… Upasena Vaṅgantaputta was alone in seclusion, this line of thinking appeared to his awareness: “What a gain, what a true gain it is for me that my teacher is the Blessed One, worthy and fully self-awakened; that I have gone forth from home to the homeless life in a well-taught Dhamma & Vinaya; that my companions in the holy life are virtuous and …
… Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. I ask the Community for probation for four months.
Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. A second time… A third time, I ask the Community for probation for four months.
Transaction statement: (Mv.I.38.4)
Suṇātu me …
… the first level of Awakening.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: Sutra.
Tathagata: Literally, “one who has become authentic (tatha-agata)” or “one who is truly gone (tatha-gata).” An epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his arahant disciples.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
… Ānanda, “Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy life in this Dhamma & Vinaya.”
Then Ven. Ānanda took Susima the wanderer to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to the Blessed One, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One, “Lord, this wanderer, Susima, has said, ‘Friend Ānanda, I want to live the holy …
… Tathāgata: Literally, “one who is truly gone (tatha-gata)” or “one who has become authentic (tatha-āgata),” an epithet used in ancient India for a person who has attained the highest religious goal. In Buddhism, it usually denotes the Buddha, although occasionally it also denotes any of his arahant disciples.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline, whose rules and traditions comprise six volumes in printed text.
… In the version of this story given in the Vinaya (Mv.V.13.1-13), Ven. Mahā Kaccāna sends a request to the Buddha via Ven. Soṇa that some of the Vinaya rules be relaxed outside of the middle Ganges valley, one of them being that the quorum required for ordination be reduced. As a result, the Buddha amended the relevant rule, stating that …
… who have attained at least their first taste of the deathless.
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.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… 2) An open pavilion where travelers may rest.
Samadhi: Concentration. Centering the mind in a single preoccupation.
Tripitaka: The Buddhist Canon, consisting of three ‘baskets’: Vinaya (disciplinary rules), Suttas (discourses), and Abhidhamma (abstract analyses of categories and terms).
Vinaya: The disciplinary rules for Buddhist monks.
Visakha Puja: A Buddhist holy day on the full moon in May or early June, commemorating the Buddha’s …
… vinayapucchanakathā (Mv.II.15.6)
The Discussion of Asking about the Vinaya [BMC: 1 2]
[169] tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū saṅghamajjhe asammatā vinayaṁ pucchanti.
Now on that occasion some Group-of-six monks, being unauthorized, asked about the Vinaya in the midst of the Saṅgha.
bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
They reported the matter to the Blessed One.
na bhikkhave saṅghamajjhe asammatena vinayo pucchitabbo …
… The Pāṭimokkha Rules
Contents
Cover
Copyright
Quotation
Abbreviations
Preface
Dhamma-Vinaya
Disagreements among the texts
Pāṭimokkha
Offenses
Nissaya
Choosing a mentor
Taking dependence
Duties
The pupil’s duties to his mentor
The mentor’s duties to his pupil
Dismissal
Dependence lapses
Temporary exemption from dependence
Release from dependence
Return to dependence
Disrobing
State of mind
Intention
The statement
The witness
Pārājika
1
2
3 …
… Goodwill is
what the Buddha depended on to teach, to go out of his way to
establish the Dhamma and Vinaya. Ordinarily, a teaching Buddha has
only one duty, which is to teach his contemporaries how to gain
awakening. And then there’s the optional duty of establishing a Dhamma
and Vinaya that’ll last a long time, for future generations. It takes
a …
… attained at least their first taste of the deathless.
Somdet (Thai): A royal rank given by the king to monks at the top level of the Thai ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Sutta: Discourse. Sanskrit form: sutra.
Tathagata: One who has “become true” (tatha + agata) or one who is truly gone (tatha + gata); an epithet for the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… 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.
Tathagata: One who has become authentic or has truly gone to the goal. An epithet of the Buddha.
