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Freedom Wherever We Go: a Buddhist Monastic Code for the 21st Century

By Thích. Nhất Hạnh

Book information

Publisher
Parallax Press
ISBN
9781935209614, 1935209612
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
237 kB (242720 bytes)
Pages
xi, 160 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders;RELIGION

Description

Introduction : precepts are mindfulness -- Recitation ceremony of the Bhikshu precepts -- Recitation ceremony of the Bhikshuni precepts -- Sangha restoration offences -- Release and expression of regret offences -- Conclusion.;Freedom Wherever We Go takes the centuries-old Buddhist monastic guidelines of conduct (Pratimoksha) and updates them for the twenty-first century. ""The Buddha,"" Thich Nhat Hanh says, ""needs courageous disciples to make this revolutionary step."" The Pratimoksha can be seen as the Buddhist equivalent to the rules of St. Benedict. Each rule has mindfulness as its foundation. Reading the revised Pratimoksha allows lay practitioners to understand the monastic codes of conduct as well as the monastic lifestyle.This is the first time that this text is made available to lay practitio.

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