Homage to him, the Sublime One, the Arahant, the perfectly and completely Awakened One

Patimokkha: explanation, enquiry and debate

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Preface

Acknowledgements

Copyright notice

Dedication

Parajika Offences

Parajika 1: sexual penetration

Parajika 2: theft

Parajika 3: murder

Parajika 4: wrongfully claiming noble attainments

Appendices

Appendix 2: Aggravating and mitigating factors in theft

Appendix 3: The Buddhist calendar

Appendix 4: Compilation of the Pali Vinaya

Appendix 5: Copyright infringement and Vinaya

Appendix 6: Dates in early Buddhism

Appendix 7: Definition of 'monk' in Vinaya

Appendix 8: Definition of 'nun' in Vinaya

Appendix 9: Elision of the no-offence clauses

Appendix 10: Four Great Endorsements (cattāro mahāpadesā)

Appendix 11: The Four Standards

Appendix 12: History of Punishment: comparing England and Magadha

Appendix 13: Illustrative Stories of Parajika 2

Appendix 14: Mahasanghika and Sthavira Parajika 5

Appendix 15: Management of Sangha property

Appendix 16: No-offence clause: last four terms

Appendix 17: Nuns' dwellings in Buddhist India

Appendix 18: Parajika 1 - structure of the Pali suttavibhanga

Appendix 19: Parajika 2 - structure of the Pali suttavibhanga

Appendix 20: Parajika 3 - structure of the Pali suttavibhanga

Appendix 21: Parajika 4 - structure of the Pali suttavibhanga

Appendix 22: Pali terms for periods of the day

Appendix 23: Society and Religion in the Buddha’s India

Appendix 25: Schism

Appendix 26: Teachings on Selfhood in Buddhism

Appendix 27: Structure of suttavibhanga

Appendix 28: Superhuman states outside of the word analysis to Parajika 4

Appendix 29: Superhuman States of the word analysis to Parajika 4

Appendix 30: Abandoning the ten fetters

Appendix 31: The Worldwide Sangha



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