… Which five? It is hard to find one who has gone forth when old who is subtle, hard to find one who is consummate in his comportment, hard to find one who is learned, hard to find one who can teach the Dhamma, hard to find one who has mastered the Vinaya.”
… A person who teaches the Dhamma & Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathāgata is rare in the world. A person who is grateful & thankful is rare in the world.
“Monks, the appearance of these three is rare in the world.”
See also: DN 16; AN 2:31; AN 3:24
… The Buddha himself, when he set out the Vinaya, said
there are dispute issues and there are accusation issues. Disputes are
over what’s right and what’s wrong, what’s Dharma, what’s not Dhamma,
what’s Vinaya, what’s not Vinaya. Accusation issues: Did so-and-so
break one of the principles? And if so, or if not, how do you find …
… One
of Ajaan Chah’s students went to stay with the monk and noticed that
in that particular monk’s monastery, the Vinaya** **was extremely lax.
So the student asked the famous monk about it, and he said, “Well,
really the essence of the Vinaya is to be mindful, so we just practice
mindfulness here.” The student went back and reported this to Ajaan …
… Which five? It is hard to find one who has gone forth when old who is easy to instruct, hard to find one who grasps well what he has learned, hard to find one who learns with deference, hard to find one who can teach the Dhamma, hard to find one who has mastered the Vinaya.”
See also: DN 16
… He enters the Rains in monasteries in which there are senior monks who are learned, who know the tradition, who are holders of the Dhamma, the Vinaya, & the Mātikā. Having approached them periodically, he questions them & quizzes them: ‘How is this, venerable sirs? What is the meaning of this?’ They make open for him what wasn’t open, make plain what wasn’t plain …
… In taking their example, he formulated the Vinaya. This is the part
that he did formulate, but it wasn’t a fly-by-night sort of “let’s see
what we can think of next” kind of Vinaya. The Dhamma was there and he
uncovered it. When we make changes to it, we’re covering it back up
again. He said that the Dhamma …
… There are those who will ask the wilderness-dwelling monk a question about the higher Dhamma & higher Vinaya. If he, when asked a question about the higher Dhamma & higher Vinaya, isn’t able to answer, there are those who would say of him, ‘What good has it done for this venerable wilderness-dweller to be alone in the wilderness, living independently, if he, when …
Incapable
Abhabba Sutta (AN 10:76)
“Monks, if these three things were not to be found in the world, the Tathāgata—the worthy one, rightly self-awakened—would not appear in the world, and the Dhamma & Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathāgata would not shine in the world. Which three? Birth, aging, & death. If these three things were not to be found in the world …
… To adhere to the religion rationally means not to follow one’s own prejudices or those of one’s teachers or companions, but to follow the principles of informed knowledge; holding to the Dhamma-Vinaya as one’s standard, like a law affixed with the king’s seal, enforceable throughout the land, making exceptions for no one. Whoever then transgresses the law can’t …
… References to other texts are to section (saṁyutta, nipāta, or vagga) and discourse in the suttas; and section and sub-sections in the Vinaya text, Mv. Numbering for AN and SN follows the Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon. All translations from these texts are by the author and are based on the Royal Thai Edition of the Pāli Canon (Bangkok: Mahāmakut Rājavidyālaya, 1982).
… Because there’s nothing in the
Vinaya that’s irrelevant to the mind. The Dhamma and the Vinaya are
all of a piece, simply that they approach the question of training the
mind from different sides. The Dhamma focuses primarily on principles;
the Vinaya, primarily on rules. The general principles can’t cover the
whole territory nor can rules with their specifics. The combination …
… 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.
… The Vinaya-mukha maintains that it is a custom among bhikkhus before eating to level off the food in their bowls so that its surface is even, but I have found no reference to this point in any of the other texts. However, the Vinaya-mukha does make the helpful point that if one is served other foods—such as sweets—stacked on a …
… 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.
Abbreviations
AN
Aṅguttara Nikāya
As
Adhikaraṇa-samatha
Ay
Aniyata
BD
Book of Discipline
BMC1
The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. I
C
Commentary
Cp
Cariyāpiṭaka
Cv
Cullavagga
DN
Dīgha Nikāya
Dhp
Dhammapada
Iti
Itivuttaka
Khp
Khuddakapāṭha
MN
Majjhima Nikāya
Mv
Mahāvagga
NP
Nissaggiya Pācittiya
Pc
Pācittiya
Pd
Pāṭidesanīya
Pr
Pārājika
PTS
Pali Text Society
Pv
Parivāra
SN
Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn
Sutta Nipāta
SC
Sub-commentary …
[ Mahāvagga Contents ]
V cammakkhandhako
The Leather Khandhaka
147 soṇakoḷivisavatthu: The Story of Soṇa Koḷivisa
soṇassa pabbajjā: Soṇa’s Going-forth
148 diguṇādiupāhanapaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Double-soled Leather Footwear, etc.
149 sabbanīlikādipaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Entirely Blue/Green (Leather Footwear), etc.
150 omukkaguṇaṅguṇūpāhanānujānanā: The Allowance of Cast-off Multi-soled Leather Footwear
151 ajjhārāme upāhanapaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Leather Footwear in a Monastery
152 …
… And the fact that he is adept at… doing them or arranging to get them done 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. And the fact that he is one who desires the Dhamma, endearing in his conversation, greatly rejoicing in the higher …
Glossary | Non-violence
… The Buddha’s name for his own teaching was “this Dhamma-&-Vinaya.”
AN 5:59 Dullabha Sutta | Hard to Find (1)
… Which five? It is hard to find one who has gone forth when old who is subtle, hard to find one who is consummate in his comportment, hard to find one who is learned, hard to find one who can teach the Dhamma, hard to find one who has mastered the Vinaya.”
Mahāvagga V Index
[ Mahāvagga Contents ] V cammakkhandhako The Leather Khandhaka 147 soṇakoḷivisavatthu: The Story of Soṇa Koḷivisa soṇassa pabbajjā: Soṇa’s Going-forth 148 diguṇādiupāhanapaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Double-soled Leather Footwear, etc. 149 sabbanīlikādipaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Entirely Blue/Green (Leather Footwear), etc. 150 omukkaguṇaṅguṇūpāhanānujānanā: The Allowance of Cast-off Multi-soled Leather Footwear 151 ajjhārāme upāhanapaṭikkhepo: The Prohibition Against Leather Footwear in a Monastery 152 …
