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...

Acknowledgements

  • A Lay Buddhists Guide to the Monks Code of Conduct. c Bodhinyana Monastery, Lot 1, Kingsbury Drive, Serpentine, Western Australia 6205, Australia.
  • (1) Buddhist Monastic Code; (2) Introduction to the Patimokkha Rules. c Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Metta Forest Monastery, PO Box 1409, Valley Center, CA 92082, USA.
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  • (1) The Entrance to the Vinaya, Vinayamukha, 3 vols; (2) Navakovaada: Instructions for Newly ordained Bhikkhus and Saamaneras; (3) Ordination Procedure and the Preliminary duties of a New Bhikkhu; (4) The Patimokkha, trans. by Ven. Nyanamoli Thera — All c Mahamakut Rajavidyalaya Press, Phra Sumeru Road, Bangkok 1020, Thailand.
  • The Heritage of the Sangha, The lifestyle and training of the Buddhist religious community. (Newly revised Edition), Thiradhammo Bhikkhu, December 1996
  • Observances, c Wat Pah Nanachat, Ban Bung Wai, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
  • See Bibliography for other details.
  • Drawing of vandanaa bowing by Melanie Marshall.
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