Choosing Simplicity A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha

Name: Choosing Simplicity A Commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha
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ISBN: 9781559391559

ISBN-10: 1559391553

ISBN-13: 9781559391559

Edition: 2001

Authors: Venerable Bhikshuni Wu Yin, Thubten Chodron, Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, Yin

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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/1/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Foreword: A Message from Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche


Editor's Preface


A Contemporary Cultural Perspective on Monastic Life


The Motivation for and the Benefits of Monastic Ordination



The Importance of the Precepts



An Overview of the Vinaya



The Members of the Sangha



Joining the Sangha



Poshadha: Purifying and Restoring Our Precepts



The Boundaries for Remaining a Monastic



Working with Attachment: Root Precepts Regarding Sexual Contact



The Sticky Nature of Attachment: More Precepts Concerning Sexual and Physical Conduct



Taking What Has Not Been Freely Given: Precepts Regarding Stealing



The Remaining Root Precepts: Abandoning Killing, Lying, Concealing Others' Transgressions, and Going against the Sangha's Decisions



Looking at Our Stubborn and Rebellious Side: Precepts about Refusing to Accept Admonition



Right Livelihood



Resources for Monastic Life: Robes



Resources for Monastic Life: Food, Medicine, Lodging, and Travel



Organization in the Buddhist Community



Community Life


Epilogue



Preliminary and Concluding Rituals for the Recital of the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha Sutra


Notes


Glossary


Further Reading