Vinaya
Teachings on the monastic code of ethical discipline and precepts as set out by the Buddha 2,500 years ago and how they are lived in the present-day context.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…
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Brief history of bhiksunis
Venerable Chodron provides a short history of the issues surrounding ordination for women.
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Venerable Thubten Jampa The benefits of living in a monastic community
Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of…
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Questions and answers with monastics
A discussion on various topics of daily life in the community, applicants for ordination, the…
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The six harmonies of the sangha: Part 2
The six ways of keeping harmony in the monastic community that help the community as…
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The six harmonies of the sangha: Part 1
The six ways of keeping harmony in the monastic community that help the community as…
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The ten benefits of monastic precepts
The ten reasons the Buddha gave for establishing the precepts cover benefiting the the individual…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi No small thing: Encouragement from China
The Abbey celebrates the arrival of 32 volumes of the annotated edition of the Nanshan…
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Varṣa skandhaka
The varṣa skandhaka deals with the annual rains retreat for monastics and the rules to…
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Ethical conduct and precepts
The higher training of ethical conduct: the eight types of precepts taken for liberation, and…
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Bhikkhu Anālayo The controversy on bhikkhunī ordination
A detailed look at the arguments for and against the revival of bhikkhunī ordination in…
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Purpose of precepts
How the monks' and nuns' vows were created by the Buddha to create harmony in…
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