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2. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Preface | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … I ask to dedicate this volume to the memory of Ajaan Suwat Suvaco, in gratitude not only for his encouragement in this endeavor, but also for the many valuable lessons he has kindly taught me in Dhamma and Vinaya, through word and example, over the years. Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. March, 2007
3. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Sekhiya | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … The Vinaya-mukha maintains that it is a custom among bhikkhus before eating to level off the food in their bowls so that its surface is even, but I have found no reference to this point in any of the other texts. However, the Vinaya-mukha does make the helpful point that if one is served other foods—such as sweets—stacked on a … 
4. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Abbreviations | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
   Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya As Adhikaraṇa-samatha Ay Aniyata BD Book of Discipline BMC1 The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. I C Commentary Cp Cariyāpiṭaka Cv Cullavagga DN Dīgha Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada Iti Itivuttaka Khp Khuddakapāṭha MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga NP Nissaggiya Pācittiya Pc Pācittiya Pd Pāṭidesanīya Pr Pārājika PTS Pali Text Society Pv Parivāra SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Sn Sutta Nipāta SC Sub-commentary … 
5. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Copyright | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
   Copyright third edition, revised: 2013 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities. questions about this book may be addressed to: Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA … 
6. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Copyright | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
   Copyright third edition, revised: 2013 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported. To see a copy of this license visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. “Commercial” shall mean any sale, whether for commercial or non-profit purposes or entities. questions about this book may be addressed to: Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA … 
7. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Abbreviations | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
   Abbreviations AN Aṅguttara Nikāya As Adhikaraṇa-samatha Ay Aniyata BD Book of Discipline BMC1 The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. I BMC2 The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. II C Commentary Cp Cariyāpiṭaka Cv Cullavagga DN Dīgha Nikāya Dhp Dhammapada Iti Itivuttaka K Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī Khp Khuddakapāṭha MN Majjhima Nikāya Mv Mahāvagga NP Nissaggiya Pācittiya Pc Pācittiya Pd Pāṭidesanīya Pr Pārājika Pv Parivāra SN Saṁyutta Nikāya Sn … 
8. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Glossary | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … Great Standard for deciding what is and is not in line with the Dhamma and Vinaya. See BMC1, Chapter 1. Nāga: a special kind of serpent, classed as a common animal but having magical powers, including the ability to assume human appearance. Nāgas have long been regarded as protectors of the Buddha’s teachings. Pabbajjā: Going-forth—ordination as a sāmaṇera or sāmaṇerī. Pācittiya … 
9. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Disrobing | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … The first pattern follows the form, “I renounce x,” where x may be replaced with the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Saṅgha, the training, the discipline (vinaya), the Pāṭimokkha, the celibate life, one’s preceptor, one’s teacher, one’s fellow bhikkhus, or any equivalent terms. Variants on this pattern include such statements as, “I am tired of x,” “What is x to me?” “X … 
10. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Uposatha | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … If the Community is ready, I would ask so-and-so about the Vinaya. The motion to authorize another person to ask questions about the Vinaya is: Suṇātu me bhante saṅgho. Yadi saṅghassa pattakallaṁ Itthannāmo Itthannāmaṁ vinayaṁ puccheyya. Venerable sirs, may the Community listen to me. If the Community is ready, so-and-so would ask so-and-so about the Vinaya. The motion … 
11. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Addendum | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    Addendum A factor analysis for the Pāṭimokkha rules whose explanations were not framed in that format: Sg 12: 1) Effort: a) One makes oneself unadmonishable b) even when rebuked three times in a properly performed Community transaction. Sg 13: 1) Effort: a) One criticizes a valid act of banishment imposed on oneself or one criticizes those who imposed it b) even when rebuked three … 
12. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Community Transactions | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … dispute-issues; accusation-issues, offense-issues; duty-issues. “What here is a dispute-issue? There is the case where bhikkhus dispute: ‘This is Dhamma,’ ‘This is not Dhamma’; ‘This is Vinaya,’ ‘This is not Vinaya’; ‘This was spoken by the Tathāgata,’ ‘This was not spoken by the Tathāgata’; ‘This was regularly practiced by the Tathāgata,’ ‘This was not regularly practiced by the Tathāgata’; ‘This … 
13. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Glossary | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    Glossary This glossary is designed to help the reader in two sorts of situations: (1) when encountering a Pali term in this book in a passage where it is not explained; and (2) when encountering Vinaya terminology in other books or conversations and wanting to know how it is defined and/or where it is discussed here. For terms that have entire chapters devoted … 
14. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Invitation | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … In this way, both sides are given incentives to put the Vinaya ahead of their own immediate convenience and comfort. As the Buddha said when making the original allowance for the Invitation, its purpose is to promote mutual conformity among the bhikkhus, to help them rise out of their offenses, and to foster their esteem for the Vinaya. Because the Invitation acts as an … 
15. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Territories | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … Over the centuries, whenever reform movements aimed at reviving the Vinaya have started, one of the first orders of business has been to authorize new territories for just this reason. Thus we will have to follow the commentaries in treating the topic in considerable detail. Where not stated otherwise, the following discussion draws on the Commentary to Mv.II.6-13. Territories that are … 
16. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Respect | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … A wise policy is to become fluent in the “respect vocabulary” of one’s Community, even in areas not covered by the Vinaya, for the sake of the Community’s smooth functioning. It is also wise to know which aspects of respect are required by the Vinaya and which are open to variation, so that one will learn tolerance for those variations wherever they … 
17. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Going-forth & Acceptance | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. I ask the Community for probation for four months. Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. A second time… A third time, I ask the Community for probation for four months. Transaction statement: (Mv.I.38.4) Suṇātu me … 
18. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Ordination | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    CHAPTER FOURTEEN Ordination Like so many other aspects of the Vinaya, the procedures for ordination—the patterns to be followed in accepting applicants into the Community—were not determined all at once, but grew in response to events over time. There were three main stages in their development. In the first stage, during the very early years of the Buddha’s career, when an … 
19. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Pācittiya Six: The Alcoholic Drink Chapter | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … Having been admonished by a fellow bhikkhu who cites a rule formulated in the Vinaya, one shows disrespect 2) Object: for the bhikkhu or for the rule. We will discuss these factors in reverse order. Object Only if the bhikkhu cites a rule formulated in the Vinaya is this factor grounds for a pācittiya. If he criticizes one’s actions, citing standards of behavior … 
20. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Pāṭimokkha | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … Thus, taken as a whole, the Vinaya’s system of penalties makes use of three basic principles—confession, forfeiture, and various degrees of ostracism from the Community—as means of enforcing the rules. To understand the wisdom of this system, it is important to realize how each of these principles is related to the practice of the Dhamma and the training of the mind … 
21. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Lodgings | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … The Vinaya-mukha and the Thai translator of the Commentary object strongly to this interpretation, the Vinaya-mukha adding sarcastically, “How fortunate we are that the Buddha allowed us to confess multiple offenses collectively under the term ‘sambahulā,’ for what would we do if we had to count such things?” The only leniency granted by the Commentary is an allowance for touching the lodging … 
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