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How to say the Eight Precepts
in Thai
ศีลแปด
sǐin-bpàaet
the Eight Precepts
sǐin risingbpàaet low
Adds no food after midday, no entertainment or adornment, no high luxurious beds; kept at retreats and on holy days.
- Part of speech
- noun
In a sentence
- ถือศีลแปดที่วัดtǔue sǐin-bpàaet tîi wátto keep the eight precepts at the temple
The culture behind it
CULTURE
Going on a meditation retreat
From the same situation: Dhamma vocabulary
- ธรรมะthe Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching
- ฟังธรรมto listen to a dhamma talk
- ธรรมบรรยายdhamma lecture
- พระพุทธเจ้าthe Buddha
- พระรัตนตรัยthe Triple Gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha)
- ตรัสรู้to attain enlightenment (of the Buddha)
- ศรัทธาfaith, confidence
- ปัญญาwisdom, insight
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