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The Noble Eightfold Path, of which the five precepts are part. Buddhist scriptures explain the five precepts as the minimal standard of Buddhist morality. [15] It is the most important system of morality in Buddhism, together with the monastic rules. [16] Śīla (Sanskrit; Pali: sīla) is used to refer to Buddhist precepts, [17] including the ...
The Vinaya texts (Pali and Sanskrit: विनय) are texts of the Buddhist canon that also contain the rules and precepts for fully ordained monks and nuns of Buddhist Sanghas (community of like-minded sramanas). The precepts were initially developed thirteen years after the Buddha's enlightenment. [1]
The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla or bodhisattva-saṃvāra, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai; Tibetan: byang chub sems dpa’i sdom pa) are a set of ethical trainings used in Mahāyāna Buddhism to advance a practitioner along the path to becoming a bodhisattva. [1]
The treatise only survives in a seventeen fascicle Chinese translation completed by the Kuchean translator monk Kumārajīva (344–413). Kumārajīva is said to have received the text from Buddhayaśas, who recited the work. [1] The original Sanskrit text has not been preserved, nor is there any other surviving translations into other languages.
The foundation of Buddhist ethics for laypeople is The Five Precepts which are common to all Buddhist schools. The precepts or "five moral virtues" (pañca-silani) are not commands but a set of voluntary commitments or guidelines, [23] to help one live a life in which one is happy, without worries, and able to meditate well. The precepts are ...
If a monk breaks any one of the rules he is automatically "defeated" in the holy life and falls from monkhood immediately. He is not allowed to become a monk again in his lifetime. Intention is necessary in all these four cases to constitute an offence. The four parajikas for bhikkus are: [1] Sexual intercourse: engaging in any sexual intercourse.
It is divided into two parts, covering the rules for monks and nuns, respectively. The monks' rules are divided as follows: 4 rules whose breach entails expulsion from the community; the traditional understanding is that the offender cannot be a monk again in this life, though he can in most cases become a novice
Yuanzhao studied Tiantai under Shenwu Chuqian (神悟處謙, 1011–1075) and Vinaya under Guangci Huicai (廣慈慧才, 998–1083). [6] By 1078, he had received the Bodhisattva Precepts and devoted himself to restoring the Nanshan tradition of the Four-Part Vinaya (Dharmaguptaka Vinaya), emphasizing strict adherence to monastic discipline and alms-begging practices.