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Vinaya

Vinaya (Pali and Sanskrit: विनय) refers to numerous monastic rules and ethical precepts for fully ordained monks and nuns of Buddhist Sanghas (community of like-minded sramanas). These sets of ethical rules and guidelines developed over time during the Buddha's life. More broadly, the term also refers to the tradition of Buddhist ethical conduct. The…

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related to Bibliography · 61
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related to Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya · 51
Vinaya → BabelStone Tibetan Slim, Chinese, DDC Jogyig, DDC Rinzin, DDC Uchen, Dul, Gēnběn, It, Jomolhari, Kailash, Kangyur, Microsoft Himalaya, Mūlasarvāstivāda, Noto Sans Tibetan, Noto Serif Tibetan, Noto Serif Tibetan Medium, Parivāra, Qomolangma-Betsu, Qomolangma-Chuyig, Qomolangma-Drutsa
related to Vinaya school · 29
Vinaya → Among, Buddhayaśas, Buddhism, CE, Centered, China, Chinese, Daoxuan, Dharmaguptaka, East Asia, Four-Part Vinaya, His, It, Kashmīri, Lü, Nanshan, Nanshan School, Risshū, Sanskrit, Sifen
related to De-emphasis of Vinaya in Chan · 24
Vinaya → According, As, Buddha's, Buddhist, Chan Buddhism, Chih, Dharma King, Dharma Master Chih, First Buddhist Council, In, Jorgensen, Master Yuan, Prajñāpāramitā, The, The Long Scroll, The Vimalakīrti Sūtra, The Zhengdao, Upāli, Upāli's, Vimalakīrti
related to Tibetan Buddhism · 22
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related to Theravada Vinaya Pitaka · 21
Vinaya → EnglishDavids, Hermann, Hermann Oldenberg, HornerTranslation, HTML, Internet Archive, Isaline Blew Horner, Oldenberg, Oxford, Pali Canon, Rhys, Rhys Davids, Scanned Text, The, The Clarendon, Theravada Vinaya, Translation, Translations, VI, Vinaya Pitaka
related to East Asian Buddhism · 19
Vinaya → According, And, Bhikkhu, Bhikkhunī Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Brahmajālasutra, Buddhists, China, Chinese Buddhist, Dharmaguptaka Vinaya, High Ordination, Japan, Korea, Mahāyāna, Other Japanese, Some, Taiwan, Ten Precepts, Vietnam
related to Dharmaguptaka Four Part Vinaya · 18
Vinaya → Bhikṣuvibhaṅga, Bodhisattva Precepts, Chinese, Cāturvargīya-vinaya, Dharmaguptaka, Giles, In, Japan, Kokubunji, Korea, Parivara, Sanskrit, Ssŭ-fen, Sìfēn, The Four Part Vinaya, This, Vietnam, Wade
related to overview · 17
Vinaya → In, Indian, Most, Prātimokṣa, Prātimokṣa-sutra, Pāli, Pāṭimokkha, Rules, Sangha, Sanskrit, Suttavibhaṅga, The, Theravada, This, Vibhanga, Vibhaṅga, While
related to Theravada · 14
Vinaya → Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Buddhism, Cambodia, England, However, Laos, Myanmar, Precepts, Sri Lanka, Such, Thai Buddhism, Thailand, Theravada, Theravadin Vinaya

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rules buddhist precepts school chinese tradition texts buddhism discipline traditions tibetan monks dharmaguptaka sanskrit also text nuns vol monastic schools

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Vinayais aset of rules known as the Pāṭimokkha in Pāli and the Prātimokṣa in Sanskrit0.90text
Vinayais aSuttavibhaṅga0.90text
the Xin Minginstance ofHenrik Sorensen observes that Oxhead texts0.80text
Jueguan lun contain concepts commonly found in Daoisminstance ofHenrik Sorensen observes that Oxhead texts0.80text
such as non-doinginstance ofHenrik Sorensen observes that Oxhead texts0.80text
Vinayarelated to BibliographyHorner0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographyThe0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographyVol0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographySuttavibhaṅga0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographyLondon Luzac0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographyII0.60section
Vinayarelated to BibliographyIII0.60section

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