Author: Dhamma Paññā

Nine: The Valuable Chapter 83 Should any bhikkhu, unannounced beforehand, cross the threshold of a consecrated noble king’s (sleeping chamber)

Eight: The In-accordance-with-the-Rule Chapter 71 Should any bhikkhu, admonished by the bhikkhus in accordance with a rule, say, “Friends, I

Seven: The Animal Chapter 61 Should any bhikkhu intentionally deprive an animal of life, it is to be confessed. There

Six: The Alcoholic Drink Chapter 51 The drinking of alcohol or fermented liquor is to be confessed. “Then Ven. Sāgata

Five: The Naked Ascetic Chapter 41 Should any bhikkhu give staple or non-staple food with his own hand to a

Four: The Food Chapter Many of the rules in this chapter classify food into two groups: bhojana/bhojaniya (consumables) and khādaniya (chewables). Scholars usually translate

Three: The Exhortation Chapter 21 Should any bhikkhu, unauthorized, exhort the bhikkhunīs, it is to be confessed. “Now at that

Two: The Living Plant Chapter 11 The damaging of a living plant is to be confessed. “A certain Āḷavī bhikkhu

CHAPTER EIGHT Pācittiya As explained in the preceding chapter, this term is most probably related to the verb pacinati, “to know,” and means

Three: The Bowl Chapter 21 An extra alms bowl may be kept ten days at most. Beyond that, it is

Two: The Silk Chapter 11 Should any bhikkhu have a felt (blanket/rug) made of a mixture containing silk, it is

CHAPTER SEVEN Nissaggiya Pācittiya The term nissaggiya, used in connection with training rules, means “entailing forfeiture.” Used in connection with articles, it means

CHAPTER SIX Aniyata This term means “indefinite.” The rules in this section do not assign definite or fixed penalties, but instead

CHAPTER FIVE Saṅghādisesa This term means “involving the Community in the initial (ādi) and subsequent (sesa) acts.” It derives from the fact that the Community

CHAPTER FOUR Pārājika This term, according to the Parivāra, derives from a verb meaning to lose or be defeated. A bhikkhu

CHAPTER THREE Disrobing The first rule in the Pāṭimokkha opens with the statement that it—and, by extension, every other rule in

CHAPTER TWO Nissaya The Dhamma and Vinaya impinge in such detail on so many areas of one’s life that no new