Author: Dhamma

Attack Only Unwholesome States One should blame and criticise unwholesome states as follows: greed is shameful, filthy, wicked, degrading, coarse,

The Most Urgent Task Today, every ordinary person possesses the five mental hindrances to a great extent. Due to their

What is Stable Morality? The moral conduct that culminates in the attainment of path consciousness is called stable morality. Morality

The Folly of Ignorant Persons Common, superficial, and temporary morality must not be overvalued, since it is unstable, and not

The Essence of the Tipiṭaka There are only three essential points in the Tipiṭaka: The higher training in morality (adhisīlasikkhā).

Criticising in General Terms To criticise in general terms, without reference to anyone in particular, is exposing of faults. One

Four Beings Worthy of Respect One must show respect to a poisonous snake, a monarch with his retinue, a monk

Should One Worship Shameless and Immoral Monks? “Should a person, knowing a monk to be shameless or immoral, pay respect

The Wisdom of King Saddhātissa Once, King Saddhātissa, knowing a monk to be shameless, controlled his mind and reformed his

The Profundity of the Vinaya How deep and subtle the Vinaya is can be understood from the following examples. A

Innocent Until Proven Guilty The principles of Vinaya are subtle. One must think deeply on them before one can pass

Should One Honour Shameless and Immoral Monks? “If a person, knowing a monk to be shameless or immoral, offers the

The Simile of the Good House A man needs to build a house in the forest, and enters the forest

Should One Avoid Shameless and Immoral Monks? Questions two and three will be answered together as they are related. Let

Legal Status of Immoral Monks An immoral monk, at the time of his confession, becomes free from the stigma of

Characteristics of an Immoral Monk The technical term “immoral (dussīlo)” means a totally depraved monk who commits an offence of

Four Kinds of Transgression The phrase “sañcicca āpattiṃ āpajjati” means intentional transgression of the Vinaya rules (that is, with knowledge

The Three Types of Monks Defined The lay people asked this question in the following sense: different kinds of Buddhist

A Manual of the Dhamma Dhamma Dīpanī On July 1901 seven laymen from Okkan village put thirteen questions, to which