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Abbreviations
AN
Aṅguttara Nikāya
As
Adhikaraṇa-samatha
Ay
Aniyata
BD
Book of Discipline
BMC1
The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. I
BMC2
The Buddhist Monastic Code, vol. II
C
Commentary
Cp
Cariyāpiṭaka
Cv
Cullavagga
DN
Dīgha Nikāya
Dhp
Dhammapada
Iti
Itivuttaka
K
Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī
Khp
Khuddakapāṭha
MN
Majjhima Nikāya
Mv
Mahāvagga
NP
Nissaggiya Pācittiya
Pc
Pācittiya
Pd
Pāṭidesanīya
Pr
Pārājika
Pv
Parivāra
SN
Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn …
[ Mahāvagga Contents ]
VII kaṭhinakkhandhako
The Kaṭhina Khandhaka
187 kaṭhinānujānanā: The Allowance of the Kaṭhina
188 ādāyasattakaṃ: The Set of Seven on Taking
189 samādāyasattakaṃ: The Set of Seven on Accepting
190 ādāyachakkaṃ: The Set of Six on Taking
191 samādāyachakkaṃ: The Set of Six on Accepting
192 ādāyapannarasakaṃ: The Set of Fifteen on Taking
193 samādāyapannarasakādi: The Set of Fifteen on Accepting, etc.
194 …
… When
they had the First Council after the Buddha’s passing, there was the
choice to discuss the Vinaya first or the suttas first. And the monks
decided: Vinaya first, because the Vinaya—the training rules, the
discipline for the monks—is the lifeblood of the religion. Everything
is tested in behavior.
You also see this in the way the noble eightfold path is …
Abbreviations
Pāli Suttas
AN
Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dhp
Dhammapada
DN
Dīgha Nikāya
Iti
Itivuttaka
MN
Majjhima Nikāya
SN
Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn
Sutta Nipāta
Thag
Theragāthā
Thig
Therīgāthā
Ud
Udāna
Pāli Vinaya
Cv
Cullavagga
Mv
Mahāvagga
NP
Nissagiya Pācittiya
Pc
Pācittiya
Pr
Pārājika
Sg
Saṅghādisesa
References to DN, Iti, and MN are to
discourse. Those to Dhp are to verse. Those to NP, Pc,
Pr, and …
… In the words of Mv.IX.3.2, it would be “apart from the Vinaya… apart from the Teacher’s instruction.” As Mv.IX.3.2 further states, any transaction of this sort is “not a transaction and should not be carried out.”
6) It bears noting that there are no examples of transaction statements authorized in the Canon where the sheer form of …
… AN
Aṅguttara Nikāya
Dhp
Dhammapada
DN
Dīgha Nikāya
Iti
Itivuttaka
Khp
Khuddakapāṭha
MN
Majjhima Nikāya
SN
Saṁyutta Nikāya
Sn
Sutta Nipāta
Thag
Theragāthā
Thig
Therīgāthā
Ud
Udāna
Pāli Vinaya:
Cv
Cullavagga
Mv
Mahāvagga
Pc
Pācittiya
Pr
Pārājika
Sg
Saṅghādisesa
References to DN, Iti, and MN are to discourse. Those to Dhp are to verse. Those to Pc, Pr, and Sg are to rule number …
… the liberation of the mind through non-clinging.”
This quotation from chapter 12 of the Parivāra, the appendix to the Vinaya, is obviously not talking about ordinary conversation. It’s talking about the ideal type of conversation among meditators, the very opposite of idle chatter:
“Abandoning idle chatter, one abstains from idle chatter. One speaks in season, speaks what is factual, what is in …
… He was going to set out a Dhamma and a
Vinaya. And the Vinaya, especially, was going to be difficult, because
it entailed fighting with people’s defilements. Of course, setting out
the Dhamma is fighting with defilements, too. People took umbrage at
what he had to say. They got upset by what he had to say and they would
come and they would …
… We all think about the Buddha
teaching the Dhamma, but he himself said he taught Dhamma and Vinaya.
The word vinaya means discipline, and this is the lesson in
discipline. It’s a very basic lesson in discernment. In terms of the
rules for the monks, there are some things that the Buddha says you
can’t do, no matter how much you may …
… souffrance, la voie menant à la fin de la souffrance.
Saṅgha (conventionnel) : Communauté des moines disciples du Bouddha.
Saṅgha (noble) : Communauté des disciples du Bouddha (laïques ou ordonnés) qui ont atteint au minimum le premier stade d'éveil.
Sati : Capacité de garder quelque chose à l’esprit.
(Les) trois perceptions : Inconstance (anicca), souffrance ou stress (dukkha), pas-soi (anattā).
Vinaya : Ensemble des règles monastiques.
… The most serious offense in the Vinaya.
Any monk who commits this offense is automatically no longer a
monk and cannot reordain in this lifetime.
Pāṭimokkha: Basic code of monastic discipline,
composed of 227 rules for monks and 311 for nuns.
Pavāraṇā: Invitation. A monastic ceremony marking
the end of the Rains residence on the full moon in October.
During the ceremony, each monk …
[ Mahāvagga Contents ]
III vassūpanāyikakkhandhako
The Entering-for-the-Rains Khandhaka
107 vassūpanāyikānujānanā: The Allowance for Entering for the Rains
108 vassāne cārikāpaṭikkhepādi: The Prohibition Against Going on Tour During the Rains, etc.
109 sattāhakaraṇīyānujānanā: The Allowance for Seven-say Business
110 pañcannaṃ appahitepi anujānanā: Allowance (To Go) for Five (Classes of People) Even When Not Sent For
111 sattannaṃ appahitepi anujānanā: Allowance (To Go …
… 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 discourses and tally them against the Vinaya. If, on making them stand against the discourses and tallying them against the Vinaya, you find that they …
… L’ensemble complet des règles de discipline est appelé le Vinaya. Au cœur du Vinaya, pour chacun des ordres, se trouve un code composé de règles importantes, appelé Pāṭimokkha, que les membres de chaque Saṅgha doivent écouter toutes les deux semaines.
Le Bouddha établit les règles du Vinaya pour servir trois objectifs :
• Préserver la foi des personnes laïques,
• Promouvoir l’harmonie au sein des …
… 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.
… The Buddha as Victor
The Quarrel at Kosambī
Devadatta
Attempts on the Buddha’s Life
Schism
Old Age
The Last Year
Relinquishing the Fabrications of Life
The Four Great Standards
The Last Day
From Body to Relics
The First Council to the Present
The Group Recitation
The Lesser & Minor Training Rules
The Brahmā-punishment
The Survival of the Dhamma & Vinaya
Glossary
Further Reading
Endnotes
… Not sidetracked
I lived with Luang Pu for more than thirty years, attending to his needs all the way to the end of his life, and I observed that his practice was right in line with the Dhamma and Vinaya, right in line with the path that leads solely to release from suffering. He never got sidetracked into magical spells, sacred talismans, or any …