The Impact of Pāṭimokkha Rules on Monastic Life : หน้า 4/42
สิกขาบทในพระปาฏิโมกข์เกิดขึ้นเมื่อใด : หน้า 4/42 Explores how Pāṭimokkha rules influence monk's daily lives and their preservation through assemblies.
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สรุปเนื้อหา
The Pāṭimokkha rules, once established, significantly influence the daily lives of monks within the sangha. Any monk who breaks these rules must confess to the offense, which underscores the importance of these guidelines. Only the Lord Buddha had the unique authority to institute new rules, ensuring widespread acceptance by all monks. To maintain the integrity of the Pāṭimokkha, the Buddha mandated that monks gather bi-weekly to orally repeat and review these rules, allowing for accurate preservation across generations. Consequently, there is a consensus on the core principles of the Pāṭimokkha within the Vinayapitaka across various Buddhist sects. Some scholars, however, suggest that variations in the monastic regulations reflect a gradual evolution post-Buddha’s era, failing to consider the Sekhiya group in this analysis, which impacts the understanding of minor rules as documented in early Buddhist councils.
หัวข้อประเด็น
-Pāṭimokkha significance
-monastic rules history
-role of Buddha in rule-setting
-preservation of monastic conduct
-variations among sects
-Sekhiya group influence
ข้อความต้นฉบับในหน้า
Unlike the *Sutta*, once any rule of the *Pāṭimokkha* has been set down, it will affect the daily life of all monks. If any monk breaks it, he must admit for his offence. Therefore, it is hard to imagine that there would be anyone, except the Lord Buddha, capable of establishing a new rule and then all monks in the whole *sangha* would accept it. On top of that, the Lord Buddha also set particular rules for the *sangha* to hold a fortnight assembly to orally repeat and review the *Pāṭimokkha*, which meant the content of the *Pāṭimokkha* was well preserved and handed down properly. This is the reason for the agreement of the main content of the *Pāṭimokkha* in the *Vinayapitaka* of all sects.
Focusing on the inconsistency of a number of rules of the *Pāṭimokkha* among different sects, scholars form the view that the monastic rules had gradually come into existence after the time of the Lord Buddha. But this view arises by not excluding the rules of the *Sekhiya* group from the other groups, and then not realizing the relationship between the *Sekhiya* group and the issue of minor rules (mentioned in the record of the first Buddhist council).
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