THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE

THE BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE

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The Buddhist Monastic Code

The Buddhist Monastic Code

The Pāṭimokkha Rules

Translated & Explained

by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

(Geoffrey DeGraff)

Contents

BMC I: The Pāṭimokkha Rules
- Contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Quotation
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Dhamma-Vinaya
  - Disagreements among the texts
- Pāṭimokkha
  - Offenses
- Nissaya
  - Choosing a mentor
  - Taking dependence
  - Duties
    - The pupil’s duties to his mentor
    - The mentor’s duties to his pupil
  - Dismissal
  - Dependence lapses
  - Temporary exemption from dependence
  - Release from dependence
  - Return to dependence
- Disrobing
  - State of mind
  - Intention
  - The statement
  - The witness
- Pārājika
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
- Saṅghādisesa
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
  - 8
  - 9
  - 10
  - 11
  - 12
  - 13
- Aniyata
  - 1
  - 2
- Nissaggiya Pācittiya
  - One: The Robe-cloth Chapter
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4
    - 5
    - 6
    - 7
    - 8
    - 9
    - 10
  - Two: The Silk Chapter
    - 11
    - 12
    - 13
    - 14
    - 15
    - 16
    - 17
    - 18
    - 19
    - 20
  - Three: The Bowl Chapter
    - 21
    - 22
    - 23
    - 24
    - 25
    - 26
    - 27
    - 28
    - 29
    - 30
- Pācittiya
  - One: The Lie Chapter
    - 1
    - 2
    - 3
    - 4
    - 5
    - 6
    - 7
    - 8
    - 9
    - 10
  - Two: The Living Plant Chapter
    - 11
    - 12
    - 13
    - 14
    - 15
    - 16
    - 17
    - 18
    - 19
    - 20
  - Three: The Exhortation Chapter
    - 21
    - 22
    - 23
    - 24
    - 25
    - 26
    - 27
    - 28
    - 29
    - 30
  - Four: The Food Chapter
    - Staple foods
    - Non-staple foods
    - Juice drinks
    - The five tonics
    - Medicines
    - Keeping and consuming
    - Mixed foods
    - 31
    - 32
    - 33
    - 34
    - 35
    - 36
    - 37
    - 38
    - 39
    - 40
  - Five: The Naked Ascetic Chapter
    - 41
    - 42
    - 43
    - 44
    - 45
    - 46
    - 47
    - 48
    - 49
    - 50
  - Six: The Alcoholic Drink Chapter
    - 51
    - 52
    - 53
    - 54
    - 55
    - 56
    - 57
    - 58
    - 59
    - 60
  - Seven: The Animal Chapter
    - 61
    - 62
    - 63
    - 64
    - 65
    - 66
    - 67
    - 68
    - 69
    - 70
  - Eight: The In-accordance-with-the-Rule Chapter
    - 71
    - 72
    - 73
    - 74
    - 75
    - 76
    - 77
    - 78
    - 79
    - 80
    - 81
    - 82
  - Nine: The Valuable Chapter
    - 83
    - 84
    - 85
    - 86
    - 87
    - 88
    - 89
    - 90
    - 91
    - 92
- Pāṭidesanīya
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
- Sekhiya
  - One: The 26 Dealing with Proper Behavior
    - 1 [2]
    - 3 [4]
    - 5 [6]
    - 7 [8]
    - 9 [10]
    - 11 [12]
    - 13 [14]
    - 15 [16]
    - 17 [18]
    - 19 [20]
    - 21 [22]
    - 23 [24]
    - 25
    - 26
  - Two: The 30 Dealing with Food
    - 27
    - 28
    - 29
    - 30
    - 31
    - 32
    - 33
    - 34
    - 35
    - 36
    - 37
    - 38
    - 39
    - 40
    - 41
    - 42
    - 43
    - 44
    - 45
    - 46
    - 47
    - 48
    - 49
    - 50
    - 51
    - 52
    - 53
    - 54
    - 55
    - 56
  - Three: The 16 Dealing with Teaching Dhamma
    - 57
    - 58
    - 59
    - 60
    - 61 [62]
    - 63
    - 64
    - 65
    - 66
    - 67
    - 68
    - 69
    - 70
    - 71
    - 72
  - Four: The 3 Miscellaneous Rules
    - 73
    - 74
    - 75
- Adhikaraṇa-samatha
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
- Appendices
  - I. Controversial points: Dawn and dawnrise
  - II. Controversial points: Sugata measures
  - III. Controversial points: Meals
