vinaya
Sign in to savethumb|An ordination ceremony at Wat Yannawa in [[Bangkok. The Vinaya codes regulate the various official acts of the Buddhist monastic community (sangha-kamma), including the ordination of new monks.]]
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- Origins
- Overview
- Texts
- Theravada Vinaya
- Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya
- Dharmaguptaka Four Part Vinaya
- Other surviving Vinayas
- Ten Recitation Vinaya
- Five Part Vinaya
- Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya
- Traditions
- Theravada
- East Asian Buddhism
- Tibetan Buddhism
- Vinaya school
- Role in Mahāyāna Buddhism
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
- General
- Theravada Vinaya Pitaka
thumb|An ordination ceremony at Wat Yannawa in [[Bangkok. The Vinaya codes regulate the various official acts of the Buddhist monastic community (sangha-kamma), including the ordination of new monks.]]
The Vinaya (Pali and Sanskrit: विनय) refers to numerous monastic rules and ethical precepts for fully ordained monks and nuns of Buddhist Sanghas (community of like-minded sramanas). These sets of ethical rules and guidelines developed over time during the Buddha's life. More broadly, the term also refers to the tradition of Buddhist ethical conduct. The term "Vinaya" also refers to a genre of Buddhist texts which contain these precepts and rules and discuss their application, along with various stories of how the rules arose and how they are to be applied. Various lists and sets of Vinaya precepts were codified and compiled after the Buddha's death in different Vinaya texts.