Publish Date:2025-04-30
A recitation assembly (Uposatha Kamma) is held every half-month. The monks assemble to recite the text of precepts (Patimokkha), and to examine, according to Vinaya, everyone’s conducts in the past fortnight. The procedure is through confession and exposure by others.
At the end of the annual rainy season retreat, a ceremony known as Pavarana is held. Pavarana means satisfaction with self-criticism and others’ exposure. By this means, each expresses repentance for his own faults. It is, in fact, also a meeting for reviewing the monastic life. as to consultation on other matters, meetings are called whenever necessary. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
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