prātimokṣa - Thubten Chodron

The different sets of ethical precepts for monastics and lay followers that assist in attaining liberation.

Verse 27: Guarding our spiritual precepts
The right mindset to cultivate when we voluntarily take and keep precepts in order to progress along the spiritual path.
Relevance of Vinaya in modern circumstances
A description of the Vinaya and the many instructions it contains on daily life, followed by thoughtful comments on full ordination for women.
Overcoming the five hindrances to concentration
The antidotes for the five hindrances to developing meditative concentration.
Ordination of buddhist nuns
Progress on the revival of Mūlasarvāstivāda bhikṣuṇī ordination.
Chapter 5: Higher training in concentration
Realms of existence and spheres of consciousness in gaining samadhi, and bodhisattva and tantric ethics and their relationship to prātimokṣa precepts.