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1. The Heart a Flowing Stream Glossary
    … teachings. Uposatha: Observance day, coinciding with the full moon, new moon, and half moons. Lay Buddhists often observe the eight precepts on this day. “Uposatha” also refers to the ceremony in which monks meet to listen to the recitation of the Pāṭimokkha on the full moon and new moon uposathas. Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
2. The Heart a Flowing Stream Perception
    … We see this often in the Vinaya, the rules that the monks have to follow. The severity of the punishment for breaking a rule, in many cases, is measured by how you perceive the object you’re involved with at the moment you’re involved with it. For instance, if, with lustful intent, a monk touches a woman while perceiving her to be a … 
3. The Heart a Flowing Stream Mindfulness to the Fore
    … In fact, when we look at how the word parimukhaṁ is used in other suttas or passages in the Vinaya, we can see that it’s highly unlikely that parimukhaṁ, in the context of meditation instructions, refers to a particular part of the body at all. This is what we find: Parimukhaṁ appears in Cullavagga (Cv) V.27.4, a Vinaya text, where it … 
4. The Heart a Flowing Stream Free the Dhamma
    … The apologists then cite the Buddha as an authority in support of these considerations by quoting the passage from the Vinaya in which the Buddha first sent his arahant disciples out to spread the Dhamma to as many people as possible: Then the Blessed One addressed the monks, “I am released, monks, from all snares, human & divine. You, too, monks, are also released from … 
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