasting, in which participants are required to observe
eight precepts as stipulated: first, no killing; second, no stealing; third,
no engaging in sexual activity; fourth, no lying; fifth, no consumption of
intoxicants; sixth, no donning of accessories, no applying of cosmetics
and fragrances, no wearing of fancy clothing, no viewing and partaking
of music, dance, or recreations; seventh, no sleeping and lying on high
beds and soft pillows; and eighth, no eating in irregular hours, that is,
no eating past noon. The second part includes precepts for a
sramanera and those for a sramanerika.
Other things to note are that participation in the eight-gate precepts
and fasting does not require shaving of the head and reception of
the precepts for the sramanera and those for the sramanerika does,
with both male and female participants having to shave heads, whilst
practitioners in the seven-day renunciation must have own hai-qing,
black garment, and man-yi, unpatched robe.
