THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER NINE Pāṭidesanīya This term means “to be acknowledged.” As a name for training rules, it means “entailing acknowledgement.” The four

CHAPTER TEN Sekhiya This term means “to be trained in.” There are 75 training rules in this category, divided by subject

CHAPTER ELEVEN Adhikaraṇa-samatha This term means “the settling of issues.” The seven rules in this section are actually principles and procedures

CHAPTER TWELVE Appendices I. Controversial points: Dawn and dawnrise In a number of rules where the boundary between two days is

Glossary This glossary is designed to help the reader in two sorts of situations: (1) when encountering a Pali term

Rule Index This index lists the summaries of the training rules given in this book, organized by topic. The Sekhiya

Select Bibliography Primary sources For the Pali Canon, I have used the Thai edition published in Bangkok by Mahāmakut Rājavidyālaya

Addendum A factor analysis for the Pāṭimokkha rules whose explanations were not framed in that format:   Sg 12: 1) Effort: a)

The Buddhist Monastic Code II Copyright third edition, revised: 2013 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu This work is licensed under the Creative Commons

The Khandhakas THE KHANDHAKAS—literally, “Collections”—form the second major portion of the Vinaya Piṭaka, following the Sutta Vibhaṅga and preceding the

part one General CHAPTER ONE Personal Grooming A bhikkhu should be clean, neat, and unostentatious in his appearance, as a reflection

CHAPTER TWO Cloth Requisites A bhikkhu has four primary requisites—robe-cloth, food, lodgings, and medicine—and a variety of secondary ones. This and

CHAPTER THREE Alms Bowls & Other Accessories Alms bowls The alms bowl is another requisite that a candidate for ordination must