Ielts
MONKS’ PRECEPTS
LAY PERSON’S GUIDE
Venerable Dhammavuddho Thero
Namo Tassa Bhagavoto Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa
INTRODUCTION
It has been more than 2500 years since the Buddha walked on this earth. We are fortunate that his teachings are still available to guide us. There is only one taeching of the Buddha, and that is found in the earliest Sutta-Vinaya. In AN 4.180 , the Buddha taught the great authorities. He advised that teachings which conform to the earliest Sutta-Vinaya can be accepted as the teaching of the buddha ; otherwise, they should be rejected. It is the duty of every good Buddhist to phut these teaching in to practice In AN 7.21, it is evident that the Buddha intended the Sangha of monks to continue the pracctice of the Sutta-Vinaya in its original form with as little change as possible: “ So long, monks, as you shall not decree the undecreed, not repeal the decreed, not conform to the decreed training ( of morality, concentration and wisdom ), so long may the monks be expected to prosper, not to decline The history of Buddhist contries has shown tha Buddhism declined when monks became lax, and neglected the Sutta-Vinaya. This resulted in lay people losing respect for monks. On the other hand, When monks practised the holy life purely according to the Sutta-Vinaya, it generated much faith on the lay community and the religion flourished The lay community supports the monks in their holy life. Thus it is important that the understand the monks’ Vinaya to a certain extent as they play an important tole in helping monks to uphold their precepts A theravada monk has 277 precepts in the Patimokkha while a Mahayana monk has basically the same precepts plus an additional minor section concerning deportment with respect to a stupa, making it the total of 250 precepts. A monks is also bound by the other book of the Vinaya Pitaka A sammanera or novice monk is only bound by the ten precepts. At present, a Theravada “nun” takes
LAY PERSON’S GUIDE
Venerable Dhammavuddho Thero
Namo Tassa Bhagavoto Arahato Samma Sambuddhassa
INTRODUCTION
It has been more than 2500 years since the Buddha walked on this earth. We are fortunate that his teachings are still available to guide us. There is only one taeching of the Buddha, and that is found in the earliest Sutta-Vinaya. In AN 4.180 , the Buddha taught the great authorities. He advised that teachings which conform to the earliest Sutta-Vinaya can be accepted as the teaching of the buddha ; otherwise, they should be rejected. It is the duty of every good Buddhist to phut these teaching in to practice In AN 7.21, it is evident that the Buddha intended the Sangha of monks to continue the pracctice of the Sutta-Vinaya in its original form with as little change as possible: “ So long, monks, as you shall not decree the undecreed, not repeal the decreed, not conform to the decreed training ( of morality, concentration and wisdom ), so long may the monks be expected to prosper, not to decline The history of Buddhist contries has shown tha Buddhism declined when monks became lax, and neglected the Sutta-Vinaya. This resulted in lay people losing respect for monks. On the other hand, When monks practised the holy life purely according to the Sutta-Vinaya, it generated much faith on the lay community and the religion flourished The lay community supports the monks in their holy life. Thus it is important that the understand the monks’ Vinaya to a certain extent as they play an important tole in helping monks to uphold their precepts A theravada monk has 277 precepts in the Patimokkha while a Mahayana monk has basically the same precepts plus an additional minor section concerning deportment with respect to a stupa, making it the total of 250 precepts. A monks is also bound by the other book of the Vinaya Pitaka A sammanera or novice monk is only bound by the ten precepts. At present, a Theravada “nun” takes