Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules)

by I. B. Horner | 2014 | 345,334 words | ISBN-13: 9781921842160

The English translation of the Bhikkhu-vibhanga: the first part of the Suttavibhanga, which itself is the first book of the Pali Vinaya Pitaka, one of the three major ‘baskets’ of Therevada canonical literature. It is a collection of rules for Buddhist monks. The English translation of the Vinaya-pitaka (first part, bhikkhu-vibhanga) contains many...

Monks’ Training (Sekhiya) 19–20

Bu-Sk.19.1.1 Bu-Sk.20.1.1 … in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the group of six monks, their heads swaying, went (sat down) amidst the houses, bending their heads … “…

‘Not swaying the head will I go (sit down) amidst the houses,’ is a training to be observed” … see Bu-Sk.17, Bu-Sk.18 … if he is the first wrong-doer.

The Second Division: that on loud laughter

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