🌙  FROM the BUDDHA WEEKLY THERAVADAN PRACTICE CALENDAR: TODAY, Oct 18 is waxing Atthami Quarter Moon – Uposatha Observance (Renewed Dedication Practice Day)  https://buddhaweekly.com/?p=30470     

🌙  Atthami (or Ashtami) is the waxing and the waning Quarter Moon* this month, one of the four key days of Uposatha Observance, or a Renewed Dedication Practice Day for monastics and lay practitioners alike.

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🙏 🙏 🙏 Uposatha Observance Days

The Lunar Observance Days – General Practices
Four days each month aligned with the moon’s phases: New Moon (Amavasya), Full Moon (Pannarasi), and the two Quarter Moons (Atthami). These are traditional Buddhist days for intensified practice, observed since the Buddha’s time

🙏 The Uposatha Monthly Dates for September 2026
Quarter Moon (Atthami)
New Moon (Amavasya)
Quarter Moon (Atthami)
Full Moon (Pannarasi)

“Cleanse the Defiled Mind”

Uposatha means “observance” — a day to “cleanse the defiled mind.” For monastics, New and Full Moons are for reciting the monastic rules (Patimokkha). For laypeople, these days are an invitation to step more fully onto the path, renewing commitment to the Dhamma through heightened ethics, meditation, and reflection.

Recommended Practices

✅ Eight Precepts — for the day. Alternately, strictly observe the lay precepts, of which there are five.

✅ Observe a higher moral discipline: refrain from killing, stealing, sexual activity, false speech, intoxicants, eating after midday, entertainment and adornments, and luxurious beds. Wearing simple white clothing is a common symbol of this commitment.

✅ Visit a Monastery — Make offerings, listen to teachings, meditate with others, and join in chanting. In many traditions, laypeople stay overnight.

✅ Home Practice — Extend meditation sessions, chant protective suttas, study Dhamma texts, and practice generosity (dāna).

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