… Sin distracciones
Viví con Luang Pu durante más de 30 años, atendiendo sus necesidades hasta que terminó su vida, y pude observar que su práctica estaba perfectamente alineada con el Dhamma y el Vinaya; perfectamente alineada con el camino que lleva únicamente a la liberación del sufrimiento. Nunca se distrajo con hechizos, talismanes sagrados, o alguna otra actividad de carácter dudoso, ni siquiera un …
… Luang Pu le dijo:
«En lo que respecta al Vinaya, debes estudiar los textos hasta que puedas comprender correctamente todas y cada una de las reglas, hasta que puedas ponerlas en práctica sin error alguno. En cuanto al Dhamma, si lees mucho especularás mucho, así que no tienes que leer nada de eso. Céntrate sólo en la práctica, y eso será suficiente».
… This is the Dhamma, this is the Vinaya, this is the Teacher’s instruction.’ His statement is neither to be approved nor scorned. Without approval or scorn, take careful note of his words and make them stand against the discourses and tally them against the Vinaya. If, on making them stand against the discourses and tallying them against the Vinaya, you find that they …
… L’ensemble complet des règles de discipline est appelé le Vinaya. Au cœur du Vinaya, pour chacun des ordres, se trouve un code composé de règles importantes, appelé Pāṭimokkha, que les membres de chaque Saṅgha doivent écouter toutes les deux semaines.
Le Bouddha établit les règles du Vinaya pour servir trois objectifs :
• Préserver la foi des personnes laïques,
• Promouvoir l’harmonie au sein des …
… The Buddha’s own term for the religion he taught was, “This Dhamma-Vinaya.”
Vipassanā: Clear-seeing insight into the processes of fabrication in the mind, with the purpose of developing dispassion for those processes.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… The Buddha as Victor
The Quarrel at Kosambī
Devadatta
Attempts on the Buddha’s Life
Schism
Old Age
The Last Year
Relinquishing the Fabrications of Life
The Four Great Standards
The Last Day
From Body to Relics
The First Council to the Present
The Group Recitation
The Lesser & Minor Training Rules
The Brahmā-punishment
The Survival of the Dhamma & Vinaya
Glossary
Further Reading
Endnotes
… Un monje comunicó sus sentimientos a Luang Pu: «He buscado muchos maestros, y aunque todos enseñan bien, generalmente solo enseñan acerca del Vinaya, o sobre cómo caminar errante y seguir las prácticas ascéticas, o incluso, la dicha y la quietud que vienen de la práctica de la concentración. Pero en cuanto a usted, enseña la vía directa a la cima: el no-yo, la …
… The fact that this Dhamma & Vinaya has a gradual training, a gradual performance, a gradual practice, with a penetration to gnosis only after a long stretch: This is the first amazing & astounding quality of this Dhamma & Vinaya because of which, as they see it again & again, the monks take great joy in this Dhamma & Vinaya.” — Ud 5:5
§ 50. Then Unnabha the brahman went …
… Not sidetracked
I lived with Luang Pu for more than thirty years, attending to his needs all the way to the end of his life, and I observed that his practice was right in line with the Dhamma and Vinaya, right in line with the path that leads solely to release from suffering. He never got sidetracked into magical spells, sacred talismans, or any …
… One of the monks told Luang Pu of his feelings: “I’ve searched out many teachers, and although they all teach well, they generally teach just about the Vinaya, or the practicing of wandering and following the ascetic practices, or else the bliss and stillness that come from practicing concentration. But as for you, you teach the straight route to the top: not-self …
… Luang Pu advised him,
“In the area of the Vinaya, you should study the texts until you correctly understand each and every rule to the point where you can put them into practice without error. As for the Dhamma, if you read a lot you’ll speculate a lot, so you don’t have to read that at all. Be intent solely on the …
… 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 …
… In some places, Ajaan Mun attributed the fact that he was able to
survive to the fact that he’d followed the Vinaya carefully. Sometimes
the devas of the spot would appear to him and tell him that previous
monks had been there and had been very sloppy in their Vinaya. The
devas didn’t like that, so they felt no qualms about making …
… Historical-critical Reading
Vinaya as Case Law?
The Status of Origin Stories
The Argument
The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : The Status of the Garudhammas
The Buddha’s Legislative Principles : Two Old Rules Not Rescinded
The Speed Limit Simile
Are the Garudhammas Anomalous?
The Article : Part Two
The Buddha’s Attitudes toward Bhikkhunīs
The Buddha on the Revival of the Bhikkhunī Saṅgha
Disrespect for the …
… 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 …
… en cuanto al Vinaya, observa su ejemplo, el ejemplo establecido por el ajaan. No te desvíes de su conducta en lo absoluto. En cuanto al Dhamma, continúa observando tu propia mente. Practica justo ahí, en la mente. Cuando comprendas tu propia mente, eso será suficiente para permitirte comprender todo lo demás».
… The Buddha’s own term for the religion he taught was, “This Dhamma-Vinaya.”
Yakkha: Spirit. A lower level of deva—sometimes friendly to human beings, sometimes not—often dwelling in trees or other wild places.
… The Buddha’s term for his teaching was, “this Dhamma-Vinaya.”
Vipassanā: Insight.
Wat: Monastery; temple.
Yakkha: A fierce spirit, usually associated with trees, mountains, or caves.
… 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 …
… He who,
in this Dhamma & Vinaya,
stays heedful,
abandoning birth,
the wandering-on,
will put an end
to suffering & stress.’
“Then—having struck terror in Brahmā, Brahmā’s retinue, & Brahmā’s assembly—Sikhī the Blessed One, worthy & fully self-awakened, & the monk Abhibhū—just as a strong man might extend his flexed arm or flex his extended arm—disappeared from that Brahmā world and …