THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE

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

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

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

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

The Buddhist Monastic Code The Pāṭimokkha Rules Translated & Explained by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Contents BMC I: The Pāṭimokkha