Thanks so much for doodling for us! And wishing you a very good year 2019!
Quite so!
Iâve found so many of them say exactly how it seems to me, in a way words canât quite manage. Much thanks.
Wow, so great to see other people sharing their dhamma doodles too!
Iâve been away on retreat with Ayya Visuddhi for ten days and had a blissful time.
Dhamma Garden
Iâm thinking about a new series of âVinaya Doodlesâ. This is my first try:
The 8 Parajikas (offenses that lead to immediate disrobing)
I thought there were only 4 parajikas?
Nope, there are eight:
I see. For bhikkhus there are 4, for bhikkhunis there are 8. I assumed youâre a bhikkhu! Now I believe you are a bhikkhuni.
This is so utterly brilliant! May I give my warmest encouragement for the series to continue, 1) because it is a marvellous enterprise in and of itself, and 2) contrary to an idea that Iâve heard repeated a number of times, from my PoV the Vinaya can be a matter of great interest (and more to the point value) to the whole Buddhist community not just monastics.
Thereâs just one slight down side I can see with this work: I might get to feel a bit morally compromised being so uplifted by depictions of poor conduct. Murder doesnât usually inspire me to extended fits of laughter, but I must confess, it has happened here.
Just to clarify: If I continue the vinaya series, I will doodle all the rules of both the bhikkhu and the bhikkhuni patimokkha, i. e. all the 23 sanghadisesas, 2 aniyatas, 42 nissaggiya pacittiyas, etc.
To explain these numbers:
For the sanghadisesas, we have 7 shared rules, 10 rules for bhikkhunis only, and 6 rules for bhikkhus only, thus 23. Likewise for the other classes of offensesâŠ
According to the suttas, well-trained monastics should be familiar with both patimokkhas, so Iâll doodle them all.
Looking forward to learning more about it. I have the intention to eventually translating into Portuguese the bhikkhuni vibhanga as well!
No it was a typo
Tks for noticing it.
just kidding!
Thanks @Viveka for splitting the thread. Seems like Iâll have to rethink my plan to make vinaya doodles. The bhikkhuni patimokkha always leads to so much debateâŠ
Also, Iâve been meaning to mention the anonymous mod or admin who used their supernormal tech powers to allow this thread to continue past 500 replies. Much thanks!
I have stopped
MN 86 (Aáč gulimÄlasutta)
âStop, stop, ascetic!â
âIâve stopped, Aáč gulimÄlaânow you stop.â
Ooooooh I LOVE this sutta. Those words send chills up my back. And they have deep personal meaning having seen both sides. Thank you!
âNow you stopâ
I say make 'em anyway! Thereâs at least one nunâs community I know that is practicing all of the Bhikkhuni patimokkha as is. If they came across the doodles, theyâd probably appreciate it.