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1. Noble & True Glossary
    … disciples. 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. Noble & True Truths with Consequences
    … As a result, they conclude that the passages asserting the categorical status of the four noble truths and right view found in the rest of the Canon—the Vinaya, the first four nikāyas, and other poetry in the fifth nikāya—are later interpolations. From there, these scholars have further interpreted these passages from the Aṭṭhaka Vagga in line with traditional Western schools of thought … 
3. Noble & True Silence Isn’t Mandatory
    … Two examples, one from the Vinaya and one from a sutta, are particularly relevant. In Mv.II.3.4, the phrase, “we pay attention,” in the instructions for how to listen to the Pāṭimokkha, is defined as: “We listen with an ek’agga mind, an unscattered mind, an undistracted mind.” Even if ek’agga were translated as “one-pointed” here, the “point” is obviously … 
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