Establishment of Rules in the Pāṭimokkha
…ht groups according to the seriousness of the offence). Furthermore, he also gave permission to the saṃgha, the Buddhist order, to amend those rules in the seventh group, the so called Sekhiya, as they are …
This article by THANAVUDDHO BHIKKHU discusses the establishment of monastic rules in the Pāṭimokkha, challenging the view that these rules were developed post-Buddha. Through comparative studies of va
