Catuparisuddhisila, Catupārisuddhisīla, Catu-parisuddhi-sila: 1 definition

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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines

The 4 kinds of morality consisting of purification (catupārisuddhi-sīla) are:

  1. pātimokkha-samvara-sīla (‘Restraint with regard to the Disciplinary Code’). "Here the monk is restrained in accordance with the monks' Disciplinary Code, is perfect in conduct and behaviour, and perceiving danger even in the least offences, he trains himself in the rules he has taken upon him" (A . V, 87,109 ,114, etc. ) .
  2. indriya-samvara-sīla (‘Restraint of the senses’). "Whenever the monk perceives a form with the eye, a sound with the ear, an odour with the nose, a taste with the tongue, an impression with the body, an object with the mind, he neither adheres to the appearance as a whole, nor to its parts. And he strives to ward off that through which evil and unwholesome things, greed and sorrow, would arise, if he remained with unguarded senses; and he watches over his senses, restrains his senses" (M 38).
  3. ājīva-pārisuddhi-sīla (‘Purification of livelihood’). It consists therein that the monk does not acquire his livelihood in a way unbefitting to a monk.
  4. paccaya-sannissita-sīla (‘Morality with regard to the 4 requisites’). It consists therein that the monk is guided by the right mental attitude when making use of the 4 requisites: robes, alms food, dwelling and medicine. "Wisely reflecting he makes use of his robes ... merely to protect himself against cold and heat, etc. Wisely reflecting he makes use of his alms food... merely as a prop and support to this body.... Wisely reflecting he makes use of his dwelling... merely to keep off the dangers of weather and to enjoy solitude.... Wisely reflecting he makes use of the necessary medicines, merely to suppress feelings of sickness that arise, and to reach perfect freedom from suffering" (cf. M. 2).

About these 4 kinds of morality, Vis.M. I gives a detailed exposition.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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