Vinaya Material/References

Vinaya Website

• https://suttacentral.net/pitaka/vinaya?lang=en
• https://vinaya-class.github.io/
• https://sites.google.com/view/avantivada/home
• https://en.dhammadana.org/sangha/vinaya.htm
• https://buddhistuniversity.net/tags/vinaya-pitaka
• https://ticivara.github.io/ (for robe making)
• https://www.accesstoinsight.org/noncanon/fieldguide.html
• https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Reference/Beyond-the-Tipitaka.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripi%E1%B9%ADaka

Books

Vinaya Pitaka

MonasticThe Lawfirst section of the TheravādaTipitaka School
Ais translationthe Vinaya Pitaka composed of 3 mains sections

Definitions of the Pali Vinaya Piṭakabooks:

into

English,
• Suttavibhaṅga: BhikkhuPāṭimokkha Brahmaliand 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,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

A translation of the Mahā-Vibhaṅga from the Vinaya-Piṭaka Analysis of the Bhikkhu-Pātimokkha by Bhante Suddhāso (1st© Ed.2014 inFor 1938)free distribution only.)

Mahāvagga

• Vol.An 1-3:English Suttavibhaṅgatranslation 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 -- PāṭimokkhaVinaya rulesTexts English translation of the Vinayapiṭaka by T. W. Rhys Davids and originHermann stories

Oldenberg
• Vol.(circa 4:1881) https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe13/index.htm

  Commentary (Aṭṭhakathā)

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

  Samantapāsādikā
  (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
  (Mahāvagga -- ruleskassapa of conductCola; and12th etiquette

c.)
• Vol.

  20th 5:Century CullavaggaCommentary -- elaboration of etiquette and duties

• Vol. 6: Parivāra -- summaries and analysis of rules

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.

TheAjahn BuddhistBrahm's MonasticVinaya Code,Notes ṬhānissaroA word for word textual analysis of the Bhikkhu (1stPāṭimokkha Ed.by inAjahn 1994)Brahm. https://www.dhammatalks.net/Books7/Ajahn_Brahmavamso_Vinaya_Notes.pdf

The ConciseHeritage 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 AnonPāṭimokkha (1stby Ed.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 2015)Stillness Flowing

 

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?)