SHĀSANĀVATARANAYA – COMPENDIUM OF BHIKKHU VINAYA

Sāmasera ten precepts   Ten precepts, ten defeats (pārājikā)/ten expulsions, ten punishments, seventy-five rules of conduct (sekhiyā) and assigned duties

Ten defeats (Dasa pariji or dasa nāsana)  Anujānami bhikkhave, dasahaugehi samannāgatan sāmaueran nāsetun, pāuātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, abbrahmacārī hoti, musāvādī

Ten punishments – penances   Anujāmi bhikkhave, paIcahangehi samannāgatassa sāmauerassa dauaakamman kātun, Bhikkhūnan alābhāya parisakkatī, Bhikkhūnan anatthāya parisakkati, Bhikkhūnan Avāsāya

Wearing and donning of robes Wearing and donning of robes are two important matters in the Buddha sāsana. A bhikkhu,

Matters to be known regarding robes Tathāgata has decreed the use of nine types of robes by the bhikkhūs. Among

Precepts regarding the consumption of food   There are thirty disciplinary precepts concerning the consumption of food. Sakkaccan piuaapātan paIiggahessāmīti

Precepts to be observed in the village There are twenty- four disciplinary precepts to be observed in the village outside

Precepts concerning Dhamma desanā There are sixteen disciplinary precepts concerning Dhamma desanā. They are as follows: Na chattapāuissa agilānassa Dhamman

Precepts concerning toilet practices   Na Ihito agilāno uccāran vā passāvan vā karissāmīti sikhā karauīyā. A healthy person should not

Seventy- five disciplinary precepts. The seventy-five disciplinary precepts described so far, are arranged in the bhikkhu pātimokkha as follows. These

Duties Performing duties is a part of the morality of bhikkhus. There are duties to be performed by everyone such

Lavatory duty It is the practice in the Buddha sāsana to always give priority to the elder. However, entering the

Ancient daily routine Noble sons who entered the sāsana with faith, should wake up before dawn, brush teeth, sweep the

Catupārisuddhi sīla  There are four types of morality called pātimokkhasanvara sīla, indriyasanvara sīla, ājīvapārisuddhi sīla, paccayasannissita sīla. These four types

How to protect morality Noble sons having left the parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, wealth and many other belongings, to

Assistance for bhikkhūs The Tathāgata preached the Agghikkhandhopama Sutta during a travelling period. Sixty bhikkhūs who heard this sutta were

Ven. Sāriputta Mahā Thero  One day a corner of the andana of the Ven. Sāriputta mahā thero was hanging down.