一日修

Went for 一日修 or 'One day Retreat' yesterday. Woke up at 5.20am because we need to register our names at 6.30a. Woke up took a bath...went down to the living hall to take a short nap while waiting for my brother and sister to get ready. I felt soooo sleepy when i wake up so i felt reluctant to wake up..but i have to anyway. My whole family except my elder brother who it's here joined the one day retreat. Well what is this one day retreat about?

Actually it's about praying for the whole day. We also make a vow to accept the 8 precepts on that one day. The 8 precepts are Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not use perfume and other good smelling stuff or product, Do not sleep on high leveled bed, Do not listen to music and other entertainment, Do not eat after 12pm, Do not lie and Do not have any sexual activites. We have to honour those 8 precepts after we make a vow to accept it for that one day.

So most of the time, we are praying and had short breaks in between. We also have one and a half hour break after lunch for those who felt tired and wanted to sleep.

Basically all we did was pray on that day, we do not think about any other things like work, play,ect. On that day we train our mind to be pure and only concentrate on the buddhas name and chant.

Came home around 9.30pm and after taking a bath with just pure water, i went to sleep immediately because i'm so tired.