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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 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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Establishing precepts
The sometimes unusual origin stories of the monastic precepts help to explain the practical meanings,…
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Vasana Chinvarakorn - Dec 26, 2013
Vasana Chinvarakorn Spiritual liberation
A community of Buddhist nuns, the Order of Siladhara, provides opportunity for women seeking the…
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The legality of bhikkhunī ordination
Looking at the legal issues surrounding the revival of full ordination for nuns.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Development of the first sangha
Stories of the early monastic community and how the guidelines became established.
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Entire path to enlightenment
How negative actions and virtues affect initial, middle and high-level practitioners differently.
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Working with the mind in a structured way
An explanation of diligent study and practice of the Dharma with practical ways of working…
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