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1. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Alms Bowls & Other Accessories | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … Leather footwear A bhikkhu in the middle Ganges Valley may wear new leather sandals only if the soles are made from a single layer of leather. He may wear multi-layer sandals if they are cast-off, which according to the Commentary means that they have been worn (presumably, by someone else) at least once. Outside of the middle Ganges Valley, one may wear … 
2. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Lodgings | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … It adds, however, that the hut should be dismantled in such a way that the building materials can be used again. Those who dismantle it should then inform the offender to take his materials back. If he delays, and the materials get damaged for one reason or another, the bhikkhus who dismantled the hut are in no way to be held responsible. During the … 
3. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Pācittiya Six: The Alcoholic Drink Chapter | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … The Buddha complied with the request and defined the outlying districts in such a way that there is nowhere in the world outside of the middle Ganges Valley where this rule applies. Offenses For those who live in the middle Ganges Valley, the offenses for bathing more frequently than once a fortnight outside of the proper occasions are these: a dukkaṭa for every time … 
4. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Monastery Buildings & Property | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … According to Buddhaghosa, the ancient Sinhalese commentaries mention several ways for making a storage space of this sort, but he himself recommends this: When starting construction of the storage place, after the foundation has been laid, a group of bhikkhus should gather around and, as the first post is being put in place, say (not in unison), “Kappiya-kuṭiṁ karoma (We make this allowable … 
5. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Protocols | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … ODD-NUMBERED SEKHIYAS 1-25. “When entering a house compound (§) he should observe, ‘I will enter by this way and leave by this way.’ He shouldn’t enter quickly, shouldn’t leave quickly. He shouldn’t stand too far away, shouldn’t stand too near. He shouldn’t stand for too long a time, shouldn’t turn away too soon. While standing, he should … 
6. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Community Transactions | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … Other issues are problems that have to be settled in a formal way. Duty-issues, however, are formal ways of settling problems. They themselves, as Community transactions, are problems only in the sense that they have to be conducted strictly according to the correct formal pattern. If they aren’t, they are invalid, open to question, and have to be conducted again. When a … 
7. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Territories | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … There would be no way of knowing precisely where it was or what the markers were, so there would be no way of revoking it when authorizing a new territory in its place. If, as the Commentary says, a territory remains such until the disappearance of the Buddha’s teachings and any territory authorized so as to overlap it would be invalid—there being … 
8. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Sekhiya | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … The Vinaya-mukha, in discussing this rule, makes the following point: “In terms of present-day customs, receiving a lot of food in a way that demonstrates greed is unacceptable. There is nothing wrong, however, in receiving a lot in a way that demonstrates compassion. For instance, when a newly-ordained bhikkhu goes to receive alms at his family home, if he accepts only … 
9. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Uposatha | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
    … If the Community wants to, it may also authorize an area in front of the uposatha hall, marked with boundary markers, specifically for this purpose, but this is an optional step. (The markers are to be determined in the same way as the markers for a territory. See Chapter 13. Also, see Appendix I for the statements used in the transactions for authorizing and … 
10. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Ordination | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … in any of these ways, he may be given full Acceptance. None of the texts discuss the case where he does fail and yet is given the full Acceptance. Apparently, the Acceptance would still be valid, and yet the bhikkhus giving it would each incur a dukkaṭa. The validity of the assembly The quorum for full Acceptance in the middle Ganges valley is ten … 
11. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Rule Index | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … The opinion of the majority, if in accord with the Dhamma and Vinaya, is then considered decisive. (As 5) If a bhikkhu admits to an offense only after being interrogated in a formal meeting, the Community should carry out a further-punishment transaction against him, rescinding it only when he has mended his ways. (As 6) If, in the course of a dispute, both … 
12. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Pācittiya Three: The Exhortation Chapter | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … 6) A woman may become ordained as a bhikkhunī only after, as a female trainee (sikkhamānā), she has observed the first six of the ten precepts without lapse for two full years. (Apparently she did this as a ten-precept female novice, although this point is controversial.) 7) A bhikkhunī is not to insult or revile a bhikkhu in any way. According to the … 
13. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Community Officials | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … The Commentary notes, by way of reminder, that these offices were not created by the Buddha to encourage greed or lack of contentment among the officials, but as a way of helping the Community ensure that cloth is shared out fairly and properly to all. Receiving & storing The Commentary states that a robe-cloth receiver should ideally be endowed with good practices in terms … 
14. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Appendices | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … They have encountered young hooligans on the way to or from a crime. They have been propositioned by women. Once I went for alms in the pitch black of night. A woman washing a pot saw me by a lightning flash and, on seeing me, screamed out: “I’m done for! A demon is after me!” “‘When this was said, I said to her … 
15. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Nissaggiya Pācittiya | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … The Sub-commentary suggests an alternative way of dealing with spare robes: placing them under shared ownership and—because none of the three robes may be placed under shared ownership—calling them simply “cloth” (cīvara). This, however, plays havoc with Pc 59 and the general purpose of shared ownership in the Canon as a way of keeping cloth that is not being used. Thus … 
16. The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II Saṅghādisesa | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
     … The Parivāra (XV.10.9), trying to collate these two patterns into one, lists five ways in which a schism can take place: discussion, announcement, vote, transaction, and recitation. The Commentary interprets the five ways as four steps in a single process (with the last two ways counting as alternative forms of a single step): 1) Discussion. A bhikkhu aiming at schism advocates any … 
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