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Vinaya Texts, Part I
Various (Pāli canon) · Buddhism · 5th-3rd century BCE
Translated by T.W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg (SBE 13, 1881)
14 chapters
The first Pāli Vinaya volume of the Sacred Books of the East — the foundational monastic discipline: the Pātimokkha rules and the opening of the Mahāvagga on the formation of the Sangha.
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Contents
- 1Introduction to the Vinaya Texts from the Pâli
- 2Nidâna
- 3The Pârâgika Rules
- 4The Samghâdisesa Rules
- 5The Aniyata Rules
- 6The Nissaggiya Pâkittiya Rules
- 7The Pâkittiya Rules
- 8The Pâtidesaniya Rules
- 9The Sekhiya Rules
- 10The Adhikarana-samatha Rules
- 11First Khandaka (The Admission to the Order of Bhikkhus)
- 12Second Khandhaka (The Uposatha Ceremony, and the Pâtimokkha)
- 13Third Khandhaka (Residence during the Rainy Season)
- 14Fourth Khandhaka (The Pavâranâ Ceremony)







