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The Patimokkha Training Rules
Translated and Explainedby
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
(Geoffrey DeGraff)Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data pending
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"Now, Ananda, if it occurs to any of you -- 'The teaching has lost its authority; we are without a Teacher' -- do not view it in that way. Whatever Dhamma and Vinaya I have pointed out and formulated for you, that will be your Teacher when I am gone."
-- D. 16
Contents
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- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Dhamma-vinaya
- Rule Index
- Chapter 1: Patimokkha
- Chapter 2: Nissaya
- Chapter 3: Disrobing
- Chapter 4: Parajika
- Chapter 5: Sanghadisesa
- Chapter 6: Aniyata
- Chapter 7: Nissaggiya pacittiya
- Chapter 8: Pacittiya
- Chapter 9: Patidesaniya
- Chapter 10: Sekhiya
- Chapter 11: Adhikarana-samatha
- Chapter 12: Appendices
- Glossary
- Bibliography
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