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Vinaya Pitaka

The first section of the Tipitaka is the Vinaya Pitaka composed of 3 mains sections

Definitions of the Vinaya books:

Suttavibhaṅga: Pāṭimokkha and analysis
- Mahāvibhaṅga: rules for monks
- Bhikkhunīvibhaṅga: rules for nuns
Khandhaka: 22 chapters on various topics
- Mahāvagga: Great Division
- Cullavagga: Minor Division
Parivāra: analyses of rules from various points of view

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The Book of Discipline English translation of the Vinayapiṭaka, as well as the much of the rest of Tipiṭaka including many https://suttacentral.net/pitaka/vinaya/pli-tv-bu-vb

The Book of Discipline I. B. Horner translations with facing Pali text. https://archive.org/details/pali-vinaya-pitaka-suttavibhanga-vol1a

Mahāvagga An English translation of the Mahāvaggā by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. https://www.dhammatalks.org/vinaya/bmc/Section0054.html

Cullavagga An English translation of the Cullavagga by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. https://www.dhammatalks.org/vinaya/bmc/Section0066.html

Sacred Books of the East - Vinaya Texts English translation of the Vinayapiṭaka by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg (circa 1881) https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe13/index.htm

Commentary (Aṭṭhakathā)

Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī
a.k.a. Pātimokkha-Aṭṭhakathā
(Buddhaghosa; 5th c.)

Samantapāsādikā (introduction is translated in english)
(Buddhaghosa; 5th c.)

Pāli Tipiṭaka The entire Pāli Tipiṭaka, including commentaries (Aṭṭhakathā), by the Vipassana Research Institute. https://www.tipitaka.org/

Digital Pali Reader https://www.digitalpalireader.online/_dprhtml/index.html

Sub-commentary (Ṭīkā)

Vinayatthamañjusa
(Buddhanāga; 12th c.)

Vajirabuddhi-ṭīkā
(Vajirabuddhi; 11-12th c.)
Sāratthadīpanī
(Sariputta; 12th c.)
Vimativinodanī
(Mahākassapa of Cola; 12th c.)

20th Century Commentary

Vinaya Mukha, Somdet Phra Mahā Samaṇa Chao (1st Ed. in 1916) A guide to the Vinaya written in Thai, first English edition published in 1969. It is still used as the official textbook on Vinaya for the examinations run by the Thai Council of Elders, and taken as authoritative through much of Thailand.

Ajahn Brahm's Vinaya Notes A word for word textual analysis of the Bhikkhu Pāṭimokkha by Ajahn Brahm. https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books7/Ajahn_Brahmavamso_Vinaya_Notes.pdf

The Heritage of the Sangha by Ajahn Thiradhammo (© Thiradhammo Bhikkhu 1999) This is an unfinished manuscript which may be used for reference. Permission to use quotations should be sought from the author before publication.

21st Century Commentary

Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume 1 The comprehensive translation & explanation of the Bhikkhu Pāṭimokkha by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc1.html

Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume 2 Additional explanations & details by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/bmc2.html

Analysis of the Bhikkhu Patimokkha: A Translation of the Mahā-vibhaṅga of the Vinaya Piṭaka An English translation of the Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga by Suddhaso Bhikkhu. https://bhantesuddhaso.com/teachings/books/analysis-of-the-bhikkhu-patimokkha/

Analysis of the Bhikkhu Patimokkha Nyanatusita Bhikkhu. https://www.bps.lk/olib/bp/bp627s_Nyanatusita_Bhikkhu-Patimokkha-Translation.pdf

Vinaya Themes in Stillness Flowing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uVxA71uSMeWwtApDZSQCFIovaQ_Y7wsE/view?usp=sharing

Presentation about Sima http://tinyurl.com/sima-presentation

Calculating the Uposatha Moondays https://github.com/profound-labs/calculating-the-uposatha-moondays?tab=readme-ov-file

Google Drive

If you are one of the happy one to have access to the Drive and know how to access it, there is a large amount of material in it. (this could be place in the wiki for communal access in the future?)