Prātimokṣa | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-15

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Prātimokṣa


00:00:45 1 Overview
00:01:15 2 Texts
00:02:09 3 Prātimokṣa in Buddhist traditions
00:02:19 3.1 Indian Buddhism
00:02:38 3.2 Theravada Buddhism
00:03:11 3.3 East Asian Buddhism
00:03:49 3.4 Tibetan Buddhism
00:04:11 3.4.1 Vows for laity
00:05:25 3.4.2 Vows for monastics
00:06:07 4 See also
00:06:22 5 Bibliography
00:06:32 5.1 Indian Buddhism
00:06:58 5.2 Tibetan Buddhism
00:08:16 6 Notes
00:08:25 7 External links



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The Prātimokṣa (Sanskrit prātimokṣa) is a list of rules (contained within the vinaya) governing the behaviour of Buddhist monastics (monks or bhikṣus and nuns or bhikṣuṇīs). Prāti means "towards" and mokṣa means "liberation" from cyclic existence (saṃsāra).
It became customary to recite these rules once a fortnight at a meeting of the sangha during which confession would traditionally take place. A number of prātimokṣa codes are extant, including those contained in the Theravāda, Mahāsāṃghika, Mahīśāsaka, Dharmaguptaka, Sarvāstivāda and Mūlasarvāstivāda vinayas. Prātimokṣa texts may also circulate in separate prātimokṣa sūtras, which are extracts from their respective vinayas.