… But any monk or nun in whom the crookedness, faults, & flaws of bodily action are abandoned; the crookedness, faults, & flaws of verbal action are abandoned; the crookedness, faults, & flaws of mental action are abandoned stands firm in this Dhamma & Vinaya, just like the wheel that took six months minus six days to finish.
“Thus you should train yourselves: ‘We will abandon crookedness, faults, & flaws …
… In the area of the Vinaya, watch their example, the example set by the ajaan. Don’t deviate in any way from what he does. In the area of the Dhamma, keep watch right at your own mind. Practice right at the mind. When you understand your own mind, that, in and of itself, will make you understand everything else.”
… Interpreting the Vinaya
A few points to keep in mind when considering this discussion are:
1) In formulating the rules in the Vinaya, the pattern is that the Buddha would first make a statement of the rule. Then, if any reason arose to make a major change in the rule, he would make a new statement. Finally, as the Buddha and the monks worked …
… hacer la ronda para recibir la comida, comer tus alimentos, sentarte a meditar, hacer meditación caminando, limpiar los espacios del monasterio y observar el Vinaya de manera estricta. Eso es suficiente. En lo que respecta al trabajo de construcción, eso depende de los patronos laicos. Si se hace o no depende de ellos».
… It’s useful to look at it from the point of view as a type of karma
because the Buddha provides lots of different ways of analyzing karma
both in the Dhamma and in the Vinaya. They can provide useful
checklists for when the meditation is not going right. You can ask
yourself: What’s missing? What aspect is going wrong?
The Vinaya has …
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IV pavāraṇākkhandhako
The Invitation Khandhaka
120 aphāsukavihāro: Staying Uncomfortably
121 pavāraṇābhedā: Analysis of the Invitation
122 pavāraṇādānānujānanā: The Allowance of Giving the Invitation
123 ñātakādiggahaṇakathā: The Discussion of Seizure by Relatives
124 saṅghapavāraṇādippabhedā: Analysis of the Saṅgha-invitation, etc.
125 āpattipaṭikammavidhi: The Method for Making Amends for an Offense
126 āpattiāvikaraṇavidhi: The Method for Admitting an Offense (During the Invitation)
127 sabhāgāpattipaṭikammavidhi …
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 …
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VI bhesajjakkhandhako
The Medicine Khandhaka
160 pañcabhesajjakathā: Discussion of the Five Tonics
161 mūlādibhesajjakathā: Discussion of Root-medicine, etc.
162 pilindavacchavatthu: The Story of Ven. Pilindavaccha
163 guḷādianujānanā: The Allowance for sugar-lumps, etc.
164 antovuṭṭhādipaṭikkhepakathā: The Discussion of the Prohibition Against Storing Indoors, etc.
165 uggahitapaṭiggahaṇā: Accepting What One has Picked Up
166 paṭiggahitādianujānanā: The Allowance of What has been Accepted …
… It’s “this Dhamma and Vinaya.” The verb that
goes along with Vinaya, vinati, means to subdue. You’ve got to come
down hard sometimes on your complacency, on your pride, on your greed,
your delusion, your anger.
This is why discipline is such an important part of the path. It’s a
part we don’t like to talk about. Look at how …
… going for alms, eating your meal, sitting in meditation, doing walking meditation, cleaning the monastery grounds, being strict in observing the Vinaya. That’s enough right there. As for construction work, that depends on the lay supporters. Whether or not they do it is up to them.”
… One of the last things
he said to the monks was that if they decided that any of the minor
rules in the Vinaya should be rescinded, they could go ahead and
rescind them. Now, here the Buddha had been spending 45 years setting
up the Vinaya. He’d put a lot of thought, a lot of care, into
formulating the Vinaya rules. And …
… 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 …
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 …
… We’ve got the
Vinaya, we’ve got the rules. You don’t use your ingenuity to figure
out ways of circumventing the rules. But when it comes to looking into
your mind, you’ve got to learn how to think for yourself, to turn your
ideas inside and out. As Ajaan Lee would say, “When you have an
insight, ask yourself: To what …
… Those who are practicing rightly are firmly based in this Dhamma & Vinaya. And any contemplatives or brahmans who by directly knowing form in this way, directly knowing the origination of form in this way, directly knowing the cessation of form in this way, directly knowing the path of practice leading to the cessation of form in this way, are—from disenchantment, dispassion, cessation, lack …
… We’ve got the Vinaya; we’ve got the rules. You don’t use your ingenuity to figure out ways of circumventing the rules. But when it comes to looking into your mind, you’ve got to learn how to think for yourself, to turn your ideas inside and out. As Ajaan Lee would say, “When you have an insight, ask yourself: To what …
… For this reason, we should examine the area of building and development to see whether or not it is appropriate and accords with the Vinaya.
I would like to divide the duties in this area into two sorts, in line with the two major duties that those who are ordained should take an interest in –
A. The duty of study (gantha-dhura): Those monks …
… of life as it is normally lived.
Sangha: 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. Sanskrit form: Sutra.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
… The elder monk is speaking Dhamma & Vinaya!’2
“Therefore, monks, you should train yourselves: ‘We will be like Kāsi cloth, and not like bark-fiber cloth.’ That’s how you should train yourselves.”
Notes
1. Ukkhipati. In the formal language of the Vinaya, this means that they suspend him from the Saṅgha. None of the monks will have anything to do with him until …
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VIII cīvarakkhandhako
The Khandhaka Concerning Robe-cloth
202 jīvakavatthu: The Story of Jīvaka
203 seṭṭhibhariyāvatthu: The Story of the Money-lender’s Wife
204 bimbisārarājavatthu: The Story of King Bimbisāra
205 rājagahaseṭṭhivatthu: The Story of the Money-lender of Rājagaha
206 seṭṭhiputtavatthu: The Story of the Money-lender’s Son
207 pajjotarājavatthu: The Story of King Pajjota
208 siveyyakadussayugakathā: The Discussion of …
AN 3:15 Pacetana Sutta | The Chariot Maker
… But any monk or nun in whom the crookedness, faults, & flaws of bodily action are abandoned; the crookedness, faults, & flaws of verbal action are abandoned; the crookedness, faults, & flaws of mental action are abandoned stands firm in this Dhamma & Vinaya, just like the wheel that took six months minus six days to finish. “Thus you should train yourselves: ‘We will abandon crookedness, faults, & flaws …
30. What to watch | Gifts He Left Behind: The Dhamma Legacy of Phra Ajaan Dune Atulo
… In the area of the Vinaya, watch their example, the example set by the ajaan. Don’t deviate in any way from what he does. In the area of the Dhamma, keep watch right at your own mind. Practice right at the mind. When you understand your own mind, that, in and of itself, will make you understand everything else.”
Stored-up Food | A discussion of Pc 38
… Interpreting the Vinaya A few points to keep in mind when considering this discussion are: 1) In formulating the rules in the Vinaya, the pattern is that the Buddha would first make a statement of the rule. Then, if any reason arose to make a major change in the rule, he would make a new statement. Finally, as the Buddha and the monks worked …
