… 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.
“[2] And furthermore, just as the ocean is stable …
… The methods are contained in the Vinaya, the Buddha’s code of monastic discipline. Long passages in the Vinaya are devoted to instructions for how monks should confess their offenses to one another, how they should seek reconciliation with lay people they have wronged, how they should settle protracted disputes, and how a full split in the Sangha—the monastic community—should be healed …
… A corrupter of families is a monk who ingratiates himself into a family’s affections by performing services for them that are inappropriate for a monk to do, thus diverting their faith away from those who live by the Dhamma and Vinaya. For more on this term, see The Buddhist Monastic Code, Saṅghādisesa 13.
2. “That one” = the path-corrupter.
See also: DN 16 …
… Upasena Vaṅgantaputta was alone in seclusion, this line of thinking appeared to his awareness: “What a gain, what a true gain it is for me that my teacher is the Blessed One, worthy and fully self-awakened; that I have gone forth from home to the homeless life in a well-taught Dhamma & Vinaya; that my companions in the holy life are virtuous and …
… 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 …
… Ānanda, “Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy life in this Dhamma & Vinaya.”
Then Ven. Ānanda took Susima the wanderer to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “Lord, this wanderer, Susima, has said, ‘Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy …
… the first level of Awakening.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: Sutra.
Tathagata: Literally, “one who has become authentic (tatha-agata)” or “one who is truly gone (tatha-gata).” An epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his arahant disciples.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
… Tathāgata: Literally, “one who is truly gone (tatha-gata)” or “one who has become authentic (tatha-āgata),” an epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his arahant disciples.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
… In the version of this story given in the Vinaya (Mv.V.13.1-13), Ven. Mahā Kaccāna sends a request to the Buddha via Ven. Soṇa that some of the Vinaya rules be relaxed outside of the middle Ganges valley, one of them being that the quorum required for ordination be reduced. As a result, the Buddha amended the relevant rule, stating that …
… DN 29 Pāsādika Sutta | The Inspiring Discourse — Toward the end of his life, the Buddha describes his accomplishment in establishing, through the Dhamma and Vinaya, a complete holy life that will endure after his passing. Listing some of the criticisms that might be leveled against him and his Dhamma-Vinaya, he shows how those criticisms should be refuted.
DN 33 Saṅgīti Sutta | The Discourse …
… who have attained at least their first taste of the deathless.
Satipatthana: Establishing of mindfulness. The act of being ardent, alert, and mindful to stay with any of four things in and of themselves—body, feelings, mind states, or mental qualities—while putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… 2) An open pavilion where travelers may rest.
Samadhi: Concentration. Centering the mind in a single preoccupation.
Tripitaka: The Buddhist Canon, consisting of three ‘baskets’: Vinaya (disciplinary rules), Suttas (discourses), and Abhidhamma (abstract analyses of categories and terms).
Vinaya: The disciplinary rules for Buddhist monks.
Visakha Puja: A Buddhist holy day on the full moon in May or early June, commemorating the Buddha’s …
… vinayapucchanakathā (Mv.II.15.6)
The Discussion of Asking about the Vinaya [BMC: 1 2]
[169] tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū saṅghamajjhe asammatā vinayaṁ pucchanti.
Now on that occasion some Group-of-six monks, being unauthorized, asked about the Vinaya in the midst of the Saṅgha.
bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
They reported the matter to the Blessed One.
na bhikkhave saṅghamajjhe asammatena vinayo pucchitabbo …
… The Pāṭimokkha Rules
Contents
Cover
Copyright
Quotation
Abbreviations
Preface
Dhamma-Vinaya
Disagreements among the texts
Pāṭimokkha
Offenses
Nissaya
Choosing a mentor
Taking dependence
Duties
The pupil’s duties to his mentor
The mentor’s duties to his pupil
Dismissal
Dependence lapses
Temporary exemption from dependence
Release from dependence
Return to dependence
Disrobing
State of mind
Intention
The statement
The witness
Pārājika
1
2
3 …
… Goodwill is
what the Buddha depended on to teach, to go out of his way to
establish the Dhamma and Vinaya. Ordinarily, a teaching Buddha has
only one duty, which is to teach his contemporaries how to gain
awakening. And then there’s the optional duty of establishing a Dhamma
and Vinaya that’ll last a long time, for future generations. It takes
a …
… attained at least their first taste of the deathless.
Somdet (Thai): A royal rank given by the king to monks at the top level of the Thai ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Tathagata: One who has “become true” (tatha + agata) or one who is truly gone (tatha + gata); an epithet for the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… any of four things in and of themselves—body, feelings, mind states, or mental qualities—while putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Tathagata: One who has become authentic or has truly gone to the goal. An epithet of the Buddha.
Upasika: A female lay-follower of the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… Yet I’ve heard that in this Dhamma & Vinaya the hearts of the very young monks leap up at renunciation, grow confident, steadfast, & released, seeing it as peace. So right here is where this Dhamma & Vinaya is contrary to the great mass of people: i.e., (this issue of) renunciation.”
“This calls for a talk, householder. Let’s go see the Blessed One. Let …
… They
keep arguing, quarreling, & disputing, stabbing one another with
weapons of the mouth: ‘You don’t understand this Dhamma-Vinaya. I
understand this Dhamma-Vinaya. How could you understand this
Dhamma-Vinaya? You practice wrongly. I practice rightly. I’m
consistent. You’re inconsistent. What should be said first, you
said last. What should be said last, you said first. What you
cogitated so …
… physical or the mental level. In some contexts this word is used as a blanket term for all five khandhas. As the fourth khandha, it refers specifically to the fashioning or forming of urges, thoughts, etc., within the mind.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Sutta Nipata: A collection of longer poems attributed to the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
Dwelling near Sāvatthī | Noble Warrior : A Life of the Buddha
… 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. “[2] And furthermore, just as the ocean is stable …
Sn 1:5 Cunda
… A corrupter of families is a monk who ingratiates himself into a family’s affections by performing services for them that are inappropriate for a monk to do, thus diverting their faith away from those who live by the Dhamma and Vinaya. For more on this term, see The Buddhist Monastic Code, Saṅghādisesa 13. 2. “That one” = the path-corrupter. See also: DN 16 …
MvII: uposathakkhandhako
… vinayapucchanakathā (Mv.II.15.6) The Discussion of Asking about the Vinaya [BMC: 1 2] [169] tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū saṅghamajjhe asammatā vinayaṁ pucchanti. Now on that occasion some Group-of-six monks, being unauthorized, asked about the Vinaya in the midst of the Saṅgha. bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. They reported the matter to the Blessed One. na bhikkhave saṅghamajjhe asammatena vinayo pucchitabbo …
