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
2. Teachings and Rites for Śrāmaṇerī/as
3. Śikṣamāṇā Poṣadha and Other Rites
4. Bhikṣuṇī Poṣadha and Rites to Establish the Territory
5. Bhikṣu Poṣadha and Rites to Establish the Territory
6. Varṣā, Pravāraṇā, and Kaṭhina Rites
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
Available on Amazon.
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
Anyone—lay or ordained—may read this book.
Anyone—lay or ordained—may read this book.
Learn from books by Ven. Thubten Chodron.
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