Hi there,
So I have heard that the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya is the one used by Chan and other east Asian groups.
I did a bit of searching online but could only find the Wikipedia info :
Buddhists in China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam follow the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya (四分律),which has 250 rules for the bhikkhus and 348 rules for the bhikkhunis.
I don't know if there are any English study guides for this Vinaya like Ajahn Thanissaro's Monastic Code volume 1 and 2
I also wondered if this vinaya *maybe for some of the Chinese readers and intellects we have around here* knew if it included the same additions to the Parajika's that anyone who is an eunuch, hermaphrodite, communion by theft, and so on was excluded from ever becoming a monk in the first place. If this formula is seen in all the vinayas or just the theravadians.
Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
Possibly of interest:
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.ph ... 29#p161434
http://www.dharmawheel.net/viewtopic.ph ... 29#p161434
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
thanks dzogchungpa I looked through the site but couldn't really find if they had completed their translation yet
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
What I was trying to point out was that our very own Ven. Huifeng has translated the Dharmaguptaka bhikshu pratimoksha, and appears to be willing to share it with people who are interested.
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
This may sound like a crazy question but is a bhiksu the same as a bhikkhu?
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
"Bhikkhu" is the Pali equivalent of Sanskrit "bhikshu", but they mean the same thing.Christopherxx wrote:This may sound like a crazy question but is a bhiksu the same as a bhikkhu?
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Re: Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in english
Thanks dzogchungpa
haha silly question I know
haha silly question I know