Upasika: A female lay-follower of the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… Yet I’ve heard that in this Dhamma & Vinaya the hearts of the very young monks leap up at renunciation, grow confident, steadfast, & released, seeing it as peace. So right here is where this Dhamma & Vinaya is contrary to the great mass of people: i.e., (this issue of) renunciation.”
“This calls for a talk, householder. Let’s go see the Blessed One. Let …
… Having become a human being, acquiring conviction in the Dhamma-&-Vinaya taught by the Tathāgata: this is the devas’ reckoning of the gain that is good to gain. When that conviction is settled within one–rooted, established, & strong, not to be destroyed by any brahman or contemplative; deva, Māra, or Brahma; or anyone else in the world: this is the devas’ reckoning of becoming …
… 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.
Sutta Nipata: A collection of longer poems attributed to the Buddha.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
Vipassana: Insight.
Wat (Thai): Monastery.
… They
keep arguing, quarreling, & disputing, stabbing one another with
weapons of the mouth: ‘You don’t understand this Dhamma-Vinaya. I
understand this Dhamma-Vinaya. How could you understand this
Dhamma-Vinaya? You practice wrongly. I practice rightly. I’m
consistent. You’re inconsistent. What should be said first, you
said last. What should be said last, you said first. What you
cogitated so …
… aññatrāpi vinayā kammaṁ karonti
They did transactions that were apart from the Vinaya.
aññatrāpi satthu sāsanā kammaṁ karonti
They did transactions that were apart from the Teacher’s instruction.
paṭikuṭṭhakataṁpi kammaṁ karonti adhammikaṁ kuppaṁ aṭṭhānārahaṁ.
They did transactions that had been protested, were non-Dhamma, reversible, not fit to stand.
ye te bhikkhū appicchā .pe. te ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti
Those monks who were modest …
… virtue, renunciation, discernment, persistence, endurance, truthfulness, determination, goodwill, and equanimity.
Paṭibhāga: The manipulation of visions that appear in meditation.
Satipaṭṭhāna: Establishing of mindfulness: the practice of staying focused on body, feelings, mind, or mental qualities in and of themselves.
Uggaha nimitta: An image appearing spontaneously during meditation.
Upakkilesa: Mental corruption or defilement—passion, aversion, and delusion in their various forms.
Vinaya: The monastic discipline.
[ Mahāvagga Contents ]
IX campeyyakkhandhako
The Campā Khandhaka
234 kassapagottabhikkhuvatthu: The Case of the Monk from the Kassapa Clan
235 adhammena vaggādikammakathā: The Discussion of Non-Dhamma, Factional Transactions
236 ñattivipannakammādikathā: The Discussion of Transactions with Invalid Motions, etc.
237 catuvaggakaraṇādikathā: The Discussion of Performing (Transactions) with a Quorum of Four, etc.
238 pārivāsikādikathā: The Discussion of One on Probation, etc.
239 dvenissāraṇādikathā: The Discussion …
Ud 4:9 Upasena Vaṅgantaputta Sutta | Upasena Vaṅgantaputta
… Upasena Vaṅgantaputta was alone in seclusion, this line of thinking appeared to his awareness: “What a gain, what a true gain it is for me that my teacher is the Blessed One, worthy and fully self-awakened; that I have gone forth from home to the homeless life in a well-taught Dhamma & Vinaya; that my companions in the holy life are virtuous and …
Going-forth & Acceptance | The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volumes I & II
… Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. I ask the Community for probation for four months. Venerable sirs, I—(name), previously a member of another religion—desire Acceptance into this Dhamma-vinaya. A second time… A third time, I ask the Community for probation for four months. Transaction statement: (Mv.I.38.4) Suṇātu me …
MvII: uposathakkhandhako
… vinayapucchanakathā (Mv.II.15.6) The Discussion of Asking about the Vinaya [BMC: 1 2] [169] tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū saṅghamajjhe asammatā vinayaṁ pucchanti. Now on that occasion some Group-of-six monks, being unauthorized, asked about the Vinaya in the midst of the Saṅgha. bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. They reported the matter to the Blessed One. na bhikkhave saṅghamajjhe asammatena vinayo pucchitabbo …
