Search results for: vinaya

  1. Book search result icon Undaunted Glossary
     … is ordinarily lived, combined with a strong sense of urgency in looking for a way out. Saṅgha: On the conventional (sammati) level, this term denotes the communities of Buddhist monks and nuns. On the ideal (ariya) level, it denotes those followers of the Buddha, lay or ordained, who have attained at least stream-entry. Sutta: Discourse. Vinaya: The monastic discipline. Vipassanā: Clear-seeing insight.
  2. Book search result icon Undaunted Giving Care
     … The Vinaya—the collection of the Buddha’s rules for governing monastic life—charts a middle course between these two extremes. The rules show how the Buddha himself worked out the practical details on how to apply the principles of goodwill and virtue to this specific issue. On the one hand, he didn’t subscribe to the notion that medical treatment should try to … 
  3. Book search result icon Undaunted Illness
     … It was because of the Buddha’s teaching that illnesses should be treated whenever possible that the Vinaya—the collection of rules for the monks and nuns—includes detailed instructions on medical treatments and medicines for a wide variety of diseases. In fact, it was through the spread of the Dhamma and Vinaya throughout South, Southeast, and Central Asia that Indian medical knowledge spread … 
  4. Book search result icon Undaunted Mindfulness of Death
     … Instead, he went to all the trouble of formulating the Dhamma and Vinaya, teaching and training people from all walks of life for 45 years. From this thought, it should be easy to develop a sense of shame around the idea of not taking advantage of his teachings on how to understand and prepare for aging, illness, and particularly death. He has charted the … 
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