… In the Canon, most of the
humor is in the Vinaya, which is the section on disciplinary rules.
You wouldn’t think with discipline that there’d be a lot of humor, but
this is how they make discipline palatable. Like the story about the
monk who gets so drunk that the Buddha was inspired to comment, “Back
when he was sober, he could …
… The Vinaya-mukha provides a third interpretation, defining “not aiming at privacy” with the following illustration: A bhikkhu is sitting in a secluded place with a man and woman present, but the man gets up and leaves before the bhikkhu can stop him. In other words, the bhikkhu is not intending to sit alone in private with the woman at all, but circumstances beyond …
… If you want to get a sense of how patient the Buddha could be, read
through the Vinaya: all those monks and nuns who were misbehaving, and
he very patiently had to set out rules to stop this, stop that. He
went through all that so that it would keep the religion going, keep
his teaching alive.
One of the stories tells of a …
… After all,
Ajaan Sao and Ajaan Mun read books on the Vinaya and on the dhutanga
or ascetic practices. That’s what inspired them to go out into the
forest to begin with. In other words, they took what they read and let
that direct them.
Of course, they had to learn a lot of things that were not mentioned
in the texts, and …
… We see this often in the Vinaya. A lot of the offenses are defined by
how you perceive the object you get involved with. For instance, if
you touch a woman, you have lustful intent in doing it, and you
perceive that she is a woman, then the offense is one thing. If you
perceived her as something else—such as a man or …
… He speaks out of season, speaks what isn’t factual, what isn’t in accordance with the goal, the Dhamma, & the Vinaya, words that are not worth treasuring.
“This is how there are four sorts of un-Dhamma conduct, dissonant conduct with speech.
Unskillful Mental Action
“And how are there three sorts of un-Dhamma conduct, dissonant conduct with the mind?
“There is the …
… If the preceptor’s or teacher’s customary habits deal with areas neither forbidden nor allowed by the Vinaya, the wise policy would be to abide by those habits for the sake of communal harmony. This ruling should apply to all instances when Communities attempt to translate the protocols into modern situations.
Incoming Bhikkhus’ Protocol
A certain incoming bhikkhu, unfastening the bolt and pushing …
… In fact, when we look at how the word parimukhaṁ is used in other suttas or passages in the Vinaya, we can see that it’s highly unlikely that parimukhaṁ, in the context of meditation instructions, refers to a particular part of the body at all. This is what we find:
Parimukhaṁ appears in Cullavagga (Cv) V.27.4, a Vinaya text, where it …
… Everything we do or say comes from the heart, as stated in the Buddha’s words:
mano-pubbaṅgamā dhammā
mano-seṭṭhā mano-mayā:
‘All dhammas are preceded by the heart, dominated by the heart, made from the heart.’ The Buddha formulated the entire Dhamma and Vinaya from out of this great foundation, the heart. So when his disciples contemplate in accordance with the Dhamma …
… 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 …
… 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 …
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Bhikkhunīs
Rules governing the life of the bhikkhunīs are scattered throughout the Vinaya. Here we will focus on the rules in Cv.X that govern the interaction of the bhikkhus with the bhikkhunīs. The rules in this Khandhaka that affect only the bhikkhunīs and not the bhikkhus are best understood in the context of the training rules in the Bhikkhunī Pāṭimokkha …
… 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 …
… The Vinaya-mukha, however, insists that the word night here means a full 24-hour period of night-and-day (following the definition of night in MN 131; see the discussion in the conclusion to Chapter 5 in BMC1). The Vinaya-mukha’s interpretation seems closer to the Canon, in that many of the restrictions placed on a bhikkhu observing penance deal with activities …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… His instructions to Rāhula in MN 61 note that one shouldn’t tell a deliberate lie, “even in jest.” A passage in the Vinaya (Sk 51) tells of a monk, formerly an actor, who made a joke about the Saṅgha. The Buddha, in response, made it an offense for a monk to tell a joke not only about the Saṅgha, but also about the …
… 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 …
… Let me obtain the going forth in Master Gotama’s presence! Let me obtain the acceptance!”
“Anyone, Māgaṇḍiya, who has previously belonged to another sect and who desires the going forth & acceptance in this Dhamma & Vinaya, must first undergo probation for four months. If, at the end of four months, the monks feel so moved, they give him the going forth & accept him into …
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 …
Pācittiya Five: The Naked Ascetic Chapter | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
… The Vinaya-mukha provides a third interpretation, defining “not aiming at privacy” with the following illustration: A bhikkhu is sitting in a secluded place with a man and woman present, but the man gets up and leaves before the bhikkhu can stop him. In other words, the bhikkhu is not intending to sit alone in private with the woman at all, but circumstances beyond …
MN 41 Sāleyyaka Sutta | (Brahmans) of Sāla
… He speaks out of season, speaks what isn’t factual, what isn’t in accordance with the goal, the Dhamma, & the Vinaya, words that are not worth treasuring. “This is how there are four sorts of un-Dhamma conduct, dissonant conduct with speech. Unskillful Mental Action “And how are there three sorts of un-Dhamma conduct, dissonant conduct with the mind? “There is the …
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 …
