Vinaya Texts

Vinaya Texts PDF

Author: Thomas William Rhys Davids

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-12-18

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 3368636766

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1885.

Vinaya Texts

Vinaya Texts PDF

Author: Gautama Buddha

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-06-02

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9781514184080

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The Vinaya is the regulatory framework for the sangha or monastic community of Buddhism based on the canonical texts called the Vinaya Pitaka. The teachings of the Gautama Buddha can be divided into two broad categories: Dharma "doctrine" and Vinaya "discipline". The Buddha constantly reminds his hearers that it is the spirit of the rules that counts. On the other hand, the rules themselves are designed to assure a satisfying life, and provide a perfect springboard for the higher attainments. Monastics are instructed by the Buddha to live as "islands unto themselves". In this sense, living life as the vinaya prescribes it is, as one scholar puts it: "more than merely a means to an end: it is very nearly the end in itself."

Vinaya Texts

Vinaya Texts PDF

Author: F. Max Muller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-05

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1136863656

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This is a subset of F. Max Mullers great collection The Sacred Books of the East.

The Book of the Discipline

The Book of the Discipline PDF

Author: I B 1896-1981 Horner

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-09

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781298630629

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