  - IV. Pali formulae: Determination
  - V. Pali formulae: Shared ownership
  - VI. Pali formulae: Forfeiture
  - VII. Pali formulae: Confession
  - VIII. Pali formulae: Transaction Statements
    - Rebukes
    - Verdicts
    - Others
  - IX. Thullaccaya offenses
    - Thullaccayas in the Sutta Vibhaṅga
    - Thullaccayas in the Khandhakas
  - X. A pupil’s duties as attendant to his mentor
- Glossary
- Rule Index
  - Right Speech
    - Lying
    - Divisive speech
    - Abusive speech
    - Idle chatter
  - Right Action
    - Killing
    - Taking what is not given
    - Sexual Misconduct
  - Right Livelihood
    - General
    - Robes
    - Food
    - Lodgings
    - Medicine
    - Money
    - Bowls and other requisites
  - Communal Harmony
  - The Etiquette of a Contemplative
- Select Bibliography
- Addendum
BMC II: The Khandhaka Rules
- Cover
- Copyright
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- The Khandhakas
  - Format
  - Rules
  - Discussions
- General
  - Personal Grooming
    - Discussions
      - Bathing
      - Care of the teeth
      - Hair of the head
      - Beard
      - Face
      - Hair of the body
      - Nails
      - Ears
      - Ornamentation
    - Rules
  - Cloth Requisites
    - Discussions
      - Robe material
      - Making Robes: Sewing Instructions
      - Repairing Robes
      - Making Robes: Sewing Equipment
      - Making Robes: Dyeing
      - Washing Robes
      - Other Cloth Requisites
      - Dressing
    - Rules
  - Alms Bowls & Other Accessories
    - Discussions
      - Alms bowls
      - Footwear
      - Water strainers
      - Miscellaneous accessories
    - Rules
  - Food
    - Discussions
      - Cooking & storing foods
      - Eating
      - Famine allowances
      - Garlic
      - Green gram
    - Rules
  - Medicine
    - Discussions
      - Support medicine
      - The five tonics
      - Life-long medicines
      - Specific treatments
      - Medical procedures
      - The Great Standards
    - Rules
  - Lodgings
    - Discussions
      - Outdoor resting spots
      - Dwellings
      - Furnishings
      - Etiquette with regard to lodgings
    - Rules
  - Monastery Buildings & Property
    - Discussions
      - Monasteries
      - Buildings
      - Monastery property
      - Cetiya property
    - Rules
  - Respect
    - Discussions
      - Paying homage
      - Teaching Dhamma
      - Exceptions to seniority
      - Responding to criticism
      - Jokes
    - Rules
  - Protocols
    - Incoming Bhikkhus’ Protocol
    - Resident Bhikkhus’ Protocol
    - Departing Bhikkhus’ Protocol
    - Anumodanā Protocol
    - Meal-hall Protocol
    - Alms-going Protocol
    - Wilderness Protocol
    - Lodging Protocol
    - Sauna Protocol
    - Restroom Protocol
    - Protocol toward one’s Preceptor
    - Protocol toward one’s Pupil
    - Cullavagga XII.2.8
  - Misbehavior
    - Discussions
      - Bad habits
      - Wrong livelihood
      - Cruelty
      - Destructive behavior
      - Self-mutilation
      - Charms & omens
      - Displaying psychic powers
      - Off-limits
    - Rules
  - Rains-residence
    - Discussions
      - Periods of residence
      - Entering for the Rains
      - Breaking one’s promise
      - Determination
      - Duration
      - Seven-day business
      - Obstacles
      - Non-dhamma agreements
      - Gifts of cloth
      - Privileges
    - Rules
- Community Transactions
  - Community Transactions
    - Discussions
      - The validity of the object
      - The validity of the transaction statement
      - The validity of the assembly
      - The validity of the territory
      - Offenses
    - Rules
  - Territories
    - Discussions
      - Territories not tied off
      - Tied-off territories
    - Rules
  - Ordination
    - Discussions
      - Going-forth & Acceptance
      - The validity of the object
      - The validity of the assembly
