… 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.
… Having become a human being, acquiring conviction in the Dhamma-&-Vinaya taught by the Tathāgata: this is the devas’ reckoning of the gain that is good to gain. When that conviction is settled within one–rooted, established, & strong, not to be destroyed by any brahman or contemplative; deva, Māra, or Brahma; or anyone else in the world: this is the devas’ reckoning of becoming …
… virtue, renunciation, discernment, persistence, endurance, truthfulness, determination, goodwill, and equanimity.
Paṭibhāga: The manipulation of visions that appear in meditation.
Satipaṭṭhāna: Establishing of mindfulness: the practice of staying focused on body, feelings, mind, or mental qualities in and of themselves.
Uggaha nimitta: An image appearing spontaneously during meditation.
Upakkilesa: Mental corruption or defilement—passion, aversion, and delusion in their various forms.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
… one who has become authentic (tatha-āgata),” or “one who is really gone (tatha-gata),” an epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In the Pali Canon, this 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.
[ Mahāvagga Contents ]
IX campeyyakkhandhako
The Campā Khandhaka
234 kassapagottabhikkhuvatthu: The Case of the Monk from the Kassapa Clan
235 adhammena vaggādikammakathā: The Discussion of Non-Dhamma, Factional Transactions
236 ñattivipannakammādikathā: The Discussion of Transactions with Invalid Motions, etc.
237 catuvaggakaraṇādikathā: The Discussion of Performing (Transactions) with a Quorum of Four, etc.
238 pārivāsikādikathā: The Discussion of One on Probation, etc.
239 dvenissāraṇādikathā: The Discussion …
… is ordinarily lived, combined with a strong sense of urgency in looking for a way out.
Saṅgha: 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.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassanā: Clear-seeing insight.
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 …
… who have attained at least stream-entry.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: Sūtra.
Tathāgata: Literally, one who “has become authentic (tatha-āgata)” or “is truly gone (tathā-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.
… You look in the Vinaya and there’s not much explanation. It doesn’t
say why the Buddha thought up the kathin, how it came about. It’s in a
very unusual section of the Vinaya. It seems to assume that the people
reading the section already know what the kathin is all about, so very
little is explained. So you have to read …
… 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.
Theravāda: The school of Buddhism that takes the Pāli Canon as the most reliable record of the Buddha’s words.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
… This, too, is a quality creating a protector.
“Then again, the monk is one who desires the Dhamma, endearing in his conversation, greatly rejoicing in the higher Dhamma & higher Vinaya. [When they think,] ‘How this monk is one who desires the Dhamma! He is endearing in his conversation, greatly rejoicing in the higher Dhamma & higher Vinaya,’ elder monks think that he should be corrected …
… days) to hear the recitation of the Patimokkha, the basic code of monastic discipline. For Buddhist lay people, these practices include observing the eight precepts: against killing, stealing, sexual intercourse, lying, taking intoxicants, eating during the period from noon to the following dawn, watching shows and decorating the body, and using high and luxurious beds and seats.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… all things conditioned, compounded, or concocted by nature, whether on the 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.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… In a similar vein, narratives in the Vinaya show us the
incidents he was responding to when legislating rules for the
monastic Saṅgha, as well as the standards he wanted the rules
to embody.
Although many of the passages in the suttas and Vinaya were
composed by his followers from the point of view of an
omniscient narrator—a role attributed to Ven. Ānanda …
… deathless.
Sankhara: Fabrication.
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.
Vasana: Tendencies related to past kamma.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… You see this in the Vinaya. There are three areas in the Vinaya where
truth is really important. One is being true in your perceptions. In
other words, there are rules that really depend on how truly you
perceive the object, how truly you perceive the situation. That will
determine how serious the offense is if you break the rule or come
close to …
… urges, thoughts, etc., within the mind.
Satipatthana: The act of establishing mindfulness on any one of four frames of reference—body, feelings, mind states, or mental qualities—taken in and of themselves.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Tathagata: One who has become authentic or has truly gone to the goal. An epithet of the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… This is how a monk is astute.
“And how is a monk consummate in his backing? There is the case where a monk—approaching at regular intervals those monks who are learned, to whom the tradition has come down, who have memorized the suttas, memorized the Vinaya, memorized the mātikas [lists of Dhamma topics]—asks & questions them, ‘How is this, venerable sirs? What is …
… He taught her eight principles for
deciding what really is Dhamma, what really is Vinaya: If any
activity, any teaching, was in line with these principles, then it was
genuine Dhamma, genuine Vinaya. If it was in line with the opposites,
it was not.
As I mentioned last night, these eight principles fall into three
types: those that are associated with the goal of …
… Seeing him, people were saying, ‘What a sublime vehicle! What a sublime-looking vehicle!’ Is it possible to designate a sublime vehicle in this Dhamma-Vinaya?”
“It is possible, Ānanda,” said the Blessed One. “That is a synonym for this very same noble eightfold path: ‘sublime vehicle,’ ‘Dhamma-vehicle,’ ‘unexcelled victory in battle.’”
“Right view, Ānanda, when developed & pursued, has the subduing of passion …
Glossary | Meditations4
… 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.
83 Itivuttaka
… Having become a human being, acquiring conviction in the Dhamma-&-Vinaya taught by the Tathāgata: this is the devas’ reckoning of the gain that is good to gain. When that conviction is settled within one–rooted, established, & strong, not to be destroyed by any brahman or contemplative; deva, Māra, or Brahma; or anyone else in the world: this is the devas’ reckoning of becoming …
Mahāvagga IX Index
[ Mahāvagga Contents ] IX campeyyakkhandhako The Campā Khandhaka 234 kassapagottabhikkhuvatthu: The Case of the Monk from the Kassapa Clan 235 adhammena vaggādikammakathā: The Discussion of Non-Dhamma, Factional Transactions 236 ñattivipannakammādikathā: The Discussion of Transactions with Invalid Motions, etc. 237 catuvaggakaraṇādikathā: The Discussion of Performing (Transactions) with a Quorum of Four, etc. 238 pārivāsikādikathā: The Discussion of One on Probation, etc. 239 dvenissāraṇādikathā: The Discussion …
