The Vinaya
The Vinaya Piṭaka is the first section of the Pāli Canon. It contains the code of conduct for the monks and nuns of the Theravada tradition along with many entertaining stories from the early sangha.
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Table of Contents
- Articles (7)
- Audio/Video (1)
- Booklets (2)
- Canonical Works (6)
- Essays (2)
- Reference Shelf (1)
- Subtopics (1)
Articles (7)
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Ananda, Upali and Devadatta act out a theoretical quarrel about Buddhist attitudes to law
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⭐ Recommended
The tale is best understood in the light of the need of the early Buddhist tradition to demarcate its position in the ancient Indian context vis-à-vis ascetic practices and ideology.
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The argument that a nun called Sthūlanandā really did have pendulous breasts and large buttocks is, pardon the pun, a thin one. As stock images of uncouth femininity, these outsized and ungainly physical features serve the representational project of this passage
Audio/Video (1)
Booklets (2)
Canonical Works (6)
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The only complete English translation of the Vinaya Pitaka published to date, Bhikkhu Sujato and Bhikkhu Brahmali prepared this meticulous ebook version of the PTS volumes.
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⭐ Recommended
The monastic rules for Theravada Bhikkhunis, prepared in a bilingual English-Pali edition for study and recitation.
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🥇 Best Of The Library
The canonical explication of the monastic rules.
Essays (2)
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Buddhist texts are, by and large, nice. There’s no draconian punishments, no irrational fervor, no ‘smiting with swords’. A serene air of reason, balance, and sanity pervades.
This niceness is a huge problem.
Reference Shelf (1)
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A dictionary of the Pāli vocabulary found in the Vinaya Piṭaka.