The Way Of The Buddha

The Buddha is known as a great teacher who found the path leading to the cessation of suffering and in becoming enlightened; he went onto teaching the World.

Many people often wonder what the Buddha’s daily routine consist of, but whatever it was, there is no doubt that he did it with the utmost loving-kindness (metta) and compassion (karuna). After all, he dedicated his whole life in showing the people the way out of suffering.

In brief, the Buddha’s daily routine consisted of completing FIVE main activities:
1. At dawn: Alms round
2. In early morning: use his clairvoyant ability to looking into the lives of all beings. He would then go onto selecting those who posses the necessary traits and qualities to be taught his Dhamma so that he would later travel the land to meet these beings and give them his guidance. It is also documented in the Brahmajala Sutta that the Buddha did this twice a day: in early morning and in late afternoon.
3. In the evenings: Give Dhamma talks
4. At Dusk: Teach disciples
5. At night: Answer Dhamma questions from all living beings (including all those not within the human realm)

At dawn, the Buddha would be up early for alms. Sometimes he went into the villages alone, other times he would be accompanied by one or more of his disciples and the village lay people would be lined up along the path, ready and waiting. After making their offerings, some people would follow him back to the temple and waited patiently for the Buddha and the Sangha to finish their breakfast before receiving their blessings.

In early morning, his first request of the day to his sangha would be that they practise meditation, by saying: