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  2. Sutta search result icon Glossary
     … 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. Yakkha: Spirit; a lower level of deva—sometimes friendly to human beings, sometimes not—often dwelling in trees or other wild places. English-Pali Although I … 
  3. The Purpose of Empathetic Joy
     … This is why he had the compassion to set out the religion, to establish the Dhamma and Vinaya, so that people thousands of years afterwards in another part of the world could taste these benefits. This is why the experience of the deathless is accompanied by a sense of intense gratitude for the Buddha—for what he did to find this happiness, and what … 
  4. Dethinking Thinking
     … When you look at all the suttas in the Canon, all the rules in the Vinaya: Those didn’t come from someone who didn’t think. They came from someone who thought a lot and knew how to think. One of the first lessons in learning how to think is learning how to dethink. This doesn’t mean to stop thinking. It means questioning … 
  5. Virtue
     … Someone once asked me how was it that the Vinaya can be seen as something liberating—that’s one of the meanings of word, Patimokkha, something that helps with liberation. After all, it’s rules. Well, the rules protect you. At the very least, the community that lives by a very clear set of rules doesn’t have to sit around and discuss everything … 
  6. Page search result icon Bhikkhu Pāṭimokkha | The Bhikkhus’ Code of Discipline
     … He is an exponent of the Vinaya. He acts with our consent and approval. He knows, he speaks for us, and that is pleasing to us,” the bhikkhus are to admonish them thus: “Do not say that, venerable sirs. That bhikkhu is not an exponent of the Dhamma and he is not an exponent of the Vinaya. Do not, venerable sirs, approve of a … 
  7. What’s Worth Doing?
     … right view about the precepts, about the Dhamma, the Vinaya, about the practice. These are things you have to hold onto. And as for your sense of self, there are times when it’s very, very useful to have a sense of self. Because when you’re developing the path, you need to be confident that you’re capable of doing it, and that … 
  8. We’re All Learning the Ropes
     … a Dhamma and a Vinaya that have lasted now for 2,600 years and have provided a lot of help to a lot of people. Maybe we can’t leave behind something quite so majestic, but we can leave behind whatever goodness we can muster. That way, when we leave the world, we leave on good terms, not out of aversion but with a … 
  9. Observe Your Concentration
    The Vinaya tells us that after the Buddha gave his first sermon, Añña-Kondañña gained the Dhamma eye. In the days after that, the Buddha gave more Dhamma talks. And two by two, the others of the five brethren gained the Dhamma eye as well. Then, a few days later, the Buddha gave the sermon that we call the Anatta-lakkhana Sutta, the Sutta … 
  10. Equanimity Isn’t Apathy
     … Even after his Awakening, he spent 45 years establishing the teaching, the Dhamma and the Vinaya. It took a lot of work. And he didn’t do it with an apathetic attitude, thinking, “I don’t care whether it works or not.” He put a lot of effort into making it a teaching that would last. He noticed that some people would take the … 
  11. A True Man of No Rank
     … In terms of the Vinaya, we have our duties. In terms of our practice, in terms of the four noble truths, we have our duties. And even the things that we do voluntarily—when you look around and see something should be done, and there’s nobody doing it, well, you go ahead and do it. That’s a good trait to have as … 
  12. Page search result icon MvV: cammakkhandhako
     … What if I were to, return to the lower life, enjoy wealth, and make merit?’” evaṁ bhanteti. “Yes, lord.” taṁ kiṁ maññasi soṇa kusalo tvaṁ pubbe āgārikabhūto vīṇāya tantissareti. “Now what do you think, Soṇa? Before, when you were a house-dweller, were you skilled at playing the vīṇā?” evaṁ bhanteti. “Yes, lord.” taṁ kiṁ maññasi soṇa yadā te vīṇāya tantiyo accāyikā honti apinu … 
  13. Protest Your Virtue & Right View
     … They don’t want to hear the Vinaya. In that way, the pursuit of power can actually close off the path. So the Buddha’s basically saying you have power within you to put an end to suffering if you understand the workings of your own mind. This is why we meditate. You could sit here and follow your thoughts for the hour. That … 
  14. Resourceful
     … It may seem paradoxical that, on one hand, here is a tradition that holds very strictly to the Vinaya and has a very clear idea about what is Dhamma and what’s not Dhamma, and yet they say, “Be ingenious. Be resourceful.” But actually, there’s no paradox at all within the parameters of what’s skillful and what’s not. You have to … 
  15. The Not-Self Discourse
     … In the succeeding days, the Vinaya texts say that the Buddha taught the Dhamma to the remaining four brethren, so that they all gained the Dhamma eye. We don’t know how many days it took. But there’s a tradition in Thailand that on the fifth day, he gave his second recorded sermon, which we chanted just now. We know it now as … 
  16. Customs of the Noble Ones
     … Ajaan Mun was still a wild monk, you might say, living in the forest, eating only one meal a day, wandering around, and being very strict about the Vinaya. That was why people accused him of not following Thai or Laotian customs. He would tell them he aspired to be a noble one, and if you want to be a noble one, you have … 
  17. As Days & Nights Fly Past, Fly Past
     … Especially now with the Internet, you can get all kinds of suttas, read lots about the Vinaya… Are you taking advantage of that? We’ve got all these suttas in translation. We’ve got the works of the ajaans in translation. If you’re going to spend some time reading—read that. Think about it, and think about what the Buddha said: When you … 
  18. Cook Your Mind
     … For instance, in the Vinaya there are lots and lots of wheels, dealing with the different factors that go into how you might or might not commit an offense under a particular rule. That’s one meaning of wheel. The second meaning of wheel has to do with power. The king gets up in his chariot, and the wheels of his chariot can go … 
  19. Modest, Unentangled, Unburdensome
    In the principles that the Buddha taught to his stepmother, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī on how to distinguish what is Dhamma and Vinaya and what is not, there are three that have to do with how your practice affects other people. The first is that genuine Dhamma leads to modesty. In other words, you don’t go bragging about your attainments or about how much you … 
  20. Talking Among Your Selves
     … Angulimala, Devadatta, Saccaka, and then all the monks and nuns who created trouble in ways that forced him to formulate the Vinaya. The Buddha went to great lengths to teach people to talk to themselves in new ways. And of course, from the talking to themselves in new ways, then they would learn to act in new ways, too. This is why meditation starts … 
  21. Eight Principles
     … You can find them in the Buddha’s teaching to Gotami about the eight basic principles for measuring what’s Dhamma and Vinaya what’s not. The three are these: how you relate to yourself in the practice, what goals you’ve set for the practice, and how your practice has an impact on other people. For your practice to be good in a … 
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