The Bhikkhus Rules
A Guide for Laypeople
by Bhikkhu Ariyesako | 1998 | 50,970 words
The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules compiled and explained by: Bhikkhu Ariyesako Discipline is for the sake of restraint, restraint for the sake of freedom from remorse, freedom from remorse for the sake of joy, joy for the sake of rapture, rapture for the sake of tranquillity, tranquillity for the sake of pleasure, pleasure for the sake of conce...
The Ten Precepts
The novice (saama.nera) has Ten Precepts, as does the dasasiila mata nun. These are the same Eight as above, however the seventh precept is split into two and an extra tenth precept is added. Thus:
- to abstain from taking life.
- to abstain from taking what is not given.
- to abstain from unchastity.
- to abstain from false speech.
- to abstain from intoxicants causing heedlessness.
- to abstain from untimely eating.
- to abstain from dancing, singing, music and unseemly shows.
- to abstain from wearing garlands, smartening with scents, and beautifying with perfumes.
- to abstain from the use of high and large luxurious couches.
- to abstain from accepting gold and silver (money).