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The Buddhist Monastic Code

The Patimokkha Training Rules
Translated and Explained

by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
(Geoffrey DeGraff)

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Copyright © Thanissaro Bhikkhu 1994
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Revised: 10 November 1999

"Now, Ananda, if it occurs to any of you -- 'The teaching has lost its authority; we are without a Teacher' -- do not view it in that way. Whatever Dhamma and Vinaya I have pointed out and formulated for you, that will be your Teacher when I am gone."

-- D. 16

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