Bhikkhuni Vinaya StudiesResearches & reflections on monastic discipline for Buddhist nuns Although historically marginalized, Buddhist nuns are taking
their place in modern Buddhism. Like the monks, Buddhist nuns live by
an ancient system of monastic law, the Vinaya. This work
investigates various areas of uncertainty and controversy in how
the Vinaya is to be understood and applied today.
Gotamī, those principles of which you know: ‘These principles lead to dispassion, not passion; to being unfettered, not fettered; to getting rid of, not heaping up; to few wishes, not many wishes; to contentment, not discontentment; to seclusion, not socializing; to arousal of energy, not laziness; to being easy to support, not hard to support.’ You may definitely hold: ‘This is Dhamma, This is Vinaya, This is the Teaching of the Buddha.’
–The Buddha
About the authorBhikkhu Sujato is a Buddhist monk. He ordained in Thailand in 1994 and spent several years in forest monasteries practicing and studying the Dhamma. In 2003 he established
Santi Forest Monastery . Bhikkhu Sujato is a meditator and scholar who specializes in historical research into the origins of Buddhism.
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http://santifm.org/santipada/2010/bhikkhuni-vinaya-studies/
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