Vinaya Resources

Books and Pamphlets about the Vinaya

Learn more about studying and practicing Buddha’s guidelines for monastics with these Vinaya resources.

Sravasti Abbey is the  publisher for these six Vinaya booklets. According to the Buddha’s Vinaya, only Buddhist monastics and candidates for Buddhist monastic ordination may read these texts. Enjoy these Vinaya resources!

1. Pravrajyā and Śikṣamāṇā Ordination Rites

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2. Teachings and Rites for Śrāmaṇerī/as

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3. Śikṣamāṇā Poṣadha and Other Rites

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4. Bhikṣuṇī Poṣadha and Rites to Establish the Territory

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5. Bhikṣu Poṣadha and Rites to Establish the Territory

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6. Varṣā, Pravāraṇā, and Kaṭhina Rites

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Vinaya Books by Venerable Chodron

To contribute to the flourishing of the monastic community and the Dharma in the West, Venerable Chodron has edited numerous books on the Vinaya and what it means to ordain and live as a monastic in community. Please note that some of these texts may only be read by those who are ordained as Buddhist monastics.

For a full list of Vinaya books published by Sravasti Abbey, visit http://thubtenchodron.org/books/vinaya-books.

Karmans for the Creation of Virtue: The Prescriptive Precepts in the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya

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Choosing Simplicity: A commentary on the Bhikshuni Pratimoksha

Anyone—lay or ordained—may read this book.

 

 

Blossoms of the Dharma: Living as a Buddhist Nun

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Preparing for Ordination: Reflections for Westerners Considering Monastic Ordination in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition

Anyone—lay or ordained—may read this book.

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