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...

Right Livelihood

Keeping a piece of robe cloth for more than ten days without determining it for use or placing it under dual ownership — except when the end of vassa or ka.thina privileges are in effect — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence. [Nis. Paac.1] Being in a separate zone from any of ones three robes at dawn — except when the end of vassa or ka.thina privileges are in effect, or one has received formal authorization from the Community — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.2]

Keeping out of season cloth for more than 30 days when it is not enough to make a requisite and one has expectation for more — except when the end of- vassa and ka.thina privileges are in effect — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.3]...

When two or more lay people who are not ones relatives are planning to get separate robes for one, but have yet to ask one what kind of robe one wants: Receiving a robe from them after asking them to pool their funds to get one robe — out of a desire for something fine — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.9]

Making a felt blanket/rug with silk mixed in it for ones own use — or having it made — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.11]

Making a felt blanket/rug entirely of black wool for ones own use — or having it made — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.12]

Making a felt blanket/rug that is more than one half black wool for ones own use — or having it made — is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.13]

Unless one has received authorization to do so from the Community, making a felt blanket/rug for ones own use — or having it made — less than six years after ones last one was made is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence. [Nis. Paac.14] Making a felt sitting rug for ones own use — or having it made — without incorporating a one span piece of old felt is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.15]

Seeking and receiving a rains bathing cloth before the fourth month of the hot season is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence. Using a rains bathing cloth before the last two weeks of the fourth month of the hot season is also a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.24]...

Keeping robe cloth offered in urgency past the end of the robe season after having accepted it during the last eleven days of the Rains Retreat is a nissaggiya paacittiya offence.

[Nis. Paac.28]...

Making use of an unmarked robe is a paacittiya offence.

[Paac.58]

Acquiring an overly large sitting cloth after making it — or having it made — for ones own use is a paacittiya offence requiring that one cut the cloth down to size before confessing the offence.

[Paac.89]

Acquiring an overly large skin eruption covering cloth after making it — or having it made — for ones own use is a paacittiya offence requiring that one cut the cloth down to size before confessing the offence.

[Paac.90]

Acquiring an overly large rains bathing cloth after making it — or having it made — for ones own use is a paacittiya offence requiring that one cut the cloth down to size before confessing the offence.

[Paac.91]

Acquiring an overly large robe after making it — or having it made — for ones own use is a paacittiya offence requiring that one cut the robe down to size before confessing the offence.

[Paac.92]

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