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Stories from the Vinayapiṭaka
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These stories recount the Buddha’s teaching and the early history of the monastic community. It opens with the Buddha at Verañjā, converting the brahmin Verañja and recounting his enlightenment. It then details the circumstances leading to the first four major monastic rules (pārājika). Further sections describe how many of the other rules came to be laid down, including the ordination of Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī and the establishment of the nuns’ order, and also the First Council at Rājagaha where the teachings were recited, and the Second Council at Vesālī a century later, which rejected ten lax practices.
04 The Rule about False Claims
05 The Uposatha and the Pātimokkha
07 The Invitation for Correction
08 Allowances Outside the Middle Lands
10 The Rules about Meat-Eating
23 Reconciliation with a Householder
27 The Use of Supernormal Powers
31 The Importance of Seniority
32 Schism in the Sangha (Devadatta)
34 Pupils’ Duties to Preceptors
35 Preceptors’ Duties to Pupils
36 The Recital of the Pātimokkha
38 Events Surrounding the First Council
39 Events Surrounding the Second Council
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