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Buddhist monks giving a teaching or blessing to lay people in Myanmar. In English translations of Buddhist texts, householder denotes a variety of terms. Most broadly, it refers to any layperson, and most narrowly, to a wealthy and prestigious familial patriarch. [1]
The word laity means "common people" and comes from the Greek: λαϊκός, romanized: laikos, meaning "of the people", from λαός, laos, meaning "people" at large. [7] [8] The word lay (part of layperson, etc.) derives from the Greek word via Anglo-French lai, from Late Latin laicus.
Laypeople or laypersons may refer to: Someone who is not an expert in a particular field of study Lay judge. Lay judges in Japan; Laity, members of a church who are not clergy Lay brother; Lay sister; Lay preacher; Lay apostolate; Lay cardinal; Lay reader; Lay speaker; Lay leader
After the lay people have repeated the five precepts after the monk, the monk will close the ceremony reciting: "These five precepts lead with good behavior to bliss, with good behavior to wealth and success, they lead with good behavior to happiness, therefore purify behavior." (Imāni pañca sikkhāpadāni. Sīlena sugatiṃ yanti, sīlena ...
For this reason, some traditional texts make reference to "white-robed lay people" (avadāta-vassana). [30] This practice can still be found in contemporary Theravadin temples, especially during the occasion when a non-Buddhist converts to Buddhism or when one is observing the Eight Precepts on an uposatha day.
The lay apostolate is made up of laypersons, who are neither consecrated religious nor in Holy Orders, who exercise a ministry within the Catholic Church.Lay apostolate organizations operate under the general oversight of pastors and bishops, but need not be dependent upon them for direction.
Recently, laypeople have started to act as public spokespersons for the Church in both official and unofficial capacities. One such example was the foundation of Catholic Voices in preparation for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom in 2010. [ 30 ]
In other words, if we deny that there is a real connectedness between events this is annihilationism, but if we understand that connectedness in terms of an unchanging self this is eternalism; the middle way is that there is only the connectedness, there is only dependent arising. [18] "Dependent origination" also gives a rationale for rebirth: