… 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 …
The Work of a Contemplative
October 31, 1978
Here in this monastery we practice not in line with people’s wishes and opinions, but in line for the most part with the principles of the Dhamma and Vinaya, the principles of the religion. We do this for the sake of the public at large who rely on the religion as a guiding principle in …
… 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 suttas and tally them against the Vinaya. If, on making them stand against the suttas and tallying them against the Vinaya, you find that they …
… He had to deal in an imperfect world, both prior to
his awakening and afterwards; trying to set up the Dhamma and the
Vinaya, dealing with all kinds of people.
In Thai, they have the term khon, which means person, but khon can
also mean stir. And often they joke about how wherever you have a
person, things get stirred up. Well, think of …
… and wandering in nature, often as a way of observing the dhutanga practices.
Uposatha: Observance day, coinciding with the full-moon, new-moon, and half-moon days. Lay Buddhists often observe the eight precepts on this day. Monks recite the Patimokkha, the code of the basic rules they follow, on the full-moon and new-moon uposathas.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… Part of this is written into the Vinaya, your duties as a monk. You
keep your place clean, thoroughly clean. And you keep your whole life
in as much order as you can. Part of it’s written into the Vinaya and
part of it’s just because you see the results. If you’re diligent in
your outside activities, you’re going to …
… Having been admonished by a fellow bhikkhu who cites a rule formulated in the Vinaya, one shows disrespect
2) Object: for the bhikkhu or for the rule.
We will discuss these factors in reverse order.
Object
Only if the bhikkhu cites a rule formulated in the Vinaya is this factor grounds for a pācittiya. If he criticizes one’s actions, citing standards of behavior …
… When the Buddha referred to his teaching of the Dhamma and the Vinaya, he’d use different words for how he taught. The Vinaya was something he formulated. In other words, he had to put together the rules for there to be a Vinaya. But the Dhamma’s something already there, and so he said that the Dhamma was something he simply pointed out …
… I will speak.”
“Yes, lord,” Subhadda responded to the Blessed One, and the Blessed One said, “In any Dhamma & Vinaya where the noble eightfold path is not found, no contemplative of the first… second… third… fourth order [stream-winner, once-returner, non-returner, or arahant] is found. But in any Dhamma & Vinaya where the noble eightfold path is found, contemplatives of the first… second …
… Thus, taken as a whole, the Vinaya’s system of penalties makes use of three basic principles—confession, forfeiture, and various degrees of ostracism from the Community—as means of enforcing the rules. To understand the wisdom of this system, it is important to realize how each of these principles is related to the practice of the Dhamma and the training of the mind …
… His instructions to Gotami, his stepmother, and his instructions to Upali, the monk who was expert in Vinaya, all boil down to the fact that if you want to figure out what’s really Dhamma and really Vinaya, you have to look at what kind of behavior it encourages, and what kind of results come from the behavior it encourages. If you find that …
… disciples.
Uposatha: Observance day, coinciding with the full moon, new moon, and half moons. Lay Buddhists often observe the eight precepts on this day. “Uposatha” also refers to the ceremony in which monks meet to listen to the recitation of the Pāṭimokkha on the full moon and new moon uposathas.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
Glossary | Meditations6
… 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.
AN 3:20 Pāpaṇika Sutta | The Shopkeeper
… 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 …
