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Objections

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Objections 21. Doesn’t the teaching on kamma teach people to be callous toward the sufferings of others? No. Knowing that

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The End Of Kamma

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The End of Kamma 34. Why try to get out of kamma and rebirth? Because the unawakened mind is so

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READINGS

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Readings What is Kamma? § 1. “Intention, I tell you, is kamma. Intending, one does kamma by way of body, speech,

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THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I: THE PĀṬIMOKKHA RULES

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THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I: THE PĀṬIMOKKHA RULES Copyright third edition, revised: 2013 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu This work is licensed under

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DHAMMA-VINAYA

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INTRODUCTION Dhamma-Vinaya Dhamma-Vinaya was the Buddha’s own name for the religion he founded. Dhamma—the truth—is what he discovered and pointed

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PĀṬIMOKKHA

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CHAPTER ONE Pāṭimokkha The Pāṭimokkha is available to us in several recensions, some in Indic languages, others in Tibetan or Chinese

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NISSAYA

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

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DISROBING

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

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PĀRĀJIKA

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

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SAṄGHĀDISESA

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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

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ANIYATA

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

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NISSAGGIYA PĀCITTIYA – ONE: THE ROBE-CLOTH CHAPTER

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