      - The validity of the transaction statement
    - Rules
  - Uposatha
    - Discussions
      - Uposatha days
      - Location
      - Unity
      - Excluded individuals
      - Preliminaries
      - Confession
      - Reciting the Pāṭimokkha
      - Mutual purity
      - Purity
      - Determination
      - Borderline quorums
      - Traveling
      - Special cases: unity
      - Special cases: accusations
      - Special cases: canceling the Pāṭimokkha
    - Rules
  - Invitation
    - Discussions
      - Invitation days
      - Conveying invitation
      - Preliminary duties
      - Quorum
      - Community Invitation
      - Mutual Invitation
      - Determination
      - Borderline quorums
      - Accusations
      - Special cases: two groups
      - Special cases: delayed Invitation
      - Special cases: hostile neighbors
      - Other issues
    - Rules
  - Kaṭhina
    - Discussions
      - Time period
      - The donor
      - The cloth
      - Transaction
      - Making the robe
      - Spreading
      - Privileges
      - Dismantling the kaṭhina
    - Rules
  - Community Officials
    - Discussions
      - General qualifications
      - Robe-cloth officials
      - Food officials
      - Lodging officials
      - Miscellaneous
      - Work supervisors
      - Removing officials from office
    - Rules
  - Penance & Probation
    - Discussions
      - Formal statements & transactions
      - Penance
      - Probation
      - Multiple offenses
      - Shared offenses
      - Interruptions
    - Rules
  - Disciplinary Transactions
    - Discussions
      - Discipline for offenses
      - Relations with the laity
      - Other disciplinary measures
      - Abuse of the system
    - Rules
  - Schism
    - Discussions
      - Behavior during a schism
      - Ending schism
    - Rules
  - Inheritance
    - Discussions
      - Belongings
      - Funerals
    - Rules
- Co-religionists
  - Bhikkhunīs
    - Discussions
      - Communal relations
      - Individual relations
    - Rules
  - Novices
    - Discussions
      - Training
      - Dependence
      - Punishment
      - Expulsion
    - Rules
- Appendices
  - General Transaction Statements
    - A. Territories (sīmā)
    - B. Uposatha halls
    - C. A food storage place (Mv.VI.33.2)
    - D. Community officials
    - E. Kaṭhina
    - F. Giving robes & bowl to those who tended the sick
    - G. Complete motions for shortened community invitations
    - H. Invitation-delay
    - I. An insanity authorization (Mv.II.25.3-4)
  - Going-forth & Acceptance
    - A. Going-forth (Mv.I.54.3)
    - B. Acceptance
    - C. Accepting a pair of applicants:
    - D. Admonition
    - E. Probation for an applicant previously ordained in another religion:
  - Vuṭṭhāna-vidhī for Saṅghādisesa Offenses
    - A. For one unconcealed offense
    - B. For one concealed offense
    - C. Aggha-samodhāna-parivāsa (Combined Probation)
    - D. Missaka-samodhāna-parivāsa (Mixed Combination for Offenses of Different Bases)
    - E. Odhāna-samodhāna (Nullifying Combination) ( = Mūlāya paṭikassanā—Sending Back to the Beginning)
    - F. Suddhanta-parivāsa (Purifying Probation)
  - Disciplinary Transactions
    - A. Censure
    - B. Further punishment
    - C. Demotion
    - D. Banishment
    - E. Reconciliation
    - F. Suspension for not seeing an offense
    - G. Suspension for not making amends for an offense
    - H. Suspension for not relinquishing an evil view
    - I. Rescinding disciplinary acts
    - J. Overturning the bowl
  - Technical Terms
    - A. Sampatti: The Validity of Community Transactions
    - B. Saṁvāsa: Separate & Common Affiliation
    - C. Saṅghassa kaṭhinaṁ: The Community’s Kaṭhina
    - D. Anāmāsa
    - E. Agocara: Improper Range
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